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Akshat Rathi
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A new book shows how innovators like Bill Gates are making green energy possible and profitable
An excerpt from ‘Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions’, by Akshat Rathi.
Akshat Rathi
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Climate change is wreaking havoc in the world’s largest tea-growing area
Over the past 100 years, the average temperature has risen by 1.3 degrees Celsius in Assam and the annual rainfall has dropped by 7.87 inches.
Akshat Rathi
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Here’s what happens to your body in a heat wave
Those most vulnerable are children and the elderly.
Akshat Rathi
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change
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EC rejects claims that EVMs gave extra votes to BJP in Kerala mock polls, SC reserves verdict
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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Short fiction: Riddled with debt, a farmer urges the PM to change the formula for compound interest
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After 400 years, mathematicians find a new class of solid shapes
Welcome, Goldberg polyhedra.
Akshat Rathi
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Forget the God Particle, India's quest for a particle accelerator seems stalled
Science in India is suffering from a lack of funding, but perhaps more crucially, from a lack of leadership.
Akshat Rathi
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A new explanation for the mysterious child mortality puzzle among Muslims: open defecation
Another study demonstrates that toilets are necessary not just to protect privacy and dignity. They actually contribute to making people healthier.
Akshat Rathi
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024