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Web Series Releasing On Amazon Prime, Netflix, ZEE5, Hotstar In 2020

The latter half of the year will witness the start of new web series in addition to the second season of most popular dramas including Mirzapur, The Family Man, Aarya.

Check the upcoming web series and movies on different OTT platforms  

Amazon Prime Video

Mirzapur 2 (December 2020)

Viewers are waiting for the saga of the families of Kaleen Bhaiya and Pandit brothers to unfold. The second season will start with the rise of Munna Tripathi and the revenge of Guddu Pandit.

The Family Man 2 (October 2020)

Senior analyst in Threat Analysis and Surveillance Cell (TASC) Srikant Tiwari was successful in averting a terrorist attack in the season one but the threat is far from over. 

Bandish Bandits (August 2020)

It is a musical romantic drama starring Ritwik Bhowmik and Shreya Chaudhry. It is the story of two young performers but from different musical backgrounds.

Made in Heaven 2 (April 2020)

Viewers liked the life luxurious lifestyle of modern Indians so much that the makes of this web series started thinking of season 2. Zoya Akhtar confirmed the second season on Instagram.

Engineering Girls Season 2

The girls of season 1 are headed for a roller-coaster ride during a campus placement drive. Check the season 2 to see how they choose their careers. 

Netflix

Masaba Masaba

Fashion designer Masaba Gupta narrates story of her life with her actor-mother Neena Gupta. And the mother-daughter duo is playing lead roles in this web series.

Kaali Khuhi (Black Well)

Directed by Terrie Samundra, Kaali Khuhi is an original Punjabi movie based on the story behind mysterious deaths occurring in a remote village in Punjab.

Extraction 2

The follow up of the hit Netflix movie was confirmed by Joe Russo and it is expected to relies later this year.

Baahubali: Before the Beginning

Based on Anand Neelekantan’s 2017 novel, the web series tells the story of the charismatic girl Sivagami as she matures into a wise queen of Mahishmati. 

ZEE5

Omerta (July 2020)

It is an Indian biographical crime drama starring Rajkumar Rao and Rajesh Tailang. Rajkumar Rao playing the role of a Read more

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Why Is Ghee Banned In The US, Chyawanprash In Canada And Samosa In Somalia?

Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) took little time in banning Maggi after finding lead in excess of permissible limits in its products. And it also rejected the samples of more than 400 products from brands including Tata Starbucks, Kellog’s and Amway for one reason or other. But it finds no problem with products like ghee that is banned in the US.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) uses different measures to determine food safety and for this reason it has banned the ghee that is a staple food in India.

Here we’ll discuss the food items passed by FSSAI but banned by US FDA and we’ll start with GRB ghee.

GRB Dairy Foods

 

GRB started as a SME in the year 1984 and soon became a leading brand in dairy products especially ghee. FSSAI has approved its products for safety in India and abroad but US FDA has a different take over his company. GRB ghee is banned in the US because the product doesn’t contain names and quantity of its ingredients. But a dairy product passed by US FDA is blacklisted in China. It is Heinz baby milk.

Chyawanprash

Who says that Chyawanprash is harmful for health? It is widely consumed in India and abroad as an Ayurvedic medicine. Wikipedia has a page on Chyawanprash where it has listed all its ingredients but the Canadian government has banned its sale since 2005. The government claims that Chywanprash contains a high amount of lead and mercury.

Haldiram

haldiram

The US FDA was vocal in criticizing the product quality of Haldiram that is a popular sweets and snacks manufacturer in India. Its products were called poisonous and adulterated and discarded as filthy, putrid and decomposed. In the US, Haldiram products are unfit to eat. Why is it so? A top official of Haldiram minced no words in saying that India and the US have different food safety standards.

Unknown Gujarat Snack

A snack manufacturer from Gujarat faced ban in 2005 when Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat. The snack has no name and the US FDA … Read more

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What is The Significance of The Engineers Day in India?

Why 15th September is Called an Engineers Day in India?

Every year 15 September is celebrated as Engineers Day to commemorate the birthday of Sir Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraya(Sir MV) for his contributions towards the public good.

Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraya

Meet Sir MV

Born on 15 September 1861 into a Telugu speaking Brahmin family in Muddenahalli village in the Kingdom of Mysore in British India, Sir MV received his first honor at the hands of King George V who Knighted Sir MV with Knight Commander of the British Indian Empire (KCIE) for his contributions. An alma mater of College of Engineering Pune, he was instrumental in the making of Krishna Raja Sagra (KRS) dam in Karnataka.

Personal life 

His father, Mokshagundam Srinivasa Sastry, was a noted Sanskrit scholar and teacher and his mother, Venkatalakshamma, was a homemaker. But he lost his father at the tender age of 12. Sir MV received his primary education in Chickballapur. Also, he was one of the few students to attend Central College, Bangalore. After graduation, he went to the College of Engineering, Pune where he received LCE (Licenciate in Civil Engineering).

Career 

Sir MV started his career in 1885 as a Service Engineer in Bombay and soon he rose to the position of Executive Engineer in 1896 and then Assistant Superintending Engineer from 1897-99. He visited China and Japan during this time. He worked in municipalities, sanitary departments and irrigation departments of the British government. He also visited various countries on different assignments before retiring from British service in 1909.

Important Appointment 

The most notable appointment of Sir MV was appointed to the top position of the Kingdom of Mysore by Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV. Sir Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraya became the 19thDiwan of Mysore in 1912 to 1918.

Bharat Ratna 

In 1955, Sir Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraya was honored with the highest civilian honor of India, the Bharat Ratna for his statesmanship as the Diwan of Mysore and his notable work done in British time.… Read more