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BTS: The KPOP Sensation Spreading a Message of Self-Love

Bangtan Sonyeondan (방탄소년단; translating to Bulletproof Boy Scouts) or BTS, made their debut in 2013 with the intention to “block out stereotypes, criticisms, and expectations that aim on adolescents like bullets”. Seven years later, with a large, dedicated fanbase of varying ages, ethnicities, gender identities, etc. BTS has certainly delivered on that goal and continue to do so.

Their new song Dynamite (the band’s first song entirely in English), was released to provide healing and happiness to the fans during the pandemic. The song debuted at #1 on the Billboard HOT 100 chart, making BTS the first international and Korean band to achieve that goal.

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Records waiting to be made/broken in IPL 2020

Ayshi

After months of wait, the most awaited IPL is here! Hold your breath and witness the immensely talented teams paving their way to the trophy. The fans are looking forward to a lot of high scores, nail-biting chases and players surprising them with extraordinary batting, bowling, fielding and wicket-keeping skills.

Given the past history, this year too, a number of records are waiting to be broken at the IPL! Yes, records! Are your favourites on the line for new records too? Read on to find out!

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Epic Social Media Reactions To Elon Musk Naming His Son ‘X Æ A-12’

Sanjana

Elon Musk’s tweet revealing the name of his son broke the internet. Memes exploded across social media as netizens trolled the name saying it sounded too crazy and futuristic, and implied that the tech fanatic’s child is most probably be a robot. Most were left confused regarding the pronunciation of such a strange name and theories starting popping up about what it could mean. Musk is known for his love of memes and strange tweets. As the couple is famous for their eccentricity and constant trolling, Twitterati were confused as to the legitimacy of the name.

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Brands You Didn’t Know Were Indian

Ayshi

Indians have long been captivated by foreign brands which, axiomatically, has discouraged local brands. Even the ones that managed to break through, had to take the assistance of foreign names. The foreign names along with advertisements featuring foreigners and premium pricing have created an impression in the mind of the consumers that these brands are not Indian.

The age-old obsession still being real, here are labels that reassure the high standard of Indian brands but are often thought of as foreign ones!

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Awesome babysitting skills from Dads around the world!

Gautam Singh

For a child, the Mother is the world, but that world isn’t complete without the Dad. Other than the stereotyping of a father about being strong and very strict, as someone who never cries and can’t emote; there is a stereotype that dads can’t handle a child. Well, there are dads who took up babysitting and made it around social media for both hilarious and beautiful moments with their children.

During the pandemic and the lockdown, many fathers have done babysitting and various bonding and hilarious moments struck. Let’s embrace them and capture them in our memories.

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What’s wrong with 2020?

Gautam Singh

Year 2020 seems like a challenging year for everyone around the world. Humanity has, collectively, endured the hardships worth 7 years in the first 7 months of this year that seemed to be cursed from the very first month. The bushfires, globally spread disease, increasing death tolls, recession, unemployment, insect attacks and we don’t know what else is in the stores for us in the next few months.

Are we over with the bad things this year has to offer or do we have to endure more hardships this year? We start with a list of things that have gone wrong so far in 2020.

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Memes Flood Social Media After PM Modi’s Speech

Sanjana

On May 12, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation amid the coronavirus crisis. In his speech, the PM announced a massive economic package of 20 lakh crores called ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’, which approximately amounts to 10% of India’s GDP. While citizens listened to the much-awaited speech hoping for some clarity on how to move forward and deal with the pandemic — the use of tough, obscure Hindi words only confused them further.

Within minutes of the speech being aired, Twitter was flooded with memes by netizens, especially non-Hindi speaking ones, claiming to not having understood a single word of it.

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Your Most Attractive Trait As Per Your Zodiac Sign

Sanjana

Oh Well! How could we miss the Zodiac Signs? The truth is whether we believe in these signs or not, whether we believe a lot or a little, we all love to see what’s there in it for us 🙂

All of us are unique and have something special that makes us attractive and stand out from the rest. Our zodiac signs can determine our characteristics to an extent and it’s always fun to see if our personalities match the qualities of our zodiac sign as predicted by astrologists. So here’s your most attractive trait according to your zodiac sign.

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Funny excuses people are making during Lockdown

Gautam Singh

During the hard times of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we all have been in lockdown for over a month. It’s tough, especially when you are not sure about how long will this lockdown last. Its frustrating because it has put an end to all our routines, meeting with friends and our small regular outings to malls and restaurants; not to mention these are very challenging times for couples who are not able to meet anymore.

This stress and frustration cause an impulse to move out of home for some to overcome this feeling of house arrest, however, the authorities are blocking every attempt of people to move out from the safety of their home. There are people who gave the most hilarious reasons to break the rules of lockdown

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Corona – fact or fiction?

Roshani Makhija

In this tough period of coronavirus pandemic, there are a lot of questions in our minds. We also receive a lot of information on social media. Some of the received information though may sound logical, but might actually be incorrect. The problem is that any incorrect understanding of COVID-19 increases our risk of infections. So along with access to information, it is important to have a reliable source of information.

Here are some of the questions we have heard and responses from experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO).