Emergency 2018 Posted on August 8, 2018 By Team SPark From the judiciary, to the media. Speaking the truth in Modi’s India comes at a price. Ask any historian. Heck, ask anyone over the age of 50 today: “What was the darkest period of Indian Democracy?”. And without a shadow of a doubt, they’ll all say it was the Emergency… Read more
Reporting SCOPE Posted on August 7, 2018 By Team SPark The academic year started with a bang as France conquered the world, the second-year students of S.P.I.T. found themselves at a crossroads, a branching network of boulevards each different than the other. A new system of varied courses, namely ‘Skill Certification for Outcome-based Professional Education’ (SCOPE), was first introduced in… Read more
Columns What is Trump hiding from us? Posted on August 5, 2018 By Team SPark Trump and his government in the US so far have not been short of controversies. One of his recent moves of making the white house employees sign a non-disclosure agreement has made the world suspicious of his actions now more than ever. If he has nothing to hide then why… Read more
Reporting CSI Workshop : Roadmap to Android Posted on July 31, 2018 By Team SPark With programmers being required to continuously adapt and add to their arsenal of skills, the CSI SPIT committee came up with the perfect idea for their first event of the year. Hosted in association with the Student council, the Road Map to Android workshop offered an interesting discourse on various… Read more
Recommends SPark Recommends: Effective Ways to get over your Ex Posted on April 2, 2018 By Team SPark “When your day is long And the night The night is yours alone When you’re sure you’ve had enough Of this life Well hang on Don’t let yourself go ‘Cause everybody cries And everybody hurts sometimes”–R.E.M. Well, BOO-FREAKIN-HOO! It’s time to get your stuff together and turn into a beast… Read more
Ayntka AYNTKA: Air India Divestment Posted on April 1, 2018 By Team SPark Acronyms: EBITDAR – Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortisation and rentals AI – Air India AIXL – Air India Express Ltd. GoI – Government of India The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the strategic divestment of Air India Ltd., which is burdened with a debt of over Rs. 53,000… Read more
Reporting E-Summit 2018 Posted on March 28, 2018 By Team SPark Learn. Innovate. Discover. E-Cell brought a unique opportunity to all SPITians to #UnleashtheEntrepreneurWithinThem. What could be a better start than a fusion of everyone’s love for cricket with their passion for entrepreneurship! IPL Auction E-Summit 2018 brought a new twist to the conventional IPL Auction, which was conducted on March 20th…. Read more
Columns Indian Teenage Shooting Sensation Posted on March 25, 2018 By Team SPark PISTOL SHOOTING We often hear a lot of talk about ‘margins’ when it comes to sports. One rowing boat beats another by a length. One horse beats another by a neck. A hockey ball misses its target by an inch. At this level, then, shooting is a sport at a… Read more
Ayntka AYNTKA: Cambridge Analytica Posted on March 24, 2018 By Team SPark The Cambridge Analytica scandal would have passed by as another data breach had the data not been mined from the social media giant Facebook itself. On Saturday The Guardian’s story appeared which sent out ripples of rage emanating from both, influential personalities as well as common masses around the globe-… Read more
Geekonic Geekonic – Piracy Unravelled Posted on March 21, 2018 By Team SPark If you’ve ever downloaded a movie or a game from torrent sites like ThePirateBay, Kickass Torrents, 1337 etc, you must’ve come across mumbo jumbo like WEB-DL, DVDRip or iNTERNAL. Then there are some recurring names likes YIFY, ETTV, and SKIDROW that you can find all over these sites. What do… Read more