Author: Akshata Sharma

“Without privacy, “there was no point being an individual,” as quoted by Jonathan Franzen, sheds light on one of the most desired but tough to obtain things, privacy. The 21st century, being the digital era has established social media dominance over most people, which has been a friend as well as a foe of privacy. One of the most influential platforms among today’s teenagers is Instagram, which recently had to face Congress over the case of its toxicity spread among young minds. A discussion on parental control was ignited by this case, where Meta has now decided to introduce parent-initiated…

From the days when a wheel and stone were all you needed to survive to the days when you had everything at your fingertips but couldn’t keep up with the pace of the world, the human race has grown as a curious soul. The 21st century is marked as the beginning of the digital era where what would suffice is not enough, but to better, each step for comfort is the aim. With the advancement in various fields, notable betterment has been seen in medical applications. Health is always a priority, and so is the field of medicine, where one…

As quoted, “Word of Mouth travels faster than anything else.” In today’s world, social media has the most influence on the global population. People from all walks of life use and abuse the freedom of speech rights granted by these platforms under the guise of “expression of oneself.” One such platform, which is regarded as the most influential and popular among the youth, is “Twitter.” Some prominent descriptions or motivations for its being in the spotlight include delivering a solution or starting a dispute.  One such piece of news which came forward was the launch of Twitter on the dark…

As our former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said many years ago. “A nation’s power ultimately lies in what it can do on its own, not in what it can borrow from others.” In 2014, our current Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the “Make In India” campaign. It is regarded as a watershed moment in the country’s history, owing to the escalation of new indigenous technological advances that have occurred since. One such project which caught the public eye was the Anti-Collision System, KAVACH, launched and tested on March 4th, 2022, with our honorable Railway Minister, ‘Ashwini Vaishnaw’ on board. What…

Introduction Failed to pay its lease rentals to Reliance Industries (RIL), due to which it had been able to wave off its statuary dues, interest, and one-time settlement to banks and continue its operations provisionally. Over two years, Reliance has had a major uprising by acquiring a company like Balaji Telefilms, Edcast, Eros, Saavn, etc. Yet another major profit on its way is Future Retail’s Big Bazar which on February 25 shut down most of its stores and even its website. Beginning of downfall The first downfall was marked in 2020 when the Kishore Biyani led company had an outstanding…

Today’s world has given us everything at the tip of our fingers and an improved pace of life. All the needed information can be obtained within seconds as all data is digitally recorded instead of the old, traditional recording methods. This has become a hot topic of debate as it acts as a boon and a bane in certain cases. The most prominent example is the Facebook data privacy scam, which bought other platforms like Google, Firefox, etc., in discussions. One of the major issues encountered is of privacy of individuals while operating on such platforms. This has been a…

As rightly quoted by our respected Prime Minister of India, “We have a million problems, but at the same time, we have over a billion minds,” which has transformed the country’s reputation as a nerve center for many global investors’ investments.  This kind of ecosystem has been developing at a pace owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and the various government policies like “Make in India” to promote small businesses in towns to come at par with global standards. One such idea came into the limelight in March 2014, Now NoBroker becoming India’s First Reality Unicorn Startup. NoBroker – About the company One of the most recurrent issues…

To escape or teleport to our favorite place anywhere, anytime, has been a long time of research for humankind. Over the years, many attempts like introducing 3-D in movies, the rise of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, etc., have been made to have a breakthrough. In 2015, Metaverse came into the picture with Decentraland by Ari Meilich and Esteban Ordano. On this platform, you can virtually buy and sell the property. This convinced one of the major banks in the US, JP Morgan, to invest money worth a 1 trillion dollar return predicted. Recently JP Morgan became the first bank…