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Scientists Used A Little Bee Puppet To Teach Real Bees How To Play Bee ‘Soccer’

Scientists have been able to teach bees to do all kinds of things, like tug on a rope or count to four. But so far these skills have largely fallen into the realm of what scie...

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Locals Accuse Pakistan Of Doing The Dirty By Turning To Coal To Meet Energy Needs

Amid the din of the excavating machines and the rumble of dumpers removing and hauling tonnes of earth, the voice of indigenous communities in Pakistan’s Sindh province ...

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‘Same-Sex Attraction Is Ok’ – Health Ministry’s New Manual For Children All Over India

“Boys should understand that when a girl says ‘no’ it means no,” reads the manual that India’s Health Ministry is now handing out across the coun...

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What Policymakers Can Do About Healthcare In Rural India

In a recent article, I argued how increasing rural spending on schemes such as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (MGNREGA), skill development (STRIVE, ...

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Protecting The Rights Of Tribals

Recently, Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA), an Emirati investor, initiated an investment treaty arbitration (ITA) claim against India under the India-UAE Bilateral ...

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Inside NASA’s Space Farming Labs

For the first time since the end of NASA's Apollo missions to the moon, there is serious talk of sending humans beyond low earth orbit. NASA has been courting ideas for journe...

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There's Poison In The Air

Nearly a third of Indian cities have breached annual pollution limits mandated by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) between 2011 and 2015, according to figures from t...

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Homosexuality And Periods On The Governments Minds As It Launches 'Saathiya' Health Kit For Adolescents In India

The health ministry has turned its attention, and laudably so, to the 253 million adolescents growing up in contemporary India, many of whom are struggling to find answers to ...

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Impact Of Budget 2017 On Healthcare Sector: High On Ambition, Low On Vision

Much has been written and spoken about India’s healthcare system, its creaking facilities, its shortage of doctors, its lack of insurance coverage and the rising burden ...

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How Language Shapes The Disability Experience In India

One day Madan Vasishta is deaf — the next, divine. Nothing special happened to him. He experienced no moment of religious clarity…no metaphysical encounter. This ...

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THE CURIOUS CASE OF PRIYADARSHAN

He’s back in the news. After a prolonged hiatus, the essentially South Indian film...

March 17 2026

HEINER GOEBBELS’ ORACLE MACHINE MUMBAI

At Great Eastern Mills in Mumbai, German composer and artist Heiner Goebbels unveiled Th...

March 16 2026

PAGE MEETS SCREEN AT WIFF (LIT) MUMBAI

Where Stories Found Their Voice: WIFF LIT Opens Conversations Between Literature and Cin...

March 15 2026