Social Media Trends 2023

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August 19, 2020

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This pandemic outbreak of Covid 19 has definitely brought a lot of changes in our lives. Starting from social distancing to work-from-home schedules, zoom, google meetups have become a part and parcel of our life. Apart from these, there are other things too that is keeping us busy. When people around the globe are just chilling out in the comforts of their homes, new social media trends are flooding over the internet. From having a sip of dalgona coffee to guessing the gibberish and a lots more are really making our staying-at-home entertaining. So let’s have a quick tour of it?

BINOD- The new Social Media Trend These Days ?

Guys while surfing social media these days you might have come across the name Binod ?? Multiple questions might have arisen in your mind who the hell is this guy? Why is everyone so much into Binod?? Already we are dealing with a lot of stress due to Covid- 19 these days, so let me not hold a lot of suspense and explain you what actually this Binod is?

You might be amazed to know or knowing that on 7^th August’2020 even Paytm which is considered as one of India’s largest online payment platforms changed the name of its Twitter account to ‘Binod’. ‘Binod’ has been trending on social media platforms like Twitter, Netflix, Amazon and YouTube and what not from the past few weeks.

So basically it all started when Abhyudaya and Gautami who are the YouTubers of their channel Slayy Point posted a funny video on their channel where they were looking after the comments section of their videos. In the video named “Why Indian Comments Section is Garbage (BINOD)”, the YouTuber noted that a user named Binod Tharu posted his first name as a comment and they were really stacked to see it. The video was narrated very funnily and they were really confused to know how come someone type his own name as the comment even after watching a whole video.

So that’s the whole story and Binod is rocking on the wheels in the comment section of every social media post and even in WhatsApp chats. Every netizen is posting updates remembering the updates on Mr. Binod. Isn’t that sound crazy guys?

Social Media Trends — Paytm changed its name to Binod on twitter. Uploaded by Guwahati times

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#DALGONACOFFEE – The most recent Social Media Trend

Well if you are seeing this term and smiling that means even you have tried right? Yeah truly speaking even I tried making it and to god’s grace mine was fantastic. I am sharing a pic of it as well. I even searched this term over google trends and found it to be one of the most trending term from the month of May of course after the great coronavirus. Instagram, facebook, twitter not even a single platform is left to have a sip of the very famous dalgona coffee. It all just began with a Tiktok trend and eventually exploded all over the internet sites as the It-Drink of the moment.

Recipe for dalgona coffee –

Mix sugar, coffee, and a teaspoon of warm water in a bowl. You can use a hand mixer or a whisk and vigorously mix it until the mixture turns to be smooth and shiny one and then continue whisking until it thickens to form a lofty, foamy shape.
If you are whisking by hand, it will take around 8 to 12 minutes to reach to the optimal fluffiness.
After the mix is done, take a glass full with ice and milk, and then put some whipped coffee mixture on top and serve. You can even mix it before drinking, if desired.

Social Media Trends 2023 — *Deepshika Das photography*

Online Bingo Is new Social Media Trend setter

Have you ever played the online “Bingo Challenge” on Instagram? Yeah it might sound cliche but I’m sure you must have at least thought about it once.. So basically, you choose a Bingo Challenge template to fill in everything you have done or have not done usually at a particular stage of your lives. If you are thinking oftaking up a bingo challenge there’s thousands of them available online!

Then you post this on your Instagram, Snapchat or WhatsApp stories after tick the ones you’ve done. Whoever gets the perfect score wins! Bingo cards gives us a slice of nostalgia and a bond of togetherness with our near and dear ones.

#GuessTheGibberish Challenge – Social Media Trend

If you are a frequent Instagram user, you must have come across stories from your friends with a new filter that is the ‘Guess the Gibberish’ challenge. For those who don’t know about it, it’s an of course Instagram Story filter that shows randomly generated strings of words for a few seconds. The words are crazy and make no sense at all. In around 10 seconds, you have to figure out the correct and sensible phrase from this. Once the time limit is up, the card itself shows the correct phrase answer to you. It’s pretty easy though and that’s what has made it immensely popular.. But first, save the ‘Gibberish filter’ on story section of Instagram. If you are getting bored at home right now and want to be a part of it, then just go on pal!

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#TagYourQueens or #ChallengeAccepted

There is never too late my girls to pose and burn up your social media feed. Its time for some Girl Love on social media. #TagYourQueens or #ChallengeAccepted is an Instagram tag challenge for the empowerment and encouraging women to share black and white selfies and photographs of themselves in their respective Instagram handle.

The campaign became originally viral in the social media back in 2016 for spreading positivity to tackle cancer and for spreading cancer awareness.

# PASS THE BRUSH CHALLENGE

It was really impressive this lockdown seeing girls taking their make up to the next level. Well I am talking about the talk of the town, the new ‘pass the brush’ trend. It is basically a challenge from Tiktok which flourished over all the social media sites.

In the ‘pass the brush’ challenge, a TikToker had to get a makeup brush and initially they started the video with a no makeup or you can say a natural look and then glam up after momentarily covering the phone camera with the makeup brush itself. Then, they had to pass on the brush to the next makeup friend, who goes through the same process. These video clips are later on compiled into one video to show the flawless transitions. It’s fantastic to see all these beauty experts come together!

So, guys, these were some of the glimpses of the latest thrilling social media trends over the internet these days which somehow added some spice to the extra tingle of entertainment during this lockdown. Keep trying up for some more! Have fun.

Title Sponsorship for IPL 2020 (After Chinese Brand Vivo Boycotted)

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Visthruth D

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August 19, 2020

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Indian Premiere League is one of the most popular franchise among the cricket fans in India. It is usually a tournament that last for around two months. IPL broadcasts regular matches of 20 overs for that period of time. Well, needless to say, no sports fan can hate watching a cricket match with A-listed players every day. Moreover a 20-20 match has constant action throughout the game, much faster and thrilling than international cricket.

Over the years, IPL has been a major source of entertainment for the fans. It never fails to astonish us with its nail-biting match endings. One of the most unique things about IPL is the distribution of players among the teams. All the international cricket players are auctioned by different state teams and highest bidder gets the player. However, watching the mix up of players from different nations and blending in as a team is highly fascinating. The growing friendships, mockery and friendly banters on the field is sure to give you smiles. Apart from the teams with jumbled cricketers, Indian Premiere League gives an opportunity to the younger players from India to showcase their talent.

Apart from the actual cricket matches, keeping track of the highest run scorer or highest wicket taker is also highly intriguing. Choosing a favorite batsman or a bowler and rooting for him makes us want to follow the whole season regularly. With 8 different teams, 8 different jerseys and 100s of players around the world, these two months are certainly the colourful days of cricket.

IPL 2020

Indian Premiere League is the time of the year everybody waits for eagerly. The tournament takes place beginning from the month of March and goes all the way till May. It is one of the treats of summer vacation which a fan enjoys throughout the months. However, IPL 2020 was in a lot of uncertainty due to the pandemic around the world. The delaying IPL raised questions among the fans, sponsors and franchise if it was a possibility.

