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Business

How the film distribution works in Bollywood?

History

What is the ‘Baby Boomer’ generation & why is it called so?

Wildlife

Why different species have different lifespans?

Culture

Why so many people from Punjab migrate to foreign countries?

Evolution

How contraceptive pills work?

Health

How Finland reduced its smoking population by 50%?

Policy

How voting in Rajya Sabha happens?

Policy

What is the structure of the Indian Parliament?

Politics

What is Rajya Sabha (The Upper House) & how are its members elected?

Economy

Why countries compare their currencies to the US Dollar?

Health

What is depression & what causes it?

Business

Why are demands for breaking up the Big 3 mounting & how it works?

International

Why is India crazy about cricket?

Business

How Australia’s media scene changed the game of cricket?

History

Why 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre happened? Part 2

Economy

Why 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre happened? Part 1

Economy

What are Credit Rating Agencies & how their ratings work?

Health

What are e-cigarettes and why are countries banning them?

Health

What does 20/20 or 6/6 vision mean?

Food

What are various types of olive oils & how are they different?

History

Why Australia observes National Sorry Day?

Health

Why has Johnson’s baby powder been in news for over a decade?

History

Why is football the most popular sport in the world?

Finance

How the British royal family makes money?

Health

Why we get pimples?

Health

How chicken became staple diet of the world?

Health

What was Bhopal Gas Tragedy?

History

How French Revolution led to the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte?

History

What was French Revolution & how did it start? Part 2

History

What was French Revolution and how did it start? Part 1

Finance

Why is McDonald’s a real estate business and not a fast food company?

Food

What are antioxidants and how they protect us?

History

Why was Vietnam War fought?

Politics

How Japan became a world leader in high-speed trains?

Advertising

How display advertising on websites works?

Food

What is intermittent fasting & how it works?

Culture

Why the Japanese are having fewer babies?

Social

How is life expectancy calculated for a living population?

Health

What is Hydroxychloroquine & how it became popular?

Economy

How the world moved out of gold-pegged currencies?

Culture

What is Taliban and how was it formed?

Finance

How governments borrow money?

Culture

What is Tablighi Jamaat & how was it formed?

Technology

What is Internet of Things?

Food

What is the Paleo diet and how it caught on?

Finance

Why and how central banks increase/decrease interest rates?

History

What is ISIS and how was it formed?

Science

How do we get petrol?

Evolution

What is virus and how it works?

Culture

What is the difference between a language & a dialect?

Food

What is the Keto Diet & how it became popular?

Culture

Why Sweden has so few road deaths?

Economy

Why Italy has the highest Corona-led death rate?

Entertainment

How the Internet works?

International

Why is Hong Kong protesting and how did the protests start?

Food

Why so many disease outbreaks happen in China?

Entertainment

How is whisky made?

Finance

Why some merchants charge extra when you pay by card?

Politics

What was LTTE in Sri Lanka and how it was formed?

Economy

How prohibiting gold-ownership saved US economy but damaged people’s trust?

Health

What it means when WHO declares a Global Health Emergency?

Social Media

How Internet shows content you want to see?

Politics

What was Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal?

Health

What is SPF in sunscreens?

Health

How face masks protect us (if they do)?

Entertainment

How we receive TV channels at home?