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The Karnataka election results are out. The Bharatiya Janata Party, better known as the BJP, has won the election with 104 seats, without even reaching the half-way mark. The half way mark was 113. 2018 Karnataka legislative assembly election results Updated at 12:12 PM GMT+3 Seats  ·  Projections  ·  222/224 seats declared 113 needed for majority Party Seats BJP 104 46.4% INC 78 34.8% JD(S) 37 16.5% Other parties 3 1.3% Source: ECI via Nielsen.  Feedback In a quick turn of events, the Congress extended full support to the Janata Dal (Secular), aloso known as the JD(S) for forming the government. Both the Congress and the JD(S) have put together more MLAs than the actual number of 111. Legally, the Congress gets to form the government yet again as they have the support of 116 MLAs and two independent MLAs. The BJP may try to get the power to form the government with the h

The Taj Mahal, one of the World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO, is changing colours. But isn’t that its speciality, changing colours during the course of the day? Actually it is. A few years ago, you all might have heard The Taj turning yellow because of the increasing pollution. Now it is turning brown and green. This pollution was, or IS caused by the industries located near the River Yamuna. These industries leave a ton of smoke into the atmosphere and also released effluents into the Yamuna. This, in turn polluted the river water. Yamuna has a lot of settlements on its banks and they depend upon this river water for the domestic activities. The Taj Mahal in 1992 (left) and in 2018 (right) (Courtesy by telegraph.co.uk) The most interesting fact is that the authorities, who are responsible for the maintenance of the monument, are bothered about this now. They do not know that this started taking place a few years back. No one was bothered about it then. When the indus

Yes. You read it correct. The Korean War has 'officially' ended with both North and South Korea signing a peace treaty. The Korean War was a war between North Korea, supported by its communist allies, and South Korea, with its principal support coming from the United States of America. But you all must be wondering- "hadn't the Korean War already ended way back in 1953?" Actually the answer is NO. In 1953, Both North and South Korea had signed an armistice. The armistice was only a cease fire between the military forces, rather than an agreement between the two governments. The peace treaty was signed just a few days ago, thereby ending the state of hostility between the two nations. (Courtesy by Google Images) Now, North Korea has said, or vowed, to shut down the country's nuclear test sites and also to open the process to experts and journalists from South Korea and United States of America. The North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has revealed plans

A new cabinet has taken oath on Saturday. Now you all may be wondering- "Which cabinet is he taking about? There are a few more days left for the Karnataka election". No, I am not talking about the Karnataka government. I am talking about a shadow cabinet that has been formed in Kerala.  There is not much reported by the media about it, as usual, but the shadow cabinet has been formed with the aim of monitoring government decisions and making it 'public-friendly'. The most interesting fact is that it is composed not by any politicians or run by any party, but by the civilians.  Now all of you might be wanting to know more about 'Shadow Cabinet', so I have looked up in the internet and found out what it really is, so as to give you a more clearer idea of what it actually is- " A shadow cabinet is an alternative cabinet formed with the aim of monitoring government decisions. Often the Opposition comprises a shadow cabinet, but in this case,