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Ppt slides about accomplished PIOs It is very common to receive the lists (or graphics) depicting very successful persons of Indian origin (PIOs) on our social media timelines; email inboxes and even front pages of newspapers. Some of these lists contain names of people who are not necessarily of Indian origin, but whose names resemble Indian names like Tulsi. In some cases we do not even mind turning matriarchal, if the successful person has only a mother of Indian origin, e.g., Kamala Harris. Recently, two such persons are prominently in the news – Rishi Sunak, who lost the race to the 10 Downing Street last month, and Suella Braveman, the newly appointed Home Secretary in Liz Truss cabinet. Both British politicians happen to be born to parents of Indian origin who migrated from India many decades ago. Both were born and brought up in the UK; own a passport issued in the name of the British Monarch; have never publicly shown any allegiance to India. Suella Braveman recently lamen...

 1.   Bengaluru inundation In the first seven days of September 2022, Bangalore Urban District of Karnataka received 171mm of rain, which is 388% more than the long term average (35mm) of the rains it receives during this period. Obviously, the city infrastructure is not prepared to manage so much water; hence some areas of the city have been inundated with rain water. The spectacle of houses, vehicles and roads under deluge has been enthusiastically celebrated in the media – mainstream, social, local, national and global. The residents also marked the occasion by riding on tractors, excavators, and boats etc. Prima facie, there is nothing unusual in this. Almost every city in the country gets inundated at every instance of excess rain. From large metropolises like Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, to major cities like Lucknow, Bhopal, Ahmedabad, Jodhpur, Gurgaon, Patna, Varanasi, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar etc. have all experienced similar situations in the past f...