IPL 2020 is finally happening after 4 months of consecutive obstruction for the event. BCCI has approved the IPL 2020 to take place from 19^th September to 10^th November 2020. However, due to the rising cases and worsening conditions in India, IPL will take place in UAE. All of the matches are going to take place in three different places, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. The 13^th season of IPL is on its way to attract the crowd once again and provide the enthusiasm amidst the pandemic.

Dream 11 approved for the Title Sponsorship of IPL 2020

The announcement of the possibility of IPL 2020 was a topic of discussion among a large crowd. However, the IPL 2020 was a sure thing by June, 2020. Confirmation of the possibility were raising a lot of questions regarding the title sponsor of the franchise. Due to the recent growing feuds with China, the original brand for the title sponsorship, Vivo was stripped off by BCCI.

Due to the empty position for a title sponsor, a lot of huge industrialists came forward for the spot. Among the contenders of the auction were Patanjali, Unacademy, BYJU’s, Amazon, Paytm and Dream 11. Also, names like Tata, Reliance and Coco Cola came into play as an option to cover the losses of Vivo’s exit. BCCI decided to offer sponsorship to the mega companies if none of the other sponsors were offering at least Rs.300cr. However, the title sponsorship right is bagged by the fantasy cricket league app, Dream11.

Dream11 has won the title sponsorship for IPL 2020. According to PTI, it has been confirmed that a 4-and-a-half-month deal has been signed for joining hands. Dream11 has pick up the win with Rs. 222Cr.

10 Most Expensive Players in IPL Auction 2020

Auctioning the Players is one of the most anticipated events for the Indian Premiere League fans. It basically means a player is up for grabs if any teams want to buy him. The owner bids an amount designated to a player or higher than that. Auction goes on until nobody wishes to increase the final prize on a player. The highest bidder ultimately gets the player to play for his team for a season. However, the owner could retain up to five existing players on his team to stay in the team for another season. The final decision of which team to play for, eventually depends upon the cricketer.

The Auction for 13^th season of Indian Premiere League took place on 13^th December in Kolkata. Some major changes were made to a few teams, some players stayed and some newer ones were welcomed by the team. Nonetheless, 10 of the most expensive players sold in IPL Auction 2020 are:

Pat Cummins: Kolkata Knight Riders (15.50 crore)

Glenn Maxwell: Kings XI Punjab (10.75 crore)

Chris Morris: Royal Challengers Bangalore (10.00 crore)

Sheldon Cottrell: Kings XI Punjab (8.50 crore)

Nathan Coulter-Nile: Mumbai Indians (8.00 crore)

Shimron Hetmyer: Delhi Capitals (7.75 crore)

Piyush Chawla: Chennai Super Kings (6.75 crore)

Sam Curran: Chennai Super Kings (5.50 crore)

Eoin Morgan: Kolkata Knight Riders (5.25 crore)

Marcus Stoinis: Delhi Capitals (4.80 crore)

The Most affordable University of America for Indian students

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YUVIKA ARORA

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August 18, 2020

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Learning in cafe — Two happy students sitting by table in college cafe after lessons, having lunch and preparing for seminar

Almost every Indian student has a dream of moving out, study abroad to a recognized university, make new friends, settle somewhere out, or maybe to experience real exposure. Exposure to a different culture, different believes, and even various kinds of cuisine. However, many youngsters hold it for many reasons maybe because of parents pressure or even due to the introvert inside them yelling them to believe they can’t survive but 90% of students cannot afford American colleges, their heavy tuition, and fees, if that is your excuse to hold your dream inside you then we have got you all covered.

Before taking a look at the colleges, we request you to get acquainted with SAT and GRE. SAT is the Scholastic Aptitude Test which is widely used by U.S colleges for admission purposes. It helps the admission committee to filter the students according to their admission policies. SAT is the exam for the students who are willing to pursue their graduate studies in U.S Colleges. GRE, on the other hand, is the Graduate Record Examinations which is conducted for the graduate students who are aspiring for postgraduate studies in the US colleges. Now maybe you know about both of the exams and how they work but do you know that these exams also help you to afford your dream college.

We are talking about the education loan here because not everyone reading this article can crack scholarships and some colleges don’t even hold merit-based scholarships and if they do there is a very slight chance that they cover full tuition and living expenses. So if you score more than 60% in SAT and GRE, Indian banks such as Axis, SBI, and PNB provide you an education loan of at least 40 Lakhs. Now we will assume that have secured good marks in the above exams which you will if this is your one true dream rather than just a wish. So here we have some selected colleges with the least tuition fees and best placement opportunities.

The Most affordable University of America for Indian students

Arkansas State University

Arkansas State University is a public university situated in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is probably the most affordable university in America. It is best known for journalism and management courses. Its tuition fees lie around 25,872 USD which nearly equals 23 lakhs in INR. Moreover, Arkansas State University has the lowest cost of living so living expenses would not be a big issue. You can expect a comfortable living including your tuition expenses to lie around 30 lakhs INR. You will need an average GPA from somewhere around 2.75 to 3.0 to get admission into this university.

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Brigham Young University

Located in Provo, Utah, Brigham Young University is a private research university. BYU seeks to develop students of faith, intellect, and character who have the skills and the desire to continue learning and to serve others throughout their lives. you will require exceptionally good grades to get into this university, at least a GPA of 3.0. The popular majors of the university are Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Engineering, Education, and Social Sciences. The annual tuition and living expenses lie around 25,000 USD to 30,000 USD which nearly equals 23 lakhs rupees.

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South Texas College

If you are looking for a college with 100% acceptance look nowhere as South Texas College is the easiest college to get into. With an average GPA of 2.0, South Texas College welcomes every aspiring student. Tuition and living expenses round somewhere up to 35,000 USD making an average amount of 30 lakhs Indian Rupees.

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University of Florida

Situated in Gainesville, Florida, the University of Florida is a public university. Its average tuition fees lie around 28,659 USD which nearly equals 23 lakhs Indian Rupees. Popular courses include Engineering; Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services; Biological and Biomedical Sciences; Social Sciences; and Communication, and Journalism. You will require an average GPA of 2.0 to get into this institution making it an easier college to choose.

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Alcorn State University

Founded in 1871, Alcorn State University is a public university. It is located in Lorman, Mississippi. Alcorn State University requires an average GPA of 3.2 which means you need an exceptionally good score to get admission into the university. The tuition and fees for international and domestic students which is 40,000 USD making it an average of 29,87,292 Indian rupees.

Alright, these are some selected colleges we have for you now, bookmark this page as we will be updating more about the admission process and other criteria. Although post coronavirus the U.S can change some policies related to admission. Also ever since Trump came into office F-1 Visa rejection rate has been increased by 60%. So, it really takes a lot to get accepted for the U.S visa but with good efforts and a positive approach convincing the visa agent is a piece of cake. We hope you get into your dream college soon without any obstacles.

