The Abu Dhabi NEET “Scandal” That Wasn’t: How Social Media Created a Fake Controversy

For the last few days, social media has been flooded with claims that the National Testing Agency (NTA) committed a shocking blunder by allotting a NEET candidate from Maharashtra an examination centre in Abu Dhabi. The story spread rapidly. Politicians attacked the NTA. Journalists called it incompetence. Thousands of users mocked the examination system. There […]

What Is the History of Suhrawardy Road in Kolkata? Which Suhrawardy Was It Named After?

The recent decision of the West Bengal government to rename Kolkata’s Suhrawardy Avenue as Gopal Mukherjee Road has revived an old debate, Who exactly was the “Suhrawardy” after whom the road was named? For years, many people assumed that Suhrawardy Avenue was named after Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, the controversial Premier of Bengal during the tumultuous […]