New Delhi, May 4 -- Crude oil, the undistilled kind right out of the ground, was known to the Mesopotamians, Persians and Babylonians. The Chinese were the first to dig shallow wells and transport fla... Read More
New Delhi, April 20 -- The Ganga mostly flows east-southeast across the Indo-Gangetic alluvial plains towards its mouth in Kolkata. As it approaches Varanasi in eastern Uttar Pradesh (UP), it encounte... Read More
New Delhi, April 6 -- Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal are going to the polls this month. These three states are dissimilar in many ways. But they are similar in that they have had unique sociopolit... Read More
New Delhi, March 23 -- Growing up in Kerala, it was a weekly ritual to spark the firewood and get ready for an oil bath. The weather was warm enough during the week to use the plentiful water from a r... Read More
New Delhi, March 9 -- "Khamenei Out." That was the title of an event wager on the prediction market Kalshi. On the website of its rival, Polymarket, wagers were being made on "the timing of the Iran w... Read More