Top 12 Cutest Animals on the Earth

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Shrutika Thete

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August 18, 2020

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Have you ever felt annoyed anytime? But then suddenly you see something cute and all your bad emotions go away. Certainly, we all experience this in our day-to-day lives and we start feeling happy and contended. Cute things indeed make a positive impact on our minds. A feel-good neurotransmitter, Dopamine hormone gets released by watching cute pictures as well as other things that give us pleasure. Many cute animals around the globe make us instantly happy and also motivate us to do well in life.

So, get ready, Here is the list of 12 cute animals that can be spotted in their natural habitat. They will surely trigger a feeling of euphoria!

Pandas: Eat, Sleep, and Repeat!

They are just way too cute and cuddly as they have large eyes and a lot of fur on them. From their eating to playing around, everything they do is very adorable. Interestingly, most of their time around 10 to 16 hours is spent on eating. Though they are omnivorous, their favorite food is bamboo. They can eat 12 to 40 kilos of bamboo in a day. Pandas are born pink in the color of about 15 cms and stay with their moms for 18 months. Sadly, they are endangered and we need to protect them as only 1000 pandas are left in the world.

Fennec fox: Cartoon Turned to be True!

Guess what makes it cute? Yes, it’s giant pumpkin-leaf-like ears and small pointed face. These foxes are too small in size as compared to the normal fox species. They are sandy nocturnal desert foxes which are mainly found in the Sahara Desert, sandy areas of North Africa, majorly from Morocco to Egypt. Their big ears have one advantage for them that helps them to dissipate heat in the daytime in sandy areas.

Beautiful eurasian lynx sitting in the forest at early winter

Pika: Whistling Hare!

Closeup of fluffy pika in its natural habitat

Pika is a close relative of a rabbit but has a round body and small legs. It looks endearing as it waddles more than walking. Pikas are mainly found in parts of North America and Asia. They have a special habit of carrying flowers back into their burrows where they save and eat during winter. On the way back to burrows, they are also known for making a high-pitched alarm sound.

Koala Bear: Sweet Looking But Cranky!

Koalas have big furry ears, round heads, and unique black noses which makes them more appealing. On one hand, they have poor vision but they have an excellent capability to hear. In fact, this helps them to save themselves from predators. Their main diet is dependent on the eucalyptus leaves that also contain 50% of water.

Cute koala in its natural habitat of gumtrees

Quokka: Happiest Animal in the World!

This small cute animal is also called as short-tailed scrub wallaby native to Australia. Quokkas have a pretty smile and that’s why they are famous among tourists. Tourists find themselves lucky to click selfies with these cheerful marsupials. They are herbivores and when food scarcity arrives, they take energy stored in their tails.

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Otter: Playful Creature of All!

Otter - African Wildlife — Otter – African Wildlife

Otters have a habit of playing in the water by carrying small stone and often they perform juggling with it. They keep it to themselves for many days as they form attachment towards it and also use it to break the food items. They are carnivores that mainly feed on aquatic foods. Interestingly, to maintain their metabolism rate, they consume around 11 kgs of food.

Raccoon: Bandit-Masked Animal!

Raccoons, a ubiquitous mammal that is native to North America and found in marshy areas, forests, prairies, and even cities. Their black marking across eyes makes them see clearly by reducing the glare. They have dexterous hands with long fingers that help them to catch their prey easily.

Marmot: Fluffy Cute Little Balls!

Marmots usually live in high-altitude regions and are found in Europe, North America, and Asia. They are really swift in nature and excellent diggers too. Their favorite food is a tender plant that they hold in their forepaws and eat quietly. Most importantly, they communicate with their friend marmots by whistles, tooth chattering, and screams.

Wombat: Stubby Tailed Marsupials!

Wombats are native to Australia and the most interesting fact about them is that they too have a pouch. The pouch faces backward and they carry their younger ones in that very easily. On the earth, their poop is one of a kind that is cube-shaped. They mostly walk with little waddle but can run fast with an amazing speed of around 25 miles per hour for 90 sec. They enjoy a vegetarian diet which is hard to get digest and takes about 2 weeks to digest fully!

Red Panda: Mixture of Many Mammals!

Red pandas are often of cinnamon color, charismatic and furry animals. They are primarily bamboo lovers and their numbers are decreasing due to the absence of bamboo at major places in Asia. They have a strong and bushy tail that helps them to climb the trees. Also, they have a sweet tooth and do like artificial sugars.

Bottlenose Dolphin: Super Swimmers And Friendly!

These beautiful marine dolphins have a curved mouth which makes them cuter and looks like they are always smiling. They are of 2-4 m in length and grey in color. Most appealing is to look at their pods, a group of 10-15 dolphins that hunt, play together, and take care of their younger ones. These spellbound creatures have capabilities like whistling to communicate with their friend dolphins, flipping in the air up to 5 m, and swim at 30 km per hour. Also, they have blowhole to breathe when they are out of the water and use echolocation to detect the objects and prey.

Eastern Fox Squirrel: Long Bushy-Tailed Rodent!

An uncommon animal called a Red Panda at the OKC zoo crawls down a branch.

These squirrels are native to North America and commonly have a blackish coat of fur. Their name depicts that they have yellow-red coloration like foxes which varies within different squirrels. During winters, they exhibit more fur on their ears and feet which makes them look cute. The most uncommon fact about these is that they have pink bones, unlike other mammals who have white!

Observing cuteness is certainly very delightful. As we can’t travel everywhere, I think these pictures and facts have surely given you the gist of cute animals and a much-needed adrenaline rush!

CHOCOLATES; some AMAZING facts and its TYPES!

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Ridhi Verma

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August 18, 2020

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Chocolate lovers know how mesmerising the world of their favourite sweet, is. Above all, their sweet is not only a food item for them but, a mood. People often term it as a hug. The addicts know how much they enjoy that first bite of their favourite sweet. Also, how much they want to go to a chocolate place like A CHOCOLATE FACTORY! (who knows one day, Willy Wonka might give you a tour).

Reference: movie — Who wouldn’t love to get this Golden Ticket and get a tour to the Chocolate Factory! In addition, that chocolate lake…

Chocolates feel heavenly at times. Have you ever pondered upon how it is made?

To know the procedure, check: CHOCOLATE MAKING PROCESS.

Every thing has some benefits and some drawbacks. Nothing is good in excess. Similarly, chocolates have their own! However, there are several less-known facts about this sweet. Here is a brief list of some amazing facts about them!

TEN FACTS!

International Chocolate Day is on 7^th July, every year. Its other name is World Chocolate Day. Above all, the lovers enjoy this day to the fullest and there is no guilt!
The first cacao trees were in the Amazon River basins. Moreover, these trees have a long life span. Theobroma cacao (cacao tree) means “food of the gods.” In addition, Cocoa butter (a natural fat) is a by-product of crushing cacao beans. It is used in skin products and cosmetics because of its creamy texture.
Cacao has many health benefits with chemicals like flavonoids and theobromine. It takes approximately 400 cacao beans to make one pound of this sweet!.
Chocolate milk was invented in Jamaica. Moreover, it is an effective post-workout recovery drink.
To promote its new Wonka Bar candy, Quaker Oats financed the film “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”. Moreover, gallons of water mixed with chocolate and cream made the famous river from the film. However, the river spoiled fairly quickly and even, started to stink.
Darker the chocolate, more is the content of caffeine in it.
The International Cocoa Organisation estimated that Brit, Swiss and German eat about 11 Kilograms of chocolates, a year.
Importantly, this heavenly sweet acts as an anti-depressant by increasing serotonin and endorphin levels in the brain.
White Chocolate is not a chocolate, actually! (Read the types and you would know, why!)
Above all, anything other than chocolate itself, cannot satisfy its cravings. (IT IS A PROVEN FACT!)

