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Unlock Your Facebook Profile: Simple Trick

Facebook has introduced a new feature which allow users to lock their profiles in many countries, including India. This is aimed at providing more privacy to its users. It is surely going to give a hard time for the online stalker and bullies. To enable this feature, a user has to click  "More"  under their name on Facebook Profile and select  "Lock Profile"  and tap again to confirm. It is to be noted that after locking a profile, you can no longer make posts  public  and only your friends will be able to see them. Other people visiting your profile won't be able to see any of your posts, including the ones you posted before locking your profile. While it is too easy to lock a profile, but when a user needs to unlock his profile again, it can give him a hard time. When I tried this new feature, I was also not able to find an option to unlock my profile anywhere in my Facebook account. So, after some time, I came up with an idea and tested if it w...

Role of Media in the Formation of a Sound and Healthy Society

The world of journalism has long been referred to as, ‘the media’ in the context of books and newspapers i.e. print media in the early days, but with the advent of technology, media now encompasses television, movies, radio and internet. The media plays a pivotal role in proper functioning of a democracy and also influences strongly in shaping a public opinion. The oppressed can hold grounds and fight their way out by making proper use of the media. It is considered the 4 th pillar of a democracy and rightly so, since it helps in upholding the truth time and again. The role of the media in the formation of a sound and healthy society, as such, cannot be underrated. From the beginning of civilization, media has remained a very important part. Yes, it is true that its shape has changed since the past due to technological advancements and other such factors, but nonetheless, its functioning remains the same. From the days of emperors and kings when decrees were accompanied by s...

Plastic : A Boon with an Inherent Bane

Plastic, since its inception has taken each and every corner of the world by storm. We sleep while being surrounded by it and when we wake up, 80% of us check our smartphones (which of course are made mostly of plastic components) even before stepping out of the bed. While we move around in the day, we will increasingly notice the prevalence of plastic in our daily lives. Plastic has become an inevitable component within the mankind for sure, which surely would have been great only if it was devoid of some inherent difficulties and inconveniences. Plastic is a word that originally meant “pliable and easily shaped.” It recently became a name for the category of materials called polymers. The word polymer means “of many parts” and polymers are made of long chains of molecules. Brief History: In the early days, packaging and storage materials were predominantly of metals, glass or other durable materials. As time passed, there arose need of a cheaper alternative that can be ma...

Can Rahul Gandhi's resignation revive the Congress Party?

About 8.3 crores new voter voted in the last Lok Sabha elections, myself being one among them. So, as far as I learnt and know about the recent past of the Congress party, I would say it would be hard.. very hard for resuscitating the party once again considering Rahul Gandhi’s resignation as well. Rahul Gandhi has been the President of the party since quite some years, but now he finally decided to step down after his resignation letter was turned down by the working committee some months back. The party has just lost its charms. With all those allegations of scam on several top class leaders of the party, and less or no improvement in the grass root level workers, have even deteriorated the places which were known to be the stronghold of Congress. The recent defeat of Rahul Gandhi in the hands of Smriti Irani indicates the same. There were several states where congress’s list remained null in the elections for Lok Sabha 2019. On the other hand, what I have seen in the case of...

Dire need for Chandrayaan - 2 in a developing country like India: An Opinion

CV Raman, APJ Abdul Kalam, Homi Bhaba, Ramanujan, Satyendra Nath Bose… and the list goes on. Do I need to introduce them? - I suppose not. So, what was the need that arose alongside them which made all of them work so hard and eventually succeed in their respective time periods? If you consider the time during which they were alive, most of the people in the country were trying to survive and not thrive. Those were some of the people who rose from the ground, yet never left their roots and worked towards the upliftment of the lives of people in general and India in particular. Yeah, India was looted by several organisations and invaders for several thousand years before finally being left devastated under the British Rule. After many a thousands sacrifices, we were finally able  to free ourselves out from their clutches. Afterwards, India was left with very little natural resources and the economy went on to become an agrarian one. Industrialization has been too slow. Addi...

It's NOT Cool, It Kills - "World No Tobacco Day" Special

We all had at-least once came across that pre-movie ad featuring Mukesh, who suffers and dies because of his chewing addiction. Every packet of cigarette and chewing tobacco comes with statutory warning signs, but it is indeed an unfortunate affair that India accounts for more than 12% of the world’s smokers.  Smoking cannabis has been in existence in India since 2000 B.C. Tobacco was introduced in India in 17th century and this mingled up with the existing habit of cannabis smoking. Since then, numbers of smokers and tobacco chewers in India have increased with leaps and bounds. More than 10 million people are dying each year due to tobacco related illnesses. More than 36,000 men died in the year 2012 due to oral cancer of which a major portion was due to consumption of tobacco products.  There are many factors promoting the consumption of tobacco. One among them is the film industry. They often showcase the good guys consuming tobacco products (mostly cigars). As per...

Masood Azhar: Global Terrorist. What's next?

Masood Azhar, the mastermind behind the Pulwama attack, has finally been designated a global terrorist by the United Nations. Earlier attempts to blacklist him were unsuccessful, owing to China blocking the proposals. However, in what is seen as a diplomatic victory for India, the Jaish-e-Mohammad chief is now a global terrorist, a culmination of efforts by a number of countries viz., India, France, US, UK among others. So, what does it mean for India? More importantly, what does it mean for Masood Azhar and Pakistan? When someone is identified as a global terrorist by the sanctions committee in the UN, a number of restrictions are imposed on the said entity. The measures include: Asset freeze: All or any of the assets of the designated individuals or entities are required to be frozen by the member states of UN. The basic idea is to dry out the funds that sponsor terrorism. Travel ban: The UN member states are required to deny passage to the designated entities through the...