Mind The Numbers
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Where are the women? A study of High Court judges in India offers a number of insights
First quantitative analysis of 1,800 High Court judges appointed through the collegium system over the past 25 years reveals their backgrounds.
Rukmini S, IndiaSpend.com
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Honeybees can tell the difference between odd and even numbers
A study shows the miniature brains of the insect are capable of parity categorisation.
Scarlett Howard, The Conversation, Adrian Dyer, The Conversation, Andrew Greentree, The Conversation & Jair Garcia, The Conversation
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Why the International Statistic of the Year is 332
That is the number of days it took for scientists to develop the coronavirus vaccine.
Liberty Vittert, The Conversation
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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Yamini Aiyer interview: With jobless growth, welfare has become a ‘compensation’, not a public right
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Nicolas Bourbaki: One of the greatest mathematicians of 20th century never really existed
When an editor of the journal ‘Mathematical Reviews’ wrote that Bourbaki was a pseudonym, he was refuted by Bourbaki himself.
David Gunderman, The Conversation
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Vaccination rates among India’s rich have dropped, the national family health survey shows
Meanwhile, 55% of all Indians do not go to public hospitals to seek treatment.
Nayantara Narayanan
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Global TB report reveals that India has been massively underestimating the disease
The results of an unpublished government survey, now used by the WHO, show that India has almost twice the number of TB cases as previously reported.
Menaka Rao
Video
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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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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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What makes a mathematical genius?
You may have got what it takes to be a mathematical genius without even being aware of it.
David Pearson, The Conversation
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Four charts that show the urgency of India's burgeoning dementia problem
India has over four million dementia patients, and over the next 15 years this number is expected to more than double.
Nayantara Narayanan