People with sweet tooth know how intense, chocolate cravings are!

TYPES AND A BRIEF DESCRIPTION ABOUT THEM!

Chocolates have no standard or uniform taste. They differ with the different amounts of cocoa solids. In addition, when a craving arises, a person NEEDS TO HAVE THEIR KIND OF CHOCOLATE at the moment. Different types have their own taste and essence. Here is a brief description of the three broad types!

Dark Chocolate

Firstly, dark chocolate is made from cocoa solids and contains cocoa butter and sugar but, no milk solids.
Secondly, it has a dry texture because there are no milk chunks present in it.
Thirdly, it is less sweet as compared to other types. In addition, it has a bitter after-taste.

Importantly, it is the most healthiest type! It provides many health benefits, like:
1. remove toxins, that can cause various diseases, because it has antioxidants.
2. stimulates brain by helping blood flow freely in different areas of the brain.
3. has anti-diarrhea effects and anticancer properties.
4. helps people with dementia.
5. reduces the risk of cardiac attacks and different heart related problems.
Moreover, it is recommended if you are on the track of maintaining diet. It contains less carbohydrates. So, it can be the best sweet in your low-carb diet.
Also, it has been studied that dark chocolates help lowering the Blood Pressure.
It is beneficial to prefer dark over other types because it has lower amounts of fats and cholesterol.
The different forms of dark chocolates are sweet, semi-sweet, bittersweet or unsweetened.
Therefore, they should be preferred because of their positive health benefits. However, people who are sensitive to caffeine should avoid them.

White Chocolate

Firstly, white chocolate is made with cocoa butter, milk solids, sugar or any sweetener but, no cocoa solids.
Secondly, it has a buttery and smooth texture because of the presence of milk solids and cocoa butter.
Thirdly, it is sweeter than the dark one. It has a lot of sugar and no real taste of chocolate.

Importantly, it cannot be called chocolate because the cocoa solids are absent or in low amounts.
It lacks many health benefits as compared to the dark ones. This is because, there is no cocoa solid present.
However, it is able to provide a few benefits, like:
1. It contains good amount of calcium which is useful for the bones. This is because of the milk solids present.
2. In addition, it is caffeine-free. People with caffeine-related problems, should prefer this.
3. It does not have theobromine (present in cocoa) so, it cannot harm animals if they consume it.
In conclusion, it has the benefits of the milk-component but the absence of cocoa one. In addition, it also contains loads of sugar and fat.

Milk Chocolate

Firstly, it has cocoa solids, butter, milk and sugar. In addition, it has condescend milk.
Secondly, it has the same creamy texture as the white one.
Thirdly, it is sweet because of the presence of sugar and milk component.

The only major difference between milk and white chocolate, is the cocoa-solids.
Importantly, it has good amount of protein and calcium because of the milk-solids. However, dairy fat is more than in the dark ones.
Milk ones should be preferred over white ones since they are more health-beneficial.

Chocolates add fun and sweetness to occasions, moods and relations.

Moreover, nowadays it has become an essence of many celebrations like Raksha Bandhan. These three broad categories have many types and variations within them. We get additions of flavours like fruit and nut, caramel, crunch or any other, to our type. Moreover, it should always be taken in limited quantities because excess of anything is bad.

If you need a hug…Money cannot buy happiness. However, one can buy chocolates. So, why not?

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TYPES OF CHOCOLATE

Tips to improve memory and concentration

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Kavya Gupta

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August 18, 2020

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Whether you are trying to remember an answer for an exam or something as simple as remembering what you ate for lunch, forgetfulness can cause frustration. Memories are an integral part of our personality and it has become a necessity for the brain to work to its 100% capacity always.

Scientists have found that our memory capacity is malleable like plastic. So, if you are looking for ways to sharpen your memory, boost your concentration, or preserve your memory as you age, these tips are tried and tested and will surely work it all for you.

Brain-Boosting Diet for your memory-

Just like your body needs food to fuel it, even your brain needs it. It is important to keep a diet with healthy fats and lean proteins to improve memory. So here is a list of what to eat and what not to:

Fish oil supplements- fish oil is rich in omega 3. Research shows that omega 3 fatty acids are healthy for the brain. You can either eat fish or have cod-liver oil capsules
Other sources of omega 3- veg alternatives of omega 3 are- walnuts, flaxseed, kidney beans, broccoli, pumpkin seeds, spinach and soybeans
Reduce saturated fat- diets rich in saturated fat like butter, red meat, ice cream, fried food, etc. can increase the risk of dementia
Chose diet rich in anti-oxidants- these include having a lot of fruits and vegetables. They prevent your brain cell from damage.
Drink green tea- it is another good source of anti-oxidant. It has many advantages which include more alertness and slow brain ageing.

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Fun Way To Learn-

Always find a new way to learn a boring topic. Give your 100% attention when you are learning a new topic. You can’t memorise it unless you are interested in it.

Summarise– at the end summarise what all you studied. Reorganise what you know, and what you found difficult.
Relate information to what you know- relating will help you memorise faster and new information will be easily contextualised
Involve all senses- the act of re-writing the information can imprint it in your brain. Picture it with various colors, texture and smell
Use mnemonics– these are clues that help us to remember something by relating it to a sentence or word.

Get enough sleep for a healthy mind

Sleep improves attention and plays an important role in memory consolidation. Your body needs a proper sleep of 7.5-9 hours, less than that will make you sleep-deprived. Research has shown that lack of sleep can impact your memory negatively.

Maintain a sleep schedule- remember- “early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”. So, maintain a proper time to sleep and don’t break the schedule even on weekends.
No screen before sleeping- the blue light emitted from your electronic device affects your sleep negatively.

Live a Healthy Lifestyle for better memory

It has been found that Obesity is associated with developing Alzheimer’s. Along with mental exercise, physical exercise is also important to keep your mind sharp. Maintaining healthy body weight is the best way to keep your body and mind up all the time.

Less alcohol- having a drink or two, once in a while is fine. But binge drinking alcohol can destroy the hippocampus, the part of the brain that plays an important role in memory.
Get physical- even 15 minutes of moderate exercise (or even walking) leads to an increase in the cognitive performance of the brain at all ages. Regular exercise also helps to decrease the risks of dementia.
Stress management- keep a balance between work and leisure life. Learn to take breaks throughout the day and instead of multi-tasking, perform one task at a time.

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Meditate to keep yourself calm-

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There are many advantages to meditation. It helps to improve concentration and focus. It can re-wire the brain. Meditation soothes your muscles and reduces stress. it also increases the Gray matter which contains neuron cells in the brain.

