The Bolt founder claimed a group of investors had signed off on the company’s chaotic $450 million raise, but some said they hadn’t. Now, BlackRock and other investors have moved to stall the round. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…

American medalists will earn a collective $8.3 million from the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, but two countries are paying even more for their athletes’ trips to the podium at the Paris Games. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…

The prolific online poster at Wischoff Ventures plans to write checks of $1 million or so into startups in areas like the “new supply chain” from her Nashville-based fund. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Elon Musk remains at No. 1. But the ups and downs of tech stocks shuffled the ranks of others among the world’s top 10 richest, with Larry Ellison falling a notch while Bill Gates overtook the Google cofounders. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…

Back-to-school looks different this year as districts across America institute new programs banning smartphones, enabled by lockable pouches from 10-year-old company Yondr. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

With an impressive roster of top talent—including Casper Ruud, Jessica Pegula, Ben Shelton and Tommy Paul—the Japanese sports equipment brand has raised its game and seen record growth. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…

Black carbon, or soot, is part of fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) and contributes to climate change. Black carbon is formed by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, wood and other fuels. Complete combustion would turn all carbon in the fuel into carbon dioxide (CO2), but combustion is never complete and CO2, carbon monoxide, volatile or…

BharatNet is the Indian government's broadband serviceBharatNet. The Indian government has expanded the BharatNet optical fibre broadband project. The government has now allowed the private sector to participate in the fibre broadband rollout --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: …

Story Teller --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/support

In philosophy, rationalism is the epistemological view that "regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge" or "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul18…

Dragon Man skull dumbfounds, digs up doubts about human evolution The Harbin cranium is the true big box of skulls for the Homo genus. It's a massive dome with room for a modern human brain but with bigger and somewhat squared-off eye sockets, imposing brows, wide mouth and plus-sized teeth. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.c…

Kabir Jayanti Special --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/support

Kabir Jayanti Special 2021 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/support

गुरु वाणी Kabir Das was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint, whose writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib. His early life was in a Muslim family, but he was strongly influenced by his teacher, the Hindu bhakti leader Ramananda. --- Send in a voice message: https://pod…

मंगलाचरण स्लोक --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/support

Krishna Leela --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/support

India maintained 43rd rank on an annual World Competitiveness Index compiled by the Institute for Management Development (IMD) that examined the impact of COVID-19 on economies around the world this year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho…

G7 agrees 'historic' global minimum corporate tax rate Finance ministers from the world's richest countries have agreed to back a corporate tax rate of at least 15%, to stop tax havens competing to attract tech giants like Amazon and Facebook. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast:…

The summer solstice, also known as estival solstice or midsummer, occurs when one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/supp…

In political science, statism is the doctrine that the political authority of the state is legitimate to some degree. This may include economic and social policy, especially in regard to taxation and the means of production. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters…

The Maharashtra govt’s proposed amendment for protection of ‘heritage trees’ Under the proposed amendment, a tree with an estimated age of 50 years or more shall be defined as a heritage tree. It may belong to specific species, which will be notified from time to time. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/me…

The All-India Muslim League was a political party established in 1906 in British India. Its strong advocacy for the establishment of a separate Muslim-majority nation-state, Pakistan, successfully led to the partition of India in 1947 by the British Empire --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport …

The Delhi Durbar was an Indian imperial-style mass assembly organized by the British at Coronation Park, Delhi, India, to mark the succession of an Emperor or Empress of India. Also known as the Imperial Durbar, --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/…

The extremists wanted to extend the boycott to all over India and refuse cooperation so that task of administration becomes impossible. The main extremist leaders were Lala Lajpat Ray, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal. They were called Lal Bal Pal. They had become so popular that British got alarmed. The slogan was “Swaraj is my Birthright” T…

The Indian National Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/support

The first Partition of Bengal (1905) was a territorial reorganization of the Bengal Presidency implemented by the authorities of the British Raj. The reorganization separated the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcas…

Bani Thani was a singer and poet in Kishangarh in the time of Raja Samant Singh, whose mistress she became. After he abdicated the throne the couple retired to a comfortable life in Brindavan, a place associated with the life of Krishna, to whom Samant Singh was greatly devoted. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/r…

Kunwar Narain was a poet in Indian literature, often regarded as the leading poet in Hindi. He read and traveled widely and wrote for six decades. He was linked to the New Poetry movement. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/suppo…

Altruism is the principle and moral practice of concern for happiness of other human beings or other animals, resulting in a quality of life both material and spiritual. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/support…

Gross domestic product is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced in a specific time period --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/support

The Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, usually called the Geneva Protocol, is a treaty prohibiting the use of chemical and biological weapons in international armed conflicts. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul18…

Urbanization refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/…

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation is India's national regulatory body for pharmaceuticals and medical devices --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/support

Cyclone Yass, the second major storm to hit India after cyclone Tauktae, made landfall today in Odisha, the Meteorological Department said. ... The wind speed during the landfall of cyclone Yass was at 130-140 kmph, gusting to 155 kmph, as per Doppler radar data. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageS…

The Bardoli Satyagraha, in the state of Gujarat, India during the British Raj, was a major episode of civil disobedience and revolt in the Indian Independence Movement on June 1928 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/support…

Each year since 1977, ICOM has organised International Museum Day, which represents a unique moment for the international museum community. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/support…

Onion Cutting --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/support

Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Tauktae was a powerful tropical cyclone in the Arabian Sea that became the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in the Indian state of Gujarat since the 1998 Gujarat cyclone and one of the strongest tropical cyclones to ever affect the west coast of India. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotif…

Karmayog- Swami Vivekanand --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/support

The HakkiPikki tribes are semi nomadic tribal people, have four clans namely the Gujrathioa, Kaliwala, Mewara and Panwara. They speak many south Indian languages such as Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam along with Vagribooli which is similar to Guajarati. The HakkiPikki, meaning “bird catchers” in Kannada. It is a Scheduled Tribe in Karnataka. …

Dissolved Oxygen is a measure of the amount of free oxygen available in river systems. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/support

Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2020 was released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI). 1.3 billion people are still living in multidimensional poverty. More than 80% are deprived in at least five of the ten indicators used to measure health, education and living stand…

National Technology Day is observed on 11 MAY EVERY YEAR SINCE 1999. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/support

History --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/support

Science Revolution --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/support

Republic, form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body. Modern republics are founded on the idea that sovereignty rests with the people, though who is included and excluded from the category of the people has varied across history. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/m…

The phrase 'gross national happiness' was first coined by the 4th King of Bhutan, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, in 1972 when he declared, “Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross Domestic Product.” The concept implies that sustainable development should take a holistic approach towards notions of progress --- Send in a voice message: h…

Conditional Sentences are also known as Conditional Clauses or If Clauses. They are used to express that the action in the main clause (without if) can only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcas…

The Original Difference between the use of of will and shall --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/support

Upnishad --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul182/support