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  Businessman Raj Kundra, husband of actor and businesswoman Shilpa Shetty, was arrested by the Mumbai police on Monday  in connection with an adult film racket. What is the case, and does Kundra face any other similar case? Case in which Raj Kundra has been arrested. On February 4 of this year, the Mumbai police said they had arrested five people for allegedly forcing women into porn movies. They would promise these aspiring actresses, who came to Mumbai from various parts of the country, roles in web series. However, on the day of the shoot, they would change the script and threaten the women to expose themselves. If the women refused, they were asked to foot the bill for the shooting preparations. Once the movies were shot, the accused made them available on mobile apps, offering subscriptions on the lines of mainstream OTT platforms. They would then put up advertisements on social media platforms. Since pornography is illegal in India, this too was against the law. How and...

  What has happened? The RBI has barred Mastercard Asia Pacific from onboarding new credit, debit and prepaid card customers with effect from July 22 as it failed to comply with data storage norms. Mastercard is the third card network to be barred by RBI this year, after American Express and Diners Club were similarly prohibited  from onboarding new customers in April. This leaves just Visa and Rupay as the only card networks allowed to take in new customers. But Why This Step By RBI? The data storage rule enforced in 2018 mandates that - "Payments system providers store the entire payment data in systems located only in India, except for processing cross-border payments." Data sent abroad for processing should be deleted abroad  within the prescribed timeline and stored only in India. Mastercard's Response. "While we are disappointed with the stance taken by RBI in their communication dated July 14, we will continue to work with them to provide any additional detai...

  Most of us can't comprehend how many unbelievable things happen in just 24 short hours. For some living things this is a whole lifetime, and we don't even notice they're there. In every 24 hours, 7 Earthquakes and 18,000 cyclones occurs. In every 24 hours, 24 crore people are involved in Sexual activity. In every 24 hours, 3.65 lakh children are born. In every 24 hours, 1.50 lakh people die.   In every 24 hours, Around 18 million people will celebrate their birthday.  In every 24 hours, On average, each person will spend 20 minutes in the toilet.   In every 24 hours, 15 million cigarettes will be sold around the world.  In every 24 hours, there are 130 crore Tinder swipes.   In every 24 hours, our heartbeat around 1.04 lakh times.  In every 24 hours, Apple company earns about 13 crore dollars and Jeff Bezos 23 crore dollars.   In every 24 hours, total 22.4K crore mails are written.  In every 24 hours, On average we go toilet around 5 t...

Most of us learned about the world's oceans in elementary school. There's the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian and the Arctic Ocean.  Now, there's a sea change ahead.  Thanks to National Geographic, you'll soon see a fifth ocean on your maps. It's now officially recognizing the Southern Ocean , the waters swirling around Antarctica, marking the first time the organization has made such a change since it started drawing up maps over a century ago.  Details Since  National Geographic began making maps in 1915, it has recognized four oceans: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans. Starting on World Ocean Day, it will recognize the Southern Ocean as the World's fifth Ocean. The Southern Ocean has long been recognized by scientists, but because there was never agreement internationally, we never officially recognized it, says National Geographic Society Geographer Alex Tait . Why Fifth Ocean? This Ocean shares border with Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Ocean. W...

 Importance Amul, is an Indian diary cooperative society, based at Anand in the State of Gujarat. Today is jointly owned by 3.6 million milk producers in Gujarat, and the apex body of 13 District Milk Unions, spread across 13,000 villages of Gujarat. Amul spurred White Revolution, which made the country the world's largest producer of milk and milk products. The Issue. India's largest diary brand Amul has countered animal rights organization PETA's suggestion to "switch to plant-based diary", questioning how employment to crores of people could be provided if that were to be the case.   Also PETA is promoting Vegan lifestyle all over the World. So let us discuss vegan and vegetarian lifestyle. What is Vegetarian? According to the  Vegetarian Society , a vegetarian is someone who does not eat any meat, poultry, fish, shellfish or by-products of animal slaughter. Vegetarian diets contain various levels of fruits, vegetables, grains, pulses, nuts and seeds. The inclu...

  Pi  is a new  cryptocurrency  for and by everyday people that you can “mine” (or earn) from your phone.  Cryptocurrencies  are new form of digital money that are maintained and secured by a community, instead of by governments or banks. As we can mine it from our phone, it has come to notice other like many Cryptocurrencies. Some Common Questions Regarding Pi. 1. Do I need to leave the app open to mine? Does the app drain my battery or data? You don't have to leave the app open. Your app knows how much Pi to create for you per hour based on your engagement. Invite more people to get a higher hourly rate. 2. HOW MUCH IS PI WORTH? Most Pi has no value. Some Pi unofficially(as far as we know) has fixed value through private communities like The Pi Lifestyle and Pi Network Market. Any website claiming a market value of Pi is mistaken or faking it. 3. Is this real? Is Pi a scam? Pi is not a scam. It is a project started by a team of Stanford University graduat...

  Government is planning to bring a new bill that will ban all private cryptocurrencies but aims to bring public digital currency. Why is Crypto gaining  traction. Disillusionment with banking system. Progressive taxation. Crypto is digital Gold. Failed government policies. How can Crypto help? Reduced financial frauds. Reduced Corruption. Immediate transaction with lower fee. Technology Development. Drive the Economy. One very simple example.  Can you imagine your life without Internet or Smartphone today?   Leaving Cryptocurrency bus may give a same feeling if we deprive digital India of Decentralized crypto currencies. Think it a different way, whole world is using Crypto and gaining a lot of profit and all we can do is just see and get jealous from them isn't it? Common Question Regarding Crypto. Is deregulated good? Yes. Is it fully secure? No. Is it scalable? Yes. Is it stable? No. Is India ready? Depends on YOU. Well the answer to all the questions are ac...