Mindfulness- it helps to reduce age-relative cognitive decline. Incorporate mindfulness techniques into your daily life to see the change.
Enjoy nature- getting out and connecting to nature is important for physical and mental health
Yoga- yoga involves breathing from the diaphragm which increases out oxygen intake thus improving mental functions

CONCLUSION

Just like other skills, even our memory is a skill which can be improved with proper practice and healthy habits. Don’t forget laughing. Laughter is the best medicine for both the brain and the body. Enjoying some cocoa-rich chocolate and reducing sugar intake is also healthy.

So, start adding these tips to your daily routine and boost your brain to its ultra-mode.

10 Bollywood Movies Every Guy finds Relatable

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Visthruth D

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August 18, 2020

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8 Bollywood Movies every Guy finds Relatable

Movies have become a huge portion of our daily lives. Whether it is horror, thriller, romance, comedy or simply feel-good love and friendship movies. A movie makes us think in a wider perspective and to build opinions. They have become an essential source of education to the audience about different social topics or stories of our Nation. Bollywood has been creating variety of movies for the viewers to make them feel the emotion behind the scenario. Recently, movies like Oh My God, Pink and Chhichhore have been teaching us about Superstitions, Awareness of Rape Culture and Suicide prevention respectively. In the similar way, movies like The Ghazi Attack, Baby, Border, URI: The Surgical Strike bring out truth about our Nation’s victories and hidden stories.

Most of the movies act as an eye-opener in one or the other way. However, every movie lets us feel the emotions behind a scene. It happens quite often that we watch a movie and immediately feel a connection with the character. We can either relate to the situations and the feels of an actor or would want to be like them. Here’s a list of 10 such Bollywood Movies.

Bollywood at various occasions released some heart felt movies that made us feel the connection. We cannot deny that we want to be one of them and experience all those in the journey. Here are 10 Bollywood movies every guy can relate to and would want to undergo.

10. Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na

Jaane tu ya Jaane Na is one out of the 10 bollywood movies that defines the generation perfectly. Jai and Aditi are a best friends who refuse to consider a relationship beyond. However, they end up having feelings for each other but decide to suppress them overtime. Besides the love story that develops, a pleasant college life with a bunch of friends partying is something worth craving for. It is one of the movies among youth that is completely relatable.

9. Wake Up Sid!

A 21 year old college graduate doesn’t have any plans after graduation. The spoiled rich kid just likes to sit around, play video games, party with his friends all day. If that doesn’t define our generation perfectly, I don’t know what does. However, his life change when he meets Ayesha at a party. Ayesha shifts to Mumbai to find the purpose of her life which makes Sid re-think his life choices. He finally decides to set his life straight and do something that makes him happy. The movie relates to a lot of younger generation out there in the world either wasting time or stuck doing something that doesn’t make them happy.

8. Pyaar ka Punchnama

The movie is about three friends experiencing a rough journey of relationship. Mostly, it is the story of majority of the men after college. Three guys living together, partying, having the independence, sounds like a dream, Right? You may like or dislike the movie, but you cannot deny you would be ready to be one of them instantly. Besides, the movie is quite an entertainer and puts on a good show for the audience. It is one among the 10 Bollywood films that instantly attracts a guy.

7. Rock On!

At a point in our lives, all of us must have been in different bands or dreamt of being in one. The story of a band journeying through different states of the country to perform is certainly intriguing for many. Sure, there are highs and lows within the band but that doesn’t stop us from wanting to be in it. Well, grabbing a guitar, drumsticks or a mic on a stage in front of a large crowd is definitely interesting. However, we cannot decline that at the end of the day, it’s all about being a Rockstar.

6. Tamasha

When it comes to making the audience empathise the emotions of a character, there are very few directors who can pull it off. Imtiaz Ali is surely one of the few gems of Bollywood. Tamasha compels our emotions and makes us undergo the sufferings of Ved. There are a lot of us out there pretending to be “not ourselves” in the race of life. A lot of us are just a soul trapped in a body, both contradicting one another. Ved is one of them, one of us until he breaks out about what he wants to make himself. The character is unquestionably relatable to a majority. Who wouldn’t want to break out and pursue what he’s passionate about. This 6th movie out of 10 Bollywood is sure to touch the heart of every guy.

5. Hera Pheri

A little different than the other movies in the list is this laughter ride “Hera Pheri”. It is not specifically relatable to the audience that loves the film. However, we just CANNOT deny how badly we wish to be a part of the trio. The gang puts on an incredible show on the screen that makes every guy wanting to bind with them.

4. 3 Idiots

Journey of three friends in an Engineering college and the life that follows beyond it. It perfectly defines the cycle of a student in the country. The unending race throughout our lives and losing ourselves along the way. This Bollywood masterpiece brought out a student’s voyage among the audience. Every student could easily relate to one or the other character. It is definitely one of the most loved and appreciated movies till date since 2009. Pursuing passion, doing what we’re good at, fighting for excellence, who can deny to be a part of the movie.

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3. Dil Chahta Hai

Speaking of the absolute “guy” movies, Dil Chahta Hai cannot be left out of the list. A trip to Goa with their squad is one of the many dreams for a guy. Dil Chahta hai is a movie about after graduation trip to Goa. Aamir Khan, Akshaye Khanna and Saif Ali Khan sets their destination to Goa to spend a good time together after graduation. It is surely going to add Goa to your bucket list!

2. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

When Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani came out in 2013, every guy thought there was a part of Bunny in him. Ranbir as Bunny, dreams of living the life on his terms, having plans to travel every corner of the world. This movie is one of those that awakens the wanderlust within you. Along with the travel goals it sets for a person, it has ideal mixture of love, friendships and emotions. Every single soul wants to be the Bunny of the crew, being so lively and solo tripping to different parts of the world. Life of Kabir Thapar is a dream of many guys out there.

1. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

The movie displaying the vacation of a lifetime have been receiving love ever since it came out. Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar and Abhay Deol fly to Spain for a Bachelor Party. However, they are completely different personalities after this unexpected adventure. Honestly, this movie will make you crave for an ideal vacation with your amigos. Soon after the release, every person wants to plan a dreamy holiday with their friends. This movie has set the bar too high in terms of travelling, who wouldn’t want to be a part of the squad?

Do you know the difference between business analysis and business analytics?

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Shrutika Thete

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August 17, 2020

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In this modern world of technology, we come across many things that may appear similar but rather are very different. One such topic is business analysis vs business analytics. Employees and even employers raise several queries regarding this. As people who are in search of jobs get confused in the job roles of business analysts or business analytics professionals. Also, companies face issues in terms of opening a position and deciding which to opt for.

Let’s see what does Business Analysis means?

Do you know the difference between business analysis and business analytics?

Business analysis is all about making a change in an organization’s perspective by solving the problems by understanding and defining the needs. This change is through the processes, techniques, or methods. After making the changes, it results in the company’s growth by benefitting the revenue, profits, and sales, so on. So, this act delivers value to the stakeholders. The area of impact of business analysis is successfully observed in the organization, technology, enterprise, business, and process. Many complex problems of the company are solved and in the end, it results in positive changes.

