Last year it was wheat, then sugar. This year, it is tomatoes. As weather patterns grow erratic — rainfalls too heavy and often out of … Extreme Weather Dents India’s Food SuppliesRead more
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Gandhi’s Role in Ending Calcutta Riots
On Independence Day, Mahatma Gandhi was not in New Delhi. Instead, he was busy attending all-faith meetings in a dilapidated house called Hyderi Manzil, in … Gandhi’s Role in Ending Calcutta RiotsRead more
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Don’t Deny Welfare Schemes if People Don’t have Aadhar or Mobile Nos
This public interest litigation (PIL) was filed citing 11 such children, four of whom were either severely malnourished (SAM) or acutely malnourished (MAM) and was … Don’t Deny Welfare Schemes if People Don’t have Aadhar or Mobile NosRead more
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How can citizens be protected from Aadhaar fraud
Journalists Advait Rao Palepu and Ashwin Manikandan, together with cyber-technology researcher Srinivas Kodali of the Free Software Movement of India
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India’s rivers are heating up due to climate change
Climate change may turn India’s rivers into hostile environments for aquatic life by 2070-2100, scientists warned in a new study. River water temperatures may increase … India’s rivers are heating up due to climate changeRead more
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India got Century of History Being Distorted
In his address to the nation on the 76th anniversary of India’s independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated his odd formulation that India suffered through … India got Century of History Being DistortedRead more
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Aadhaar frauds are due to design defects and regulatory anarchy
Journalists Advait Rao Palepu and Ashwin Manikandan, together with cyber-technology researcher Srinivas Kodali of the Free Software Movement of India,
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Why Are Archaeologists Unable to Find Evidence of a Ruling Class of Indus Civilisation?
Little more than a century ago, British and Indian archaeologists began excavating the remains of what they soon realised was a previously unknown civilisation in … Why Are Archaeologists Unable to Find Evidence of a Ruling Class of Indus Civilisation?Read more