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'We need to bring vultures back to restore balance'

India, Oct. 10 -- 1India has witnessed a decline in many bird species over the past two decades. What are the principal factors driving this decline? It is a combination of factors. The major reason i... Read More


Timing, luck and the Hamlet test

India, Oct. 10 -- Would Genghis Khan have founded the Mongol empire if he were born just a few decades earlier? Would there have been an environmental revolution without Rachel Carson? And can a sport... Read More


Burst the speech bubble

India, Oct. 10 -- Harsho Mohan Chattoraj recommends The Pig Flip Joshy Benedict's 2023 novel (he narrates and illustrates) is set in Kerala and follows Babycha, a man who can't shake off his obsession... Read More


AI wish you'd shut up

India, Oct. 10 -- Who trained the bots to sound so chatty? Who? We just want to talk. AI programs will now repeat our request back to us. They'll summarise our own summary. They'll praise us for choos... Read More


Cooking up a storm

India, Oct. 10 -- It's a strange thing for a journalist to say. But I am going to say it anyway: Don't believe everything you read in the newspapers. Last week, we were booked to go to Bangkok to atte... Read More


retelling classics in modern times

India, Oct. 10 -- Anne Carson's genre- and form-bending writing has won her the Nobel in Literature this year. The Canadian poet, essayist, and collaborator on a graphic novel is perhaps best known fo... Read More


US digs up IT workers' road to residency, but few take it

Bengaluru, Oct. 10 -- The US administration's effort to block immigrant workers' journey from H-1B visas to US permanent residency may leave Indian IT services companies unscathed, as traffic along th... Read More


Bhuvi back, skills intact and body more robust

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- Four years ago, Bhuvneshwar Kumar walked off the field in Napier after what would turn out to be his last T20I for India. Since then, India witnessed three leadership changes and... Read More


Hardik's injuries a roadblock for India's '27 World Cup plans

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- Hardik Pandya is breaking down more frequently than ever before, and the frustration must be mounting for him and the team. Back spasms, a leg strain and now a shin injury: three... Read More


Turning cash to ash fails to save UP lekhpal from bribery arrest

LUCKNOW, Oct. 10 -- Burning the alleged bribe money and flushing its ashes down a kitchen sink could not save a lekhpal (revenue employee) in Lalitpur district from arrest on Thursday. An anti-corrupt... Read More