There are many activities in the business analysis like:

Business tools like SWOT, Pestle
Process analysis
Documentation of requirements
As-Is and To-be analysis
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Change Management

A simple example of a Business Analyst (BA) is here! Imagine you are going to the restaurant to have some good food. After entering the restaurant you find the table and check the menu given by the hotel attendant. Also, the hotel attendant suggests some special menu in their restaurant. After you give him/her your order, they go to the chef and informs the chef of your order. Did something click you here? This process is similar to the process which happens in companies where business analysis is done. Here, the hotel attendant can be called as a business analyst who takes your order from the visitors who acts as a client and chef who acts as a technical team. Basically, in business analysis, BA has to become a bridge between your client and the technical team.

What are the main documents created by Business Analyst ?

Project vision Document
Requirement traceability matrix (RTM)
Requirement Management Plan
User cases/stories
Business Requirement Document
Functional requirement specification (FRS)/ Functional Specification Document (FSD)
System requirement specification (SRS)/ System Requirement Document (SRD)

A business analyst will first begin with the business questions but not with data.

What are the types of roles segregation of Business Analysts?

Business Process Analyst: Uses workflow and process engines, does the comparison of as-Is and to-be models.
Requirement Analyst: Mainly solves the issues of Information technology processes and also can be involved in the functional design.
System Analysts: Defines how a system will do what and creates functional specifications working with the technical team.
User Experience Analyst: Designs the user interface look and understands end-user behavior.

How to work in Business Analysis projects?

Software developmental Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies help to work in Business Analysis projects. This is basically a procedure that the BAs follow. Through this, it helps to redesign software and solve problems. It starts from gathering the requirements, then designing the solution, development on it, deploying it in a suitable environment, and maintaining it properly.

What are different kinds of models in SDLC?

Waterfall Model: It is a traditional model of linear progression where the next phase begins once the previous phase gets complete. Planning takes place for the schedule and budget.

Spiral Model: This model blends linear and iterative. Also, it mainly focuses on the risk assessment. Each cycle begins with identifying stakeholders and what success looks like.

Incremental Model: It is also a combination of linear and iterative approaches but in this set of concrete steps just like “mini-waterfalls” that work through iterative manner. It provides early value in the development life cycle. Also, allows the requirement changes between many iterations.

Prototyping: This model uses Iterative progression. It’s in conjunction with Spiral, Rapid Application Development (RAD), and Incremental models. It generally categorizes the project into segments and creates small-scale mock-ups of the system known as prototypes. Thereby, prototypes get iteration until they meet the specific requirements.

Agile: It focusses on the adaptability of processes and customer satisfaction by faster delivery of working software product.

Scrum Model: It uses an iterative approach called sprints. A sprint is a short iteration from analysis, development, testing, to the deployment of a product. It ranges around 14-30 days long. This approach is more flexible and adaptable. The project team consists of Product Owner, Scrum Dev Team, and Scrum Master.

Rapid Application Development (RAD): It is an incremental kind of agile approach. Here, the development of the components and functions happens in a parallel way. Moreover, the developments have tight timeframes. The mini-projects are assembled into a working prototype. As a result, the feedback is received and the prototype is refined.

Now let’s see what Business Analytics is?

In business analytics, you need the data that is transformed into useful insights. This further is results to give good recommendations. It is the subset of Business Intelligence (BI) which deals with descriptive data. It tells the tools and methods to get the data, identify and categorize raw data, and present event reports.

But the Business Analytics is more prescriptive in nature that devotes to how the data is analyzed, how the patterns are formed, and how models are generated. Quantitative analysis, sophisticated data, and mathematical models are taken into account with the help of a business analytics professional to find data-driven solutions. The fields like statistics, IT systems, operation research, and computer science are required to expand knowledge of Business analytics professionals. They have good expertise in AI, data science, deep learning, neural networks, and programming languages like Python, R, and so on. This helps them to identify crucial micro-segments in the data and identify appropriate patterns.

Main components of Business Analytics:

Data Aggregation
Data Mining
Text Mining
Forecasting
Association and sequence identification
Optimization
Data visualization

Data is the raw material for a business analytics professional.

To give a simple example of what exactly a Business analytics professional does! Think about this. Have you done a lot of research on the online website and watched videos before buying a new phone? In this process, you will gather the details about phones that have come in the last 5 years, see the statistics of the phone’s company. Find whether the company is making good phones and for how many days you can use it. Further, you will check the detailed specification of the phone and new features too. This is how the business analytics professional does their tasks.

What are the types of roles segregation of business analytics professional?

Data Analyst: Examines mainly the huge quantity of data to identify trends, develop charts, and finally create the visual representation to help businesses make more logical decisions
Data Scientist: Designs and constructs new processes for production and data modeling with the help of prototypes, predictive models, algorithms, and custom analysis.

What kind of work is there in Business Analytics?

1. Descriptive Analytics– Observe the past data and check it thoroughly.

Many businesses across the world use this. Companies access their historical data and extract useful trends, improvement areas, and events through that. It is very helpful for companies for reporting and communicating across their business segments. With this, they are able to know what has happened and how it has helped them to make success. It majorly caters to the data mining and data aggregation techniques. It results in a win-win situation for both the organization’s point of view to investors, managers, HRs, shareholders and also to the customer behavioral needs.

2. Diagnostic Analytics– Shift from the “what” of past and go to current events to “how” and “why”.

It focuses mainly on past performance to find out which factors influence beneficial trends. It employs techniques like data mining, drill-down, data discovery, and correlations to get down to the root causes of events. Diagnostic analytics uses the technique of probabilities distribution on the outcomes to know exactly why the events occur. It also leverages techniques like sensitivity analysis, attributes importance, and training algorithms for classification and regression. However, this analytics segment has limited ability to give them actionable insights.

3. Predictive Analytics– What can happen in the future and we can be proactive?

Effective predictive analytics comes with insights formed out of the descriptive analysis. There are methods to do this with the help of statistical models and machine learning algorithms. By understanding the past data, companies use them to find new things, restructure strategies, and meet upcoming expectations. Here, it is important to make a note that this type of analytics may not tell you what WILL exactly happen in the future. Rather it tells you what CAN happen in the future. The likelihood of variables is the analysis here.

4. Prescriptive Analytics– What is advisable and what decisions can be taken?

Going beyond these above-mentioned analytics and looking out for the next steps to be followed is done here. The data can be also taken based on external factor here that influences the business. Although prescriptive analytics is indirectly a way of predicting future outcomes it still utilizes some tools to make sense in real-time scenarios such as deep learning and complex neural networks. It is capable of not only evince all favorable outcomes related to any action but also used for recommending clear actions to deliver the most efficient result.

What are the tools for business analytics?

Excel – Even if you are an expert in languages like R, Python, or tools like Tableau, you will use Excel for the grunt work. Many times it happens that a company does not have access to tools like SAS. But Excel is omnipresent and it becomes vital when the analytics team has to work with the business team.

