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The New POTUS Takes Oath Mr Joe Biden takes oath as the new POTUS (President of the United States). This brings the curtains down on one of...

Cyclone Nivar In Tamil, the oldest known language on earth, Ni-var-u-Vaaya is a question, "Are You Coming?". Of course, this question is normally asked in a friendly and receptive manner; for example, a man checking whether his beloved will make the rendezvous without fail. Or, a person wishing his or her friend/ relative to visit and confirming the same. There is even a commercially successful Tamil film with a song and title itself on this familiar and much used Tamil phrase.

Lewis Hamilton was already in the pantheon of Formula One Racing greats. But there was One big number that Michael Schumacher owned and no one else. Seven World Championships. That number is now co-owned by Lewis.

If fearless journalists cannot be neutralized with harassment, maybe 'try to neuter their voices' by arresting them. 'Keeping them off work till you get some time to think of what next to do', seems to be the credo of the Shiv Sena-led regime.

Kanye West, the millionaire rapper has decided to stand for the elections to decide the 46th President of the United States. A successful singer/ musician is no stranger to the Green Room. Is there a green signal for Kanye to enter the Oval Room? Will The White House finally be home to the first fully Black President of the United States?

Pullback by China is on the cards. It seems as if Doval has done well to send Beijing Paeking. But the pullback by China has to be seen to be believed. Else...

..............It may not be all jest if we were to hypothesize this. That the seven notes in music may have also tapped their feet to her moves..."Ek Do Teen.." The year 2020 has surely found a way to cut short some dance sequences and serve us lemons. But such is Life. We may just have to sing 'Nimbooda Nimbooda', grin and bear it. Making a song and dance of it is not given to us ordinary mortals.

The Prime Minister of India, Mr Narendra Modi had today visited Nimu, Leh and the Ladakh border region in general. This was to boos the morale of the forces at the border.

China has started threatening India to revoke the ban on Chinese Applications. Too early maybe for us to expect the dragon to resort to supplications. The world's bully has hitherto been...