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Millets aren’t just healthy, they could also hold the answer to food security challenges
Archaeologists say millets – largely used as birdseed in the West – are resilient crops and could help feed the world’s population.
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How PC Mahalanobis devised a survey that has helped India measure inequality for decades
Since Indian Independence in 1947, the National Sample Survey’s annual exercises have served as the backbone of planning.
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In a post-truth and alternative-fact world, how should we understand conspiracy theories?
In an environment of scepticism, it's difficult to draw the line between rational thinking and conspiracy thoerising.
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Trending
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Untangling history: What hair and hairstyles meant in 16th and 17th-century Europe
Historian Dr Stefan Hanß investigates how hair reflected the profound religious and social changes sweeping through the continent.
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How close are we to finding effective treatments for Alzheimer’s?
It has been over a hundred years since the first case of Alzheimer’s disease was diagnosed.
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Peter Pan and Wendy: JM Barrie gave us a glimpse of how the mind works, before psychologists did
Key aspects of the Theory of Mind, a cognitive science, are explored in the Peter Pan books.
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Video
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Researchers in Colombia are trying to reimagine slums to foster equality
Poverty is either neglected or romanticised, find researchers. Instead, governments need to see slums as enabled spaces and equip them with infrastructure.
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No longer lost for words: How researchers rediscovered the mother of all mother tongues
Researchers have developed a method that uses sound waves to rediscover the long-lost Proto-Indo-European language, from which most modern languages evolved.
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How a British plan to convert an illiterate boy into a loyal maharaja failed
The British took a leading role in developing and overseeing educational programmes to produce an Indian elite politically aligned with the imperial rule.
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The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Water world: Can we learn to live with flooding?
Can cities be designed and adapted to live more flexibly with water – to treat it as friend rather than foe?
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'Extreme sleepover #17' – going underground in search of zombies
Lucy Wrapson reports on her fieldwork analysing the curious cave paintings found on Isla de Mona, in the Caribbean, and their equally enigmatic artists.
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Walking and cycling good for health even in cities with higher levels of air pollution
In Delhi, people would need to cycle over five hours per week before the pollution risks outweigh the health benefits.
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The Field
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Laxita, Ekta clinch silver as India finish second in tournament
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Men’s recurve team win gold; Deepika Kumari clinches silver
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Badminton, Uber Cup 2024: Indian women’s team beat Singapore to inch closer to quarter-finals
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India tour of Bangladesh: Focus on T20 World Cup preparation after moving on from last year’s drama
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IPL 2024: Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel earn Rajasthan Royals easy win over Lucknow Super Giants