SAS – Main features of SAS is that it is versatile, robust, and easy to learn the tool. SAS keeps adding tons of new modules. Some of the specialized modules are SAS Anti-money Laundering and SAS analytics for IoT. Its usage is in fields like the analytics of web, marketing, and social media.

Tableau – Tableau is very easy to learn the tool and performs the effective task of slicing and dicing the data. Also, it helps to create great visualizations, maps, and dashboards. Tableau is capable of making better visualizations as compared to Excel. Also, the data handling capacity of this definitely much more data than Excel. It connects various data sources and also capable of showing real-time updates on the web.

QuilkView: It has many unique features and has in-memory data processing, which executes the result at fast speed back to the end-users and stores the important data in the report itself. The maintenance of data association in this tool is automatic. Also, capable of compression to almost 10% from its original size. Interestingly, the visualization of the data relationship happens through specific colors. It is faster than Tableau and offers good flexibility.

RapidMiner: It is a powerful integrated platform developed that performs the predictive analysis. Also, other advanced analytics processes like data mining, visual analytics, text analytics, and machine learning are done without any programming. RapidMiner can incorporate many types of data sources, like MySQL, Ingres, IBM SPSS, Dbase, Access, Excel, Microsoft SQL, Oracle, Sybase, IBM DB2, etc. The tool gives a systematic generation of analytics using real-life data transformation settings.

The matter of the fact is that both of the terms business analysis and business analytics are different in their nature. But in the organizational domain, they merge in some or other projects and help the company to grow more and more.

Are you being busy or being productive?

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Shrutika Thete

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August 16, 2020

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Nowadays, people have a lot of work to do. It can be a student who has to attend lectures, complete assignments and take part in extracurricular activities. It can be an officer who has to work day and night on his/her official duties. Everyone has one or other tasks to perform and the time just runs away. In this process, in turn, people are running away from their lives. So, it is high time for us to recognize whether we are being productive or being busy. Doing productive work makes you closer to your goals and you contribute something from it to your personal growth. But being busy just fills your day with work and more work without thinking where actually you are heading to.

Read on to find out the difference between what’s being busy and what’s being productive?

1. Busy people often talk about how busy they are. Productive people talk by showing good results.

How will you feel when you call a friend to discuss your personal problem? But he/she tell you that they can’t talk to you as they are too much busy with their work in the office and the deadline for the project is approaching. You might feel why you called that person at first point and later you might also feel taken on granted. Rather if your friend was productive he/she could have told you that they are doing important work and will call you in half an hour. You might feel good after hearing this. So, your productive friend not only does well at work but also can help you to sort your problems.

2. Busy people multitask but productive people do not adopt multitasking at times.

Imagine you are the manager of a company and you have told one of your employees to do certain tasks of multiple projects in 3 days. So, here if that employee is doing multi-tasking and juggling between all the tasks given to him/her, they will seem to get busy. This will hamper their work as more amount of pressure will be built upon them and they will tend to do mistakes in the work. Rather if he/she tries to be productive, they will focus on one work at a time, prioritize the work and effectively finish the tasks in the given timeframe.

3. Busy people pretend to look like they have a mission. Productive people really have a mission for their lives.

Have you ever faced a situation where you find your colleague is hiding something about their way of living life or way of doing work? It can be that your colleague is scared to share all the details about it but acts as they are confident enough to face anything even though they might be faking it. This quality signifies that your colleague is acting like being busy. Rather if he/she was being productive, they would share little details and stay confident at the same time that they can courageously fight all the obstacles which come through and move forward to reach their goal.

Do first things first and second things not at all. It doesn’t mean that let stuff remains undone rather it means that we shouldn’t be doing those “second” things.

4. Busy people have many priorities but productive people have limited priorities.

Sometimes, Have you found yourself end up doing things which you really don’t like? This makes us feel sad because we considered that in our priority list for sure and worked on it. Busy people often add unnecessary things as their priority and lose their focus on the other important tasks. But the reverse is the case for productive people. They know the difference between urgent, important, and irrelevant. When to do what and how to manage things is just a piece of cake. They also follow Pareto’s Principle which states that 80% of their desired results come from their 20% most prioritized things. After all, they live a peaceful life with this fact.

5. Busy people try to concentrate on the action but the productive unicorns concentrate on getting clarity before action.

Have you heard of people saying to you that they want to buy a house which is sea facing and luxurious? You might be thinking at that time what this person is dreaming about. Is he/she working hard to get that, why they want that, whether it is a necessity for them, and so on? Busy people focus on doing things but they lack clarity whether those things are really needed by them. Whereas, productive people have reasons for the things they are doing and are clear enough in their mind that their clarity will result into a conviction.

6. Busy people just keep talking about how they will change. Productive ones keep moving on the path of making changes.

You might have heard from your relatives, parents, colleagues, or friends that they want to change something to be a better person. But have you stressed upon the fact that are they really changing? Busy people usually have this habit. But when you see productive people, the case is totally different. You will see them actually making efforts to modify themselves, change when they are incorrect, accept the mistakes, and so on.

7. Busy people have a long to-do list but productive people have a sufficient set of tasks in their to-do list

Let’s take this pandemic situation, many students want to learn something and increase their skills sitting at home. If you are one of them, you have might have signed up for various webinars and online courses. Also, added many other things with this like cleaning home, cooking, and so on in your to-do list but not able to finish them properly or either procrastinate and shift it to the next day. Isn’t it? If yes, you are on the verge of getting busy! But productive people won’t do so because they are the believer of “Parkinson’s law” which tells the work gets expanded to fill the time which is scheduled for its completion. So, these kinds of people plan things effectively by allocating the right time to the right tasks.

By these simple examples, you might have understood that being productive is crucial than being busy. So, every day before you sleep ask yourself whether you are living a productive life to be happy or just feeling to get productive by being busy!

Street Style Chinese Bhel In Two Variants | Super Easy, And Delicious

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Riya

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August 16, 2020

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A street-style recipe, super easy to make yet tastes so appetizing and tempting. Chinese bhel is a variant of chop suey, widely popular in the streets of Mumbai. Basically, it’s a food item from North-Eastern origin in India. This savory street food is usually made from deep-fried noodles, finely chopped onions, perked with shredded cabbage, crunchy veggies like sliced capsicums, carrot, spring onions, soy, tomato, and red chili sauce mixed in different proportions. It comprises of spicy-sweet distinct flavors with tongue-tickling seasonings from various oriental sauces that are being mixed. This popular roadside snack is super quick and easy to make that you can hop onto anytime. The peppy Chinese flavors that are infused in this version of bhel taste so tempting and delicious.

These days the fried noodles are easily accessible, however, you can even make them at home with the Hakka or the Maggi noodles. Once you have this ready on your countertop, the rest work is just to chop all the veggies and toss all of this with the sauces. This snack requires no cooking as such. But, here I have turned up with its two super yummy variants. One is the cold version and another is the hot version. Both of these two variants look somewhat the same although, they have their diverse flavors as the former one (cold) is served just after being tossed, while the later (hot) is served hot right away from the wok. Let’s dive into the recipe to make this mouth-watering treat in absolutely street style.

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Ingredients

For crispy noodles

Hakka Noodles- 160 gm + 160 gm (for each of the variant)
Water as required for boiling
Corn flour- 2Tbsp
Salt to taste
Refined oil for deep frying

For Cold variation

Fried noodles- 160 gm
Thinly sliced cabbage- 1 cup
Julienned capsicum- 1 small
Julienned carrot- ⅓ cup
Schezwan sauce- 4 Tbsp
Tomato ketchup- 1 Tbsp
Red chili sauce- 1Tbsp
Soy sauce- 1 Tsp
White vinegar- 1 Tsp
Salt as per taste
Finely chopped Spring onion- ½ cup (optional)

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For Hot variation

Fried noodles- 160gm
Refined oil- 1 Tbsp
Chopped ginger garlic- 2 Tbsp
Sliced onion- 1 small
Schezwan sauce- 4 Tbsp
Tomato Ketchup- 1 Tbsp
Red Chili sauce- 1 Tbsp
Soy sauce- 1 Tsp
Vinegar- 1 Tsp
Red chili powder- ½ Tsp
Sliced capsicum- 1 small
Thinly sliced cabbage- 1 cup
Finely chopped spring onion- ½ cup (optional)

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Method

For making the crispy fried noodles

Firstly, will boil the noodles for frying. Take a deep pan, add enough water for boiling, then add 1 tbsp of oil, salt to taste, and bring the water to a boil. Now, add the noodles and cook until they are almost done.

Next, strain the water and cool the noodles. Let the noodles sit ideal for about 10 mins so that all the water gets drained. You can add some oil to the boiled noodles if you notice, they are sticking to each other.

After the noodles have completely dried, add cornflour to the noodles for that extra crispiness and mix well. Then, add some salt and mix nicely to lightly coat the noodles. Your noodles are ready to be deep-fried.

Now, take a deep pan, and add some refined oil that is enough for frying. The oil needs to be in medium-high heat before adding the noodles for frying. If the oil is in low heat, then the noodles will absorb oil while frying. Once the oil is hot, drop in the boiled noodles carefully a few at a time and fry them on moderate heat. Take care that the noodles are dried perfectly, no water should be present otherwise it will splutter if you directly add it to hot oil.

You need to fry the noodles until the bubbles stop appearing and the noodles become crispy. It will just take about a minute or two. You need to flip these noodles in between, and you’ll notice as these become crisp, the noodles will form a cluster and it will be easy for you to flip these up.

Similarly, you need to fry all the noodles. Keep the fried noodles on an absorbent to soak up all the extra oil.

After frying all the noodles, divide the whole into two equal parts for making the Chinese bhel in two variants. Let’s start with the first variation of Chinese bhel.

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For making the Cold Variation of Chinese bhel

Since everything is ready, the fried noodles, chopped veggies, your work is to just mix everything all together and toss-up with the sauces. It will hardly take 2 minutes to get the first variant of your Chinese bhel ready.

Take a mixing bowl, add 4 Tbsp of schezwan sauce that is readily available in the market. Next, add 1 Tbsp tomato ketchup, 1 Tbsp red chili sauce, 1 Tsp soy sauce, 1 Tsp of white vinegar, and give this entire thing a good mix.

You can replace vinegar with a dash of lemon juice, but add it at the end. Also, you can adjust the proportions of the sauces as per your taste. You can even increase or decrease the spiciness accordingly.

Next, drop in the veggies one by one. Add the thinly sliced cabbage, capsicum, and carrot along with the spring onions. You can skip any of these if you don’t like it. But I suggest adding the capsicum and cabbage, as these will add that perfect crunch to your Chinese bhel.

Now, break the fried noodles into the bowl. Mix everything well so that each and every noodle is coated with the sauce nicely. And there you go. Your first cold variant of Chinese bhel is ready to be served. You can taste it at this time and adjust the seasoning.

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Now, moving on to our second variant of hot and spicy Chinese bhel.

For making the Hot variation of Chinese bhel

Firstly, heat 1 Tbsp of oil in a Chinese wok or a kadhai/pan. Add 2 Tbsp of chopped ginger and garlic and you have to saute this on high flame till the raw smell is gone.

Now, add 1 small sliced onion. You need to saute the onion for just about 1 minute. Don’t overdo it. Add 4 Tbsp of Schezwan sauce/chutney, 1 Tbsp of tomato ketchup, 1 Tbsp red chili sauce, 1 Tsp of soy sauce, ½ Tsp of red chili powder, 1 Tsp of white vinegar and give everything a good mix. You can increase the spiciness as per your taste.

Next, add the sliced capsicum, finely chopped spring onion, and the thinly sliced cabbage. Give all these a good stir. Do not over-cook these veggies as these taste very good if they are raw and crunchy.

Finally, roughly break-in the fried noodles and add to it. Keep the flame high and mix everything very well. Your second hot variant of Chinese bhel is ready to be served.

Street Style Chinese Bhel In Two Variants | Super Easy, And Delicious

While tossing, drop in the fried noodles in the end for both the variants. As the crispy noodles turn out to be soggy after some time, so be a bit quick while mixing everything and serve immediately. Do try out these two amazing variants of making the popular street style Chinese bhel. These are super easy and quick to make and a perfect go-to evening snacks for your weekends. Usually, you can stock up up the fried noodles in an air-tight container for about a week or 10 days. If you have the fried noodles ready, then it gonna take max 3-5 minutes to toss-up everything and dive into this delicious treat.

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CONCLUSION

10. Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na

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8. Pyaar ka Punchnama

7. Rock On!

6. Tamasha

5. Hera Pheri

4. 3 Idiots

3. Dil Chahta Hai

2. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

1. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Let’s see what does Business Analysis means?

There are many activities in the business analysis like:

What are the main documents created by Business Analyst ?

What are the types of roles segregation of Business Analysts?

How to work in Business Analysis projects?

What are different kinds of models in SDLC?

Now let’s see what Business Analytics is?

Main components of Business Analytics:

What are the types of roles segregation of business analytics professional?

What kind of work is there in Business Analytics?

1. Descriptive Analytics– Observe the past data and check it thoroughly.

2. Diagnostic Analytics– Shift from the “what” of past and go to current events to “how” and “why”.

3. Predictive Analytics– What can happen in the future and we can be proactive?

4. Prescriptive Analytics– What is advisable and what decisions can be taken?

What are the tools for business analytics?

1. Busy people often talk about how busy they are. Productive people talk by showing good results.

2. Busy people multitask but productive people do not adopt multitasking at times.

3. Busy people pretend to look like they have a mission. Productive people really have a mission for their lives.

4. Busy people have many priorities but productive people have limited priorities.

5. Busy people try to concentrate on the action but the productive unicorns concentrate on getting clarity before action.

6. Busy people just keep talking about how they will change. Productive ones keep moving on the path of making changes.

7. Busy people have a long to-do list but productive people have a sufficient set of tasks in their to-do list

Ingredients

For crispy noodles

For Cold variation

For Hot variation

Method

For making the crispy fried noodles

For making the Cold Variation of Chinese bhel

For making the Hot variation of Chinese bhel

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