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Problematics | Cash transfer

India, Oct. 26 -- It has been 15 years since the 25p coin went out of circulation. While it was still in business, it was the face of a structural anomaly that prevailed in the Indian coinage system. ... Read More


How crowds turn deadly: The physics and psychology of stampedes, as 19 die at Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata

India, Oct. 18 -- In many ways, what happened during the stampede at the Chorebagan Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata on Saturday that killed 19 and injured several, was typical of other deadly stampedes o... Read More


How crowds turn deadly: The physics and psychology of stampedes, after 19 die at Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata

India, Oct. 18 -- In many ways, what happened at the Chorebagan Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata on Saturday that left at least 19 people dead and several injuries, was typical of other deadly stampedes o... Read More


Clues to cosmic mysteries captured in Antarctic ice

New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Somewhere deep in space, a star explodes as a supernova, or a supermassive black hole devours matter at the centre of a galaxy. The event scatters radiation of various forms into ... Read More


Nobel Prize for Chemistry: They engineered reactions to mirror life

India, Oct. 7 -- Some molecules can exist in either of two different variants, and many chemical reactions generate near-equal proportions of the two. The amino acids in living organisms, on the other... Read More


Nobel prize in physics: Clues to cosmic mysteries captured in Antarctic ice

New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- Somewhere deep in space, a star explodes as a supernova, or a supermassive black hole devours matter at the centre of a galaxy. The event scatters radiation of various forms into ... Read More


Clues to cosmic mysteries captured in Antarctic ice

New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- Somewhere deep in space, a star explodes as a supernova, or a supermassive black hole devours matter at the centre of a galaxy. The event scatters radiation of various forms into ... Read More


Nobel Prize for Physics: Clues to cosmic mysteries captured deep in Antarctic ice

India, Oct. 6 -- Somewhere deep in space, a violent event takes place, perhaps a supernova exploding, or perhaps a supermassive black hole devouring matter at the centre of a galaxy. The cosmic event ... Read More


Problematics | Nobels on prime time

India, Oct. 5 -- October is a busy month for two kinds of people. Horror fans rewatch their favourite films in building up to Halloween, even though there is no reason not to watch them at other times... Read More


2026 Nobel Prize for Medicine: The protein that can unlock secrets of the brain

India, Oct. 5 -- In explaining the significance of the research that won this year's prize for Physiology or Medicine on Monday, the Nobel Committee begins by quoting from a letter Virginia Woolf wrot... Read More