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The COVID-19 pandemic has hit India harder in recent weeks with the country’s largest cities now looking to enforce harsher lockdown measures following a six-month high in infection rates. Reuters reports that cases in the country have been surging for the past month as India becomes the third country with the highest number of infections, only following […]
A rooster equipped with a three-inch blade tied to its leg slashed open the groin of its owners during the staging of an illegal cockfight in southern India last week, according to authorities. The bird was reported to have been fluttering out of panic when it accidentally gashed 45-year-old Thangulla Satish. Police inspector B. Jeevan says that Satish […]
The COVID-19 crisis has denied graduates around the world of the special day when they walk across the stage to receive their diploma in front of their family, friends, and fellow students. The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay found a way around this problem. Well, sorta. IIT Bombay held a “virtual reality” convocation on Sunday where every single […]
Two 10th grade girls from India made national headlines after discovering an Earth-bound asteroid. According to CNN, Radhika Lakhani and Vaidehi Vekariya made the discovery while working on a school project in which students use special software to analyze images captured by the Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii. The project is part of an asteroid search campaign launched by SPACE India in […]
Conservationists and animal lovers were flabbergasted over the weekend thanks to one soft yellow turtle spotted strolling around eastern India. According to CNN, farmer Basudev Mahapatra found the turtle while working on Sunday in Odisha, India. Mahapatra later handed the turtle over to forest officials, who contacted conservation experts for assistance. According to experts, the turtle’s yellow […]
It’s been a while, but Snoop Dogg has returned with the latest installment of Plizzanet Earth on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The popular series features Snoop narrating over clips from the nature documentary Planet Earth. This time around Snoop reacts to footage of monkeys in India as they steal literally everything that they can get their little hands […]
A wild leopard strayed into a residential area of Jalandhar city in India on Thursday, injuring four people before its ultimate capture hours later. The wild animal was reportedly discovered after it entered a house. The Forest Department officials were promptly called thereafter, using a tranquilizer gun to anaesthetize the animal as well as a net to restrain its movement. Once […]
It appears Nav considers himself a hip-hop trailblazer. The XO producer/rapper returned to Twitter on Thursday to declare his influence on the rap game—specifically how he paved the way for future Indian artists. “I really took all the smoke for any Indian rapper after me,” wrote Nav, who is of Indian Punjabi descent. I really […]
Indian-American producer Adi Shankar set out to help solve what has become known as The Simpsons’ “Apu Problem.” The show’s character has long been a staple in the series, as a convenience store owner, voiced by Hank Azaria. However, Apu’s character has been controversial, largely because many thought he was an incorrect representation of Indian-Americans. […]
