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News Capsule for the Month of August 2026

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  The following are the top news stories for the month.   If you wish to follow and get notifications of future articles, you can sign up using the email on the left sidebar.  Kerala  Kochi Corporation ordered by HC to establish guidelines for footpath maintenance.  Kochi Metro registers record operating profit on higher ridership, non-fare revenue.  Wetland plots allotted to Vallarpadam project evictees to be made habitable.  Kerala rains: Seven dead as floods and landslides trigger statewide crisis.  Mammootty visits Cochin Haneefa's new home, stands in silent tribute before actor's portraits.  As Kerala battles floods, forest team risks lives to save trapped deer.  Plans afoot to lengthen all Ernakulam Junction railway station platforms.  Yellow alert in Delhi, Rains to continue in Kerala, schools closed in Dehradun. BMW, Harley-Davidson theft in Kerala takes dramatic twist as family refuses complaint. Kerala reservoirs reco...

Vaagmi app- An app for overall personality development

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What do you think you can expect from a personality development app? You will be a great orator or a famous personality? You land up in a good job? A six-figure income every month? No one can guarantee all this but you will surely be able to upskill yourself and improve in what you are doing right now. Read on the importance of soft skills and how to improve it.  Vaagmi has unveiled its new product ie. a personalised mobile application for soft skill training . Vaagmi has released this app after the success of the previous Model UN app which saw a lot of happy customers. Soft skills training app has been their primary focus ever since the company came into existence. A step by step instructions on how does the app work? 1.   You can download the app from play store or click here 2.    You will then be guided to a page where you will have to register using your email and password. Enter your name, phone number and place.  3.     After tha...

Feedback for the podcast- geopolitics at the time of pandemic

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Greetings everyone Thank you for taking the time to come here and give your feedback on the podcast. Hope you have listened and understood the topic very well. Please do attend a Two-minute survey which will help me improve future experiences for you. As I always say, this is a platform which takes importance in catering what all you want and you all are also part of the decision making. Read about the summary of the podcast or you want to listen to it again- Click here Giveaway!! Along with the feedback survey, I am giving you a surprise, to join my venture of spreading knowledge. You can come aboard in my future podcasts and speak to the audience on the topics you specialise and spread knowledge. I request everyone interested to be the part of the initiative to register via this form.  Link to the survey.  Thank you in Advance!!

A podcast on Indian Foreign Policy

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Desperate times require desperate actions.  With tensions rising between India and neighbours. My friend Rohit interview Kavith and myself on Indian foreign policy with India's neighbours in the form of a podcast. The podcast was recorded on 19th June and released a few days later. It was recorded purely in Malayalam for the benefit of listeners. This will be a brief summary of the podcast in English. Read my previous podcast summary on geopolitics . Summary The podcase begins with the introduction of the topics and the panellists by moderator Rohith Krishnan. Both Kavith and Jairam, are Political enthusiasts who focus on International Politics and are prominent MUNners in the circuit.  Rohith asks the first question to Jairam, regarding the June 15 incident where Indian and Chinese soldiers engaged in skirmishes in the border, to which Jairam explains the history of the formation of "Line of Actual Control" and why is it an unsettled border and prone to such skirmishes, ...

App bans, Internet restrictions and Politics

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Internet is more essential commodity than ever. For the past six months due to lockdown, the world went virtual. The number of smartphones is increasing every day, the internet is becoming cheaper in countries like India. Along with expanding network follows more anarchy and then followed by restrictions.  Why people hate politics?-   Read here  I remember writing on a topic on why people hate politics just a few months ago. I covered a couple of topics on why we need to understand politics and how it affects us. Today I am here to do an emphasis on this topic which I missed then but makes 100% sense today. Politics now dictate what we see, listen and do online. They will decide what all apps we use and what all we not use. We will discuss various cases across the globe, on how different countries are using internet restrictions/bans to score political points, or even establish their agenda and control over society. The list is endless but we will discuss some of the most...