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7 votes
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Meta AI is obsessed with turbans when generating images of Indian men
15 votes -
Google lays off hundreds of ‘Core’ employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico
52 votes -
Ferrying voting machines to mountains and tropical areas in Indian elections is a Herculean task
13 votes -
Towers of silence
17 votes -
17-year-old Gukesh wins the Candidates, becomes youngest ever Chess World Championship challenger
20 votes -
India’s electric rickshaws are leaving EVs in the dust
14 votes -
Elephant Apple - Elephants love this fruit and I do too
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Insular India - A video on the archaeological legacies of the Indian subcontinent
5 votes -
India electrified 45% of its railway network in just five years
30 votes -
How a solar revolution in farming is depleting world’s groundwater
16 votes -
Taps run dry in water crisis in Bangalore India. Citizens and large Information Technology companies struggle to cope.
14 votes -
Indian government to impose ban on import, sale, and cross-breeding of twenty-three ferocious dog breeds
15 votes -
YouTube blocks access to CBC's The Fifth Estate story on killing of B.C. Sikh activist at India's demand
50 votes -
India moves to implement controversial citizenship bill that excludes Muslims
28 votes -
Ever more undocumented Indians risk everything on illegal routes to reach US
11 votes -
Scientists make breakthrough discovery while experimenting with urine
21 votes -
India’s water transport workers' union says won’t help ships carrying arms bound for Israel
14 votes -
What is India's "uniform civil code" and why does it anger Muslims?
17 votes -
Gen Z and millennials proudly wear ‘lab-grown’ diamonds, oblivious to the fact they’re made from burning coal in China and India
31 votes -
Pigeon suspected of being Chinese spy released by police in India after being detained for eight months
31 votes -
A startup allegedly ‘Hacked the World.’ Then came the censorship—and now the backlash
27 votes -
What prevents and what drives gendered ideological polarisation?
11 votes -
Maldives pro-China leader gives Indian troops March deadline to go
8 votes -
I got my IELTS scores back and I need help
Overall band score 8. What's the next step? I am an Indian and wish to pursue a master's program in the US. Should I prepare for the GRE and apply for spring semester? Total newbie about all of...
Overall band score 8.
What's the next step? I am an Indian and wish to pursue a master's program in the US.
Should I prepare for the GRE and apply for spring semester? Total newbie about all of this university stuff.
Thanks in advance.
10 votes -
India targets Apple over its phone hacking notifications
19 votes -
Why Indian universities are ditching English-only education
17 votes -
Satellite images show China building houses on Bhutan's territory
10 votes -
What's inside this crater in Madagascar?
18 votes -
US thwarts plot to kill Sikh separatist, issues warning to India
28 votes -
Two, by Satyajit Ray
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After hack, personally identifiable information records of a large percentage of citizens of India for sale on the dark web. The hack includes biometric data
22 votes -
90% of women in India are shut out of the workforce
21 votes -
Mumbai bids farewell to beloved double-decker buses made famous by Bollywood films
10 votes -
How AI art reduces the world to stereotypes
33 votes -
Analysis: Why is so much anti-Palestinian disinformation coming from India?
20 votes -
India’s early electronic music from the ’70s is finally being released
14 votes -
A closer look at Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong, the most densely populated place that ever existed
40 votes -
Rare 1885 photo captures the first licensed women doctors of India, Japan, and Syria
9 votes -
Magnifying curiosity with a pocket microscope
9 votes -
India ‘weaponising global anti-terror fund’ to crack down on civil society groups, Amnesty says
16 votes -
Witnesses and security camera footage viewed by The Washington Post reveal a more complex operation to kill Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canadian Sikh leader, than authorities have previously described
40 votes -
'Shared intelligence' from Five Eyes informed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's India allegation: US ambassador
28 votes -
India suspends visa services for Canadians amid heightened tensions
18 votes -
Justin Trudeau claims Canadian authorities have intelligence Indian government was behind slaying of Canadian Sikh leader in British Columbia
63 votes -
Rubble and ruin: How houses in Delhi were turned to rubble before the G20
8 votes -
Two deaths attributed to Nipah virus in Kerala India, fourth outbreak since 2018
12 votes -
G20 leaders must hold Indian government to account for its human rights violations and political persecution
20 votes -
India, the US, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, European Union (EU), Italy, France, and Germany have announced an ambitious infrastructure plan — the ‘India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor’
11 votes -
India launches space mission to orbit and study the sun a week after moon landing
19 votes -
Innocent Muslims being murdered in India due to Hindu radicalism
28 votes -
The unmaking of India: How the British impoverished the world’s richest country
21 votes -
Maiden Pharmaceuticals: Fury in The Gambia over India cough syrup deaths
8 votes -
BRICS expansion is no triumph for China
14 votes -
In a rare win, a migrant worker sued his bosses in Singapore. And won
22 votes -
Top-ranked Magnus Carlsen of Norway has won the chess FIDE World Cup by defeating India's Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
19 votes -
Chandrayaan-3 lands on moon in historic moment for India
37 votes -
Rice prices soar, fanning fears of food inflation spike in Asia
17 votes -
BRICS leaders to meet and discuss expansion
12 votes -
Why India's rice ban could trigger a global food crisis
44 votes -
Widely circulated video of women attacked and raped in Manipur breaks silence on systematic gang rapes that had been covered up in that region of India
39 votes -
Digging into India's drive to acquire critical minerals
5 votes -
Funding dramatically slows for India's startup sector
9 votes -
Bank transfers as a payment method (2021)
11 votes -
Some historians say that the last US Revolutionary War battle was fought in India
14 votes -
Wes Anderson’s secret weapon: The camera moves of Sanjay Sami
8 votes -
The woman preserving the endangered cuisine of Indian Jews. Esther David traveled from the spice port of Cochin to the mountains of Mizoram to record this culinary culture.
