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Cheetah 'More Vulnerable To Extinction Than Previously Thought'

Urgent action is needed to stop the cheetah – the world’s fastest land animal– becoming extinct, experts have warned. Scientists estimate that only 7,100 of ...

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This Terracotta Invention Is Easing Periods For Young Rural Girls

In India, anything related to menstruation is treated like a state secret, whispered about behind closed doors and wrapped in brown paper. As a result young girls across the n...

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Healthcare A Mix Of Highs & Lows

The Raghubar Das government focused on development of healthcare infrastructure in 2016 but services did not improve on the ground level. Shortage of doctors remained a big pr...

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Corruption, Caste Keep Poor From Owning Land In Northern India

For decades, Kunta lived in a hut outside Kachhidih village in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state, enduring the insults of higher-caste villagers who claimed her land - whic...

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How AI Can Become A “Third Hemisphere” Of Our Brains

While artificial intelligence may replace truck dricers and beat us at chess, it also has much to offer: it can free up our minds and responsibilities for the tasks and social...

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Grass Was Greener But Wildlife Struggled In Muggy 2016

Farmers made hay but rampant grass growth in 2016 made life hard for butterflies and even puffin chicks, according to a review of the year’s wildlife and weather by the ...

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MY STORY: Why I Started A Petition Against A Ban On Emergency Contraceptive Pills In Tamil Nadu

I did not take my friends’ occasional rants about the unavailability of emergency contraceptive pills in Chennai seriously, until I set out to look for it myself. I lear...

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Future Of Artificial Intelligence In Healthcare In India

Technology is rapidly altering how people function in their daily lives, with healthcare being at the forefront of this evolution. There have been many perceptible ways where ...

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Scale Of Child Slavery "Shocking" In India's Spinning Mills - Research

Various forms of slavery, including child labour, are present in more than 90 percent of south India's spinning mills which produce yarn for Western brands, researchers said, ...

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Quantum Leap: Researchers Send Information Using A Single Particle Of Light

According to research published Thursday in Science, physicists at Princeton University have designed a device that allows a single electron to pass its quantum information to...

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THERE’S NO IF…ONLY BHATT!

As 78-year-old veteran filmmaker, producer and writer Mahesh Bhatt called time and diall...

September 13 2026

TOXIC REVIEW: AMBITION WITHOUT ARRIVAL

Dr Piyush Roy examines Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups, exploring Geetu Mohandas and Y...

September 12 2026

STUDENT CITY PART 2 EPISODE 4: HEARTS GAMES HOMECOMING

In Episode 4 of Part 2, Student City, Dr Piyush Roy explores desire, ambition, friendshi...

September 11 2026