Vimal Kumar

Vimal Kumar is Naval Architect by profession and an education enthusiast. He is attempting to make knowledge accessible beyond the boundary of societal barriers. He also strives to pen down the untangled whirlwind of mind. He can be contacted on email: vimal256@gmail.com.

Explained

Vimal KumarFebruary 28, 2025

India accounts for 26% of Global TB Reported Cases

In accordance with Global Tuberculosis Report 2020, the TB incidence rate in India is 193 per 100,000 population and accounts for 27% of Drug-resistant TB cases.
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Art & Culture

Vimal KumarFebruary 28, 2025

Tryst with Trust

Credit: Dave Lowe on Unsplash If you are a proud resident of Delhi, you must have seen blue rectangular metro card. If you have seen, you all are my league: riding the…
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Featured

Vimal KumarFebruary 28, 2025

India’s economy is expected to contract by 10.3%, says IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo. Source: Deccan Herald While still reeling under tremendous impact from COVID-19, the Indian economy is expected to contract by 10.3 % in the year…
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Art & Culture

Vimal KumarFebruary 28, 2025

“Liking” an article online may mean less time spent reading it

A study finds that when users have option to click “like” on the media article online, they spend less times reading the texts
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Art & Culture

Vimal KumarFebruary 28, 2025

Is wearing glasses can protect you from COVID-19?

H Shaw on Unsplash A team of researchers in China have found that people who wear glasses appear to be at lower risk of catching COVID-19. The report, published in JAMA Ophthalmology, noticed…
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Art & Culture

Vimal KumarFebruary 28, 2025

Is it also a game?

The game has been an integral part of human evolution. It is seen not from a few years but from numerous centuries. If we try to observe history, it would…
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Open Section

Vimal KumarFebruary 28, 2025

COVID-19|A Glance on India’s health Infrastructure

India’s historical lockdown is now in its sixth week. It all started with an appeal from the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi to observe 14-hours voluntary Janta curfew on 22nd March…
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Agriculture

Vimal KumarFebruary 28, 2025

The Fall of Milk: Dignity to Cheeseburger

Glass of milk | Source: pixabay.com, couleur Few months back, little before COVID-19 pandemic gheraoed the whole world, my mother visited us in Singapore. She spent her whole life in…
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Art & Culture

Vimal KumarFebruary 28, 2025

Mock-meat and all that

Coping with a certain kind of ambiguity in vegetarianism Recently we celebrated the fourth Chinese New Year in our office in Singapore. The office walls were covered with red pamphlets…
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Agriculture

Vimal KumarFebruary 28, 2025

Explained: What is the locust plague and impact on India

A man attempts to fend-off a swarm of desert locusts at a ranch near the town of Nanyuki in Laikipia county, Kenya, Feb. 21, 2020. | Source: REUTERS/Baz Ratner India…
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Today in History

Vimal KumarJanuary 19, 2024

21 January in Indian and World History

21 January in Indian and World History is celebrated, observed, and remembered for various reasons. 21 January is the birth anniversary of Pratibha Ray. 21 January is also observed as the death…
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Vimal KumarJanuary 15, 2024

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay: Master Storyteller of Bengali Literature

Portrait of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay||Source: wikimedia.org The movie Devdas which was brought to the cinema in 16 versions and brought tears to the audience and touched their mind, heart, and…
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Vimal KumarOctober 1, 2023

The Bapu Talisman

It was on the first page of every NCERT textbook. It is printed like any other text. So, I read those like any other text without realizing the intent and…
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Quotes

Vimal KumarAugust 30, 2023

Vincent van Gogh Quotes

Vincent van Gogh (29 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch post-impressionist painter who is considered one of the greatest and most influential artists of all time. He produced…
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Vimal KumarAugust 30, 2023

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Quotes

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891) was an Indian educator and social reformer. He was the most prominent campaigner for Hindu widow remarriage. The Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act,…
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