7 votes -
Tiny, cheap smart speakers unlocked the rise of digital payments in India
12 votes -
The great convergence in global equality
15 votes -
Airbus unveils record deal with Indian airline IndiGo
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Hot, high, and harebrained: The crash of Indian Airlines flight 491
14 votes -
How Urban Company built an empire of female Indian gig workers
4 votes -
The Harmonium
3 votes -
Google to prohibit personal loan apps from accessing user photos, contacts
11 votes -
Exxon’s climate opponents were infiltrated by massive hacking-for-hire operation, prosecutors say
8 votes -
Gender-based violence is a global pandemic: KEM report
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Globetrotting Black nutritionist Flemmie P. Kittrell revolutionized early childhood education and illuminated ‘hidden hunger’
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BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Narendra Modi documentary fallout
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How Gautam Adani lost more than $50 billion in a week
4 votes -
India police detain students gathered to watch BBC documentary on Narendra Modi
8 votes -
The mystery of the world’s oldest billboard
3 votes -
Mumbai embraces its booming flamingo population
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Supreme Court of India on demonetization - A farce in three acts
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Altruism and development - It's complicated
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Why India doesn’t build skyscrapers
9 votes -
India’s ghost weddings: where dead children are married off - Pretha Kalyanam
7 votes -
US immigration: Why Indians are fleeing halfway around the world
5 votes -
Chartbook #153: The South Asian Polycrisis
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Scooters and three-wheelers are really what’s driving an EV revolution
9 votes -
A day in the life of India’s e-waste workers
5 votes -
Many in India make a living off garbage, from ragpickers to entrepreneurs. Join us as we look at how they turn trash into shoes, tiles, teddy bears, and more | World Wide Waste
2 votes -
India bans single-use plastic to combat pollution
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How people live off a garbage mountain that keeps catching on fire | World Wide Waste
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The polyglots of Dardistan - At the crossroads of south and central Asia lies one of the world’s most multilingual places, with songs and poetry to match
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Having a terrible ordeal with Flipkart India, no idea where else to vent my feelings
So I had ordered this Pigeon Induction Cooker from Flipkart as it had great reviews and ratings, but mine arrived yesterday a damaged piece. The damage was that the device simply didn't turn on,...
So I had ordered this Pigeon Induction Cooker from Flipkart as it had great reviews and ratings, but mine arrived yesterday a damaged piece. The damage was that the device simply didn't turn on, it just gave a beep and then no display, nothing. There was also a slight surface scratch but since the major problem was electrical, I cited "Electrical Problem" as the reason.
I've been a Flipkart customer since almost a decade, so I thought they'll replace this damaged good for me without any fuss. However, this simple process is turning out to be a nightmare for me! Though my replacement request was approved, the Flipkart person who came adamantly refused to give me the replacement. He said since there was the surface scratch, you should've cited "Damaged Product" as the reason and not "Electrical Problem". Said he simply can't accept the return good as it was "damaged".
I then contacted customer support who cancelled my replacement request and raised another one citing "Damaged Product" this time. But this time, I had to take a snap of the product through Flipkart App and only once they approve the "damage" will it be processed further tomorrow. I just hope their verifiers will be able to see that tiny scratch on the image and won't cancel this request again!
Tried escalating by contacting their twitter support but to no avail. They keep following their usual bureaucratic process which is to keep assuring that this will be resolved soon.
I've somehow lost the sprit to live and faith on this world after this incident. I know it seems stupid having such attitude for a mere induction cooker costing 1500 bucks. However, I'm feeling that the world has become more and more "process oriented" and less human oriented or empathetic. It could be that I'm a bit selfish due to my own personal issue but I remember a time when humans cared about other humans, a time when humans were treated as such and not a mere number or statistic on the issue tracker.
Edit (Day 2 - 17-05-2022)
Still unresolved. They haven't yet approved my new replacement request or even done the image verification. Though the app says it should be done by today, God only knows how long this ordeal is going to last.
Edit: Day 3 - 18-05-2022
Still no luck. The image verification was going to happen yesterday but it didn't. The return order status is showing as "We are processing your request for return". Might call them in the afternoon if there is no update by then, though I'm not sure how helpful even that would be.
Edit: Day 3 (08:00 PM):
Just received a call from Flipkart Escalation Team's executive who approved my return request and assured me that it'll reach by 20th. I just hope it's replaced without any fuss this time! Once again, thanks for staying with me.
Edit-4 - 20-05-2022 (01:30 PM):
At long last, the replacement arrived today! It was a 5 day long ordeal which seems to have had some happy ending at the end. In an ideal world, I should have returned this piece too as it had a slight bend on the lower left corner - but obviously, I don't want to put up with the hassle all over again and the device is working perfectly otherwise. Thank you friends, for staying with me during this ordeal.
8 votes -
The world has no choice but to care about India’s heat wave
8 votes -
Schools offering “Finnish education” are emerging across Indian cities – activity-based learning over textbook-based, test-oriented education
9 votes -
Heatwave in India breaks records, still worsening
5 votes -
Why everyone ignored the world's best mathematician
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Thieves make away with 500-tonne iron bridge in Bihar, India
7 votes