Universal basic income is a form of social net where the population receives a sum of money on a regular basis, no strings attached. In this article, we look at the pro’s and con’s to UBI and why it may be a good way to keep a country’s economy growing.
Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address When John F. Kennedy pronounced the above statement to rekindle the feeling of patriotism inside the people of USA, he not only uttered an eloquent thought but
Kahlil Gibran is the third most widely read poet in history, having been translated well over 40 languages. His book “The Prophet”, which is a collection of 21 essays, is his most remembered work. This book which was first published in 1923, manages to strike a chord with today’s audience
Q. WHAT are the five most basic and common characteristics worth noticing in a person? This world is full of people. We meet some right ones and some wrong ones. Most right ones stay and Ummmm… wrong ones, however much we try, they leave. but how to realize that a
It takes some metal to move a crowd with just words. But these words of great mean were more than just words. The speech they gave changed the world, changed the onset of mind of people who heard them.
Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flatland as vast as 4,086 square miles (10,582 kilometers). It is an interesting place in southwest Bolivia which gets covered with a thin layer of water. When it gets covered with water, it turns into the largest mirror on earth, as these photos recently
United Nations has added India’s Western Ghats to the prestigious list of UNESCO’s world heritage sites.Western Ghats are rich in biodiversity and natural beauty. And its splendor has made it one of the most beautiful places on earth that needs delicate care and protection. But will its addition to World
British Empire by 1922 ruled over 25% (33,700,000 km2) of the world’s land area and over 458 million people. It was said that the Sun never sets for the empire. The country half the size of France made this possible through superb organizational skills of the “White” Empire builders. the
Kashmir the state which has been lauded as “heaven” on Earth but instead is a haven for terror. But did you ever wonder when it all started? It all began when newly formed Pakistan attacked the princely state of Kashmir, which was not a part of the “newly independent” India.
Maldives comprises of 1,192 islands in the Indian Ocean and is the world’s lowest country, just a few feet above the sea level. Sea levels have been rising globally since 1900. If the global warming continues like this then the sea levels would rise by two more feet by 2100.
Enterprise technology is changing the picture of the world globally. It is changing the way you find your job, the way you work and even the kind of work that you find. It is attracting investors and evolving. Where Facebook’s IPO was a mess, enterprise IPOs from Jive, Splunk, and Infoblox were
If you have cheated before in your school/college, then you would have probably written answers on erasers or calculators, exchanged stuff with friends in the examination hall. But you would have never ever cheated like this brave student who got caught cheating from a 35-feet long cheat sheet with 25000
A Japanese inventor known as “Watanabe” has come up with a special pot that creates a whirlpool in the pan or heating pot and mixes the food thoroughly while it is being cooked. The pot would be amazing for cooking dishes like soups and curries which require continuous stirring to prevent clogs
When we think of an Indian village it gives us an image of a filthy place with mooing cows, open drains and children playing ants and frog games. But, Punsari, a motley village in Himmatnagar, talks about wi-fi and optical fiber broadband network, its children spend best of their times in
Time magazine claims that the only Indian film to make it to the list is better than Oscar-winner “The Artist” Time magazine has included Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 2002 film Devdas, starring Shahrukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit Nene, in its list of the millennium’s top 10 movies. Devdas ranked eighth on the
All other brands should just quit right now, because Brazilian juice company Camp Nectar has objectively the hands-down best ad campaign in the history of the juice-boxing business—all thanks to the creative agency AGE Isobar. It took two years of experimenting, but ultimately they were able to produce lemons, guavas, passion
Hacker group Anonymous has announced it has taken down India’s Supreme Court and All India Congress websites. Anonymous announced the attack via Twitter, claiming the reason is “Internet censorship” and suggesting India should “install” a new government. Both websites are unavailable at the time of this writing. Namaste #India, your time has come to trash
Researchers are putting viruses to work in the lab, using them to build tiny devices that gather energy from mechanical forces, like the press of a finger, to run a small liquid-crystal display. “More research is needed, but our work is a promising first step toward the development of personal
By far one of the greatest challenges of sign language has been to translate it for everyday folk that wouldn’t know where to begin a conversation with the deaf. Cornell University engineering students Ranjay Krishna, Seonwoo Lee and Si Ping Wang — along with some help from Jonathan Lang — used their final project time this past semester
Skylines are so passed. In an attempt to give travelers better—or at least closer—ocean views, Dubai-based construction company Drydocks World and Swiss consulting, engineering, and brokerage firm BIG Invest Consult will build the Water Discus Hotel, a luxury underwater hotel in Dubai. Poland’s Deep Ocean Technology designed the hotel, surrounded by a coral reef, to have
Here’s what’s not going to happen this year: the earth won’t end on Dec. 12; it won’t be swallowed by a black hole, consumed by the sun or get taken out by a collision with the imaginary planet Nibiru. Here’s what will happen: as of today, more people than ever
Even before Indian citizens and state governments went hysterical over the topic of discussion on Aamir Khan’s TV show Satyamev Jayate – female foeticide – actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was offered a chance to campaign for the girl child by visiting United Nations Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon. This happened at the Ambani party, to which the high-profile gentleman
Teleportation, sci-fi as it sounds, is actually not fictional or even new; two years ago, Chinese physicists broke the then-current record for quantum teleportation by teleporting photons over 10 miles. But a new effort from that same team demolishes that record, beaming the photons over 97 kilometers. The physicists, working from
Earlier Blueseed came up with the idea to create a seaborne startup community in international waters off the coast of northern California. A new report released by the company says it has 133 tech startups on board to move their operations offshore when it launches next year. The idea is to create a place that requires
After a slow start, the unrest sweeping the Middle East has reached the Levant. Protesters have been in the streets of Daraa, an agricultural town in Syria’s extreme southwest near the border with Jordan, since March 15. They started after a group of children between 10 and 14 were arrested