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Netflix - A Plethora of Undiscovered Shows    With Netflix airing n number of shows, and with more and more Netflix Originals coming up, some excellent shows with great potential might remain undiscovered while some are evergreen. Here are a few shows which will keep you up at night and get you hooked for sure! Troy- A Fall Of A City Do you love Greek literature and mythology? Did the movie Troy leave you feeling disappointed? Did you wish for a better, more faithful adaptation of the Trojan War?  This eight episode Netflix original takes the matter into its own hands and gives the audience a faithful retelling of the Trojan War that would make Homer proud and would have you, guaranteed, gripping the edge of your seats with action packed scenes, intense dialogues taken straight from the Iliad and powerful characters reflecting upon their own morality over the course of the decade long war between Greece and Troy.  Gossip Girl This popular American tee

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday made a bold move by announcing the cut down in basic corporate tax to 22% from 30% for all domestic companies without tax exemptions and 15% for all new manufacturing companies. It is a part of stimulus measures to increase slowing economic growth. This reduction may encourage business firms to invest more at a time economic growth rate that has slowed down to a six year low of 5%. The listed companies will also get a relief from buyback tax. The companies were worried about the retrospective impact of the buyback plans announcement, which made them liable to pay additional 20% buyback tax. If we assume that the earnings of these companies remain the same in fiscal 2019, then they will save almost $3 billion due to tax reduction, says Moody. Nirmala Sitharaman also added that the government is well aware of the consequences of the revenue outgo that would happen due to the tax reductions and the Centre might lose up to 1.45 tril

She left her family And went abroad As she found there a lucrative job Earning in dollars A millionaire she became Staying as busy as one could be To the phone calls from home she responded less With a dream in her eyes to have riches and success She worked day and night And finally decided to visit home on the Diwali night She reached there with the most expensive gifts she could find But there was something she realized Her parents were now old and fragile On seeing the gifts they didn't excite But at the sight of her face tears welled up in their eyes and those slender arms still hugged her tight At that instant only one thing popped in that girl's mind "All they needed was a little of my time..." -Isha Saxena

No matter how chaotic this world looks right now, Close your eyes and feel the calm. Hear the sound of the wind that blows, And smile a little more when it blows through the curls of your hair. Hear the song of rain and all that it says about, How it fought with the clouds and came down But will get back up to them when it's all calm. Hear the birds chirp and what they say about the shining of the sun and the beautiful warmness it offers, Enough to comfort you on a cold day. Feel such things when you close your eyes, And when you open them, Remember what you heard and saw with your eyes closed. And it will make you realise, That the world is beautiful in every aspect. Even when the sun rises, And when it sets... -Nishika Simon

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by renowned film maker Quentin Tarantino. Revolving around a large all-star cast who perform in “multiple storylines in a modern fairy tale tribute to the final moments of Hollywood’s golden age", the film is set in 1969 Los Angeles, at the height of hippy Hollywood. Tarantino's ninth feature film is a story where the two lead characters Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) struggle to make it in a Hollywood they don't recognize anymore. The movie is praised to be a poignant, slow-burning ode to cinema and friendship - a great deviant from regular Tarantino films. Quentin’s writing at its best, critics call it his most relaxed movie by far, both because of its ambling, shaggy-dog structure and the easygoing rhythm of its scenes. The Hollywood Reporter wrote that critics had "an overall positive view" of the film, calling it "Tar

The latest annual report of the RBI stating that the GDP growth has slipped to 5% in the first quarter of FY20, the lowest in 6 years, is a glaring indicator of the economic crisis looming over our economy. The slumped automobile sector, increase in NPAs- all point out at an economic slowdown and an urgent need of government attention and impactful measures to reverse the downturn. On Saturday, i.e. the 14th of September, the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, announced a fresh set of measures to battle the slowdown, with a 70,000 crore boost package for housing and exports. A special 10,000 crore window has been extended towards last mile funding for stuck residential real estate projects that have dampened the sentiment and have been responsible, to some extent, for the real estate sector crash. Towards exports, a new scheme called the Remission of Duties or Taxes on Export Product will be coming into effect from January 2020 and Export Credit Guarantee Corporation will