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The gender of a sound byte

Dear Barkha, This is taking up from where we last left off. The last time we met at a dinner party in Mumbai, you had enquired why I always turned down requests to appear on y...

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The Dangers of Vaccine Denial

First, a word on vaccines: They have revolutionized public health. Can you name the discoverer of the smallpox vaccine? Probably not: Edward Jenner is little known today. He l...

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The U.S. Military Worries About Climate Change, So Why Don't Republicans?

On Friday, the Obama administration put climate change on the par with other global challenges like cybersecurity, terrorism, and Russian aggression, warning in a 35-page nati...

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India Hits Its U.N. Poverty-Cutting Target, but Misses Others

India is on track to cut poverty in half by the end of this year, compared to 2000 levels, but needs to do more to improve education and empower women, a United Nations report...

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TN aims to bring down maternal mortality rate, says TNHSP Director

The Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project (TNHSP) is working towards reducing Tamil Nadu’s maternal mortality rate (MMR) to 45 per one lakh live births by 2017 from the curr...

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Now there’s a way to diagnose HIV with a smartphone

Researchers at Columbia University have developed a gadget that can test for syphilis and HIV via a smartphone or tablet. Here’s how it works: The “dongle” d...

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Fossil fuel companies are the greatest threat to life’s party – not greens

People who argue it’s a good idea to respect nature’s thresholds get labelled spoilsports, but the real party-poopers are those who recognise no limits at all &ldq...

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CAN MOBILE BANKING REVOLUTIONIZE THE LIVES OF THE POOR?

IN THE VILLAGE OF Sori along the banks of Kenya’s Lake Victoria, fishing has long been the lynchpin of the local economy. Jobs here are largely divided by gender: men ca...

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India’s maternal mortality rate drops further

According to the recent data from the registrar general of India, ministry of home affairs, Kerala continues to register the lowest MMR at 61 per one lakh live births, followe...

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Barrier Reef coral genetically altered in hope of surviving climate change

Coral species from different climes being mixed as a form of ?assisted evolution? to see if it will help them adapt more quickly to rising sea temperatures The Australian gove...

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ECHOES ON PAPER: CRAFT, MEMORY, CONTINUUM

Bridging nineteenth-century devotion and contemporary philosophy, this exhibition traces...

January 25 2026

STAY ROOTED AND LET STORIES FIND YOU HOME

From Old Delhi memories to Mughal-era storytelling traditions, Paayal Nair’s perso...

January 24 2026

WHY ARCHIVING CINEMA MATTERS: NEVILLE TULI

A wide-ranging conversation on archives, cinema, and cultural consciousness, where inter...

January 23 2026