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The Gentleman of the Jungle Background of the story .. Europeans entered Africa in the early part of the fifteenth century. The expeditions were mainly for exploring a foreign land that was so different from their homelands in Europe. The diversity of the flora and …
Too Dear! by Leo Tolstoy About Leo Tolstoy .. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) is perhaps the most revered Russian writer, who is accepted the world over as the conscience-keeper of mankind. He wrote novels and short stories with moorings in morality, pacifism, and spirituality have influenced …
Comprehension Exercise – 30 Creative Writing – 85 Study the write-up and answer the questions that follow Article sourced from ‘Outlook India’ In 2003, a prominent business house of India, submitted an ambitious plan to the government of West Bengal proposing the creation of an …
Current Affairs – 5 Dissent and Defiance Roil Hong Kong Position as on October 11, 2014 Hong Kong, one of world’s busiest commercial places, has seen unprecedented and very disruptive street demonstrations for quite some days now. Spear-headed by students, the tone of the chants …
Comprehension Exercise – 29 Creative Writing – 84 Read the article and answer the questions that follow Article sourced from ‘TIME’ Justice is 7 years old. She’s besotted with Frozen’s Princess Elsa and knows all the words to the film’s hit song “Let It Go.” Every …
Comprehension Exercise – 28 Creative Writing – 83 Comprehension Exercise for school students [CBSE, BSE, ICSE) Write-up Walking in one of Panaji’s local markets one warm afternoon earlier this year, I found the shops shuttered all along the street. I was in search of a …
Current Affairs – 4 Ebola in Congo Ebola virus disease (EVD) is an infectious disease that spreads through contamination with a patient’s body fluids like blood, semen, or a lactating woman’s milk. It starts with high fever, sore throat, muscular pain, vomiting and diarrhea. One out …
Current Affairs 3 OIC, the Uighurs (also spelt as Oyghurs), and Kashmir – How OIC cowers before the Chinese for commercial gains OIC is the acronym for Organization of Islamic Cooperation. It is a body of some 57 Islamic countries, who strive to plead for …
Comprehension Exercise – 27 Creative Writing – 82 Study the article and answer the questions that follow A visit to Hampi: Contrast between Goa and Hampi through a tourist’s eyes [BBC] Ancient Vijayanagara, a crumbling 16th-century metropolis, is a stark contrast to the decadence of …
Current Affairs – 2 The International Court of Justice ruling in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case On July 17, 2019, the ICJ in The Hague in Netherlands pronounced its verdict in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case. The government of India had approached the Court to seek relief …