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Wood you look at that? At India's lichen and gymnosperm gardens

India, Aug. 23 -- Two of Earth's oldest survivors live on in the forests of Uttarakhand. One group, the gymnosperms, typically reach for the skies, as pine trees, firs and conifers. The other, lichen,... Read More


Soft power: Hits with no formula

India, Aug. 23 -- In a flat in Manchester in January 1980, Ian Curtis (yes, that Ian Curtis, a few months from becoming post-punk's most mourned voice at 23) of the band Joy Division sat gluing coarse... Read More


The gospel of Goscinny: How I fell in love with Asterix

India, Aug. 23 -- I read my first Asterix when I was in Class 3. On a visit to an aunt's house, I grew tired of fidgeting as the adults discussed the ailments and scandals of the extended family, and ... Read More


Toy story: Assam edition

India, Aug. 23 -- A man in Bodoland is making toys based onlocal folktales about brave farmer-warriors, fierce princesses, magical birds and folk musicians. The children of Assam need to know their st... Read More


Kuldeep walks on thin ice, yet again

Mumbai, Aug. 23 -- The Galle Test match was Kuldeep Yadav's first outside India for 44 months. His last outing outside the sub-continent was back in 2019 at Sydney, when then head coach Ravi Shastri d... Read More


Flight and dip make Suthar a rarity in slam-bang cricket

MUMBAI, Aug. 23 -- If the Sri Lanka batters are to flourish in the second Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club, they must somehow ensure Manav Suthar doesn't start well. Going by what we saw at Galle, on... Read More


Lko-Delhi Tejas Express becomes India's first privately branded train

LUCKNOW, Aug. 23 -- The Lucknow-New Delhi Tejas Express has become India's first commercially branded passenger train marking a new experiment by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (I... Read More


Appointment of AMU VC's sonas asst prof sparks controversy

Agra, Aug. 23 -- The recent appointment of Ali Farhan Gulrez, son of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) vice chancellor Prof Naima Khatoon, as an assistant professor in the university's department of law... Read More


Child on whom plaster fell in Agra's SNMC dies; principal says death due to disease

Agra, Aug. 23 -- A 10-year-old child, on whom plaster from the ceiling fell on Friday, while he was admitted to the children's section of the emergency ward of SN Medical College and Hospital, Agra, d... Read More


Farmer leader's 'torture in custody': 8cops sent to lines on new SSP's order

MEERUT, Aug. 23 -- Immediately after assuming charge on Friday evening, new Meerut senior superintendent of police BBGTS Murthy ordered action against eight police personnel for their alleged involvem... Read More