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Vijaysree Venkatraman
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With a new comic book, an ecologist has stepped up his efforts to save the elusive Madras Hedgehog
Brawin Kumar was introduced to the tiny creature because locals were worried about it often ending up as roadkill.
Vijaysree Venkatraman
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Virtual reality is being harnessed by medicine to treat everything from pain to phobias
A new book by Dr Brennan Spiegel, a physician in the US, makes the argument for a therapy that acknowledges the mind-body connection.
Vijaysree Venkatraman
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An Indian-born scientist explains why a disrupted body clock is the ‘mother of all maladies’
Time Restricted Eating, or consuming required calories within a specific window of time, is key to good health, according to professor Satchidananda Panda.
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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‘My son lost his job during demonetisation but at least it removed black money’
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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Anna Mani was a pioneering scientist, so why don’t more Indians know about her?
The physicist and meteorologist, who was born on this date a century ago, is the subject of a new picture book.
Vijaysree Venkatraman
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An Indian whose tech made ketchup glide out of a bottle is now making pesticides stick to crops
Professor Kripa Varanasi of MIT has pioneered a technology that could potentially help lakhs of farