For someone who has just won the 2015 Time Magazine ‘Person of The Year’ award, Angela Merkel finds herself in a corner, caught between the responsibility of holding the European Union together on side, and, continuing her policy of allowing more refugees to flow into Germany and EU, on the other. From the time the […]
Month: December 2015
Weird museums around the world
Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum Location: Osaka, Japan Who doesn’t like cup noodles and instant ramen? Ever wondered who invented these universally delightful foods? Momofuku Ando from Japan did. In 1958, Ando came up with Chicken Ramen after years of research and experiments in his backyard shed. This Osaka museum is dedicated to the history […]
What is Russia’s endgame in Syria?
After its futile attempt in Afghanistan in the 80s, Syria is the next major country outside its region where Russia has got involved in military conflict, ostensibly to protect Russian interests. So what is the Russian endgame here? With international prices of crude oil at record low levels, coupled with economic sanctions imposed on it […]
The COP 21 – Climate Change Summit: All that you need to know
The world awaits the final text release that will spell out what exactly negotiators at Paris, representing over 192 countries, have agreed upon on how they plan to tackle the problem of climate change going forward. The agenda of the Summit (30 November – 11 December 2015) To bridge the perception gap between developed and […]
Conservation of Energy – How Can All Nations Come Together
The various sources of energy being used these days can be broken up into two major groups – the conventional sources of energy and the alternative sources of energy. The conventional sources of energy are the traditional ones such as the various fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas, and even wood to a […]
Christmas Myths and Legends
Twelve Days of Christmas This is one of the commonest Christmas songs sung across the world, right? The ‘12 days of Christmas’ refers to the celebration between December 25 (Christmas) and January 6 (Epiphany – when the three wise men are believed to have visited baby Jesus). But there seems to be more than meets […]
Oil Prices and the Global Economy
Oil is often referred to as Black Gold and with good reason. Oil has powered the industrial and transportation growth for the last 100 years ever since the discovery of oil at the Spindletop geyser in Texas in 1901. Although oil has been around for centuries, its commercial exploitation was triggered by the Spindletop discovery. […]
Self-made Young Entrepreneurs of the Decade
These days technology has made it easier for people to access knowledge and use it for various purposes. People in general, especially the young ones, are getting sharper and there are more individuals willing to catapult themselves to the riches and glory that everyone wishes for in life rather than wait for time and fortune […]
Top Politicians Around The World In 2015
There are several politicians who are popular in their own countries but are not very visible in international politics, while there are politicians who may be popular in international politics but may not enjoy wide support in their own countries. In either case, popularity remains a subjective interpretation and changes with time or events as […]
How to Say Hello around the World?
Greetings are the first thing that we exchange with people from other cultures such as ones who do not speak our language or ones who are from a different country or perhaps a different part of the same country itself. It is the pleasant demeanor and a smiling face that helps us strike a conversation […]