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Muhammad becomes the most popular name given to baby boys in the UK for 2023, Mohammed and Mohammad also in top 100

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2024

Top 100 most popular names for baby boys in the UK was released recently, and it shows that the most popular first name is Muhammad

Books

Did you know? Osama bin Laden may have gotten the name ‘Al-Qaeda’ from Isaac Asimov’s pathbreaking Sci-Fi saga ‘Foundation’

OpIndia Staff - 2 October, 2021

Scientist Dmitri Gusev argued that Osama bin Laden not only borrowed the name of the book 'Foundation' but the plot of the classic as well.

News Reports

Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi asks authorities to change the name of LAWDA: Here is what it is

OpIndia Staff - 30 September, 2021

Jammu & Kashmir Lakes and Waterways Development Authority trends again on Twitter because of its short from LAWDA

News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: After Mirzapur, Aligarh and Mainpuri; proposal sent by Gram Panchayat to rename Miyaganj to Mayaganj

OpIndia Staff - 27 August, 2021

Yogi Adityanath's government had previously renamed Allahabad to Prayagraj and Faizabad district under which Ayodhya city used to fall to Ayodhya district.

Culture and History

Residents of Mirzapur urge Uttar Pradesh government to rename the district as ‘Vindhyanchal Nagar’

OpIndia Staff - 22 August, 2021

Residents of Mirzapur in UP demand that the city's name should be changed to 'Vindhyanchal Nagar', after the Hindu deity Maa Vindhyavasini

Social Media

Ahmedabad netizens trend #WeWantKarnavati to get city name changed, this is why

OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2021

Ahmedabad residents said that the city was not 'established' by Mughal emperor Ahmed Shah but it was developed by King Karna Dev and hence it should be named after him.

News Reports

BBMP proposes to name roads in Muslim areas in Bengaluru after Muslims, drops the proposal after BJP MPs oppose it

OpIndia Staff - 31 December, 2020

Following wide backlash over naming the roads after Muslims, the BBMP decided to revise the list of names.

News Reports

Rabindranath Tagore or Rabindranath Thakur? Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff - 31 December, 2020

Zee News anchor Aman Chopra slammed TMC leader Anirban Banerjee for using the name Rabindranath Thakur instead of Tagore

News Reports

Rahul Gandhi wants to get rid of his name. Here is why

OpIndia Staff - 31 July, 2019

The curse of being Rahul Gandhi.

Social Media

Twitter users amused after DMK chief ‘Stalin’ asks people to give their children Tamil names

OpIndia Staff - 29 January, 2018

He also decided to reveal why he was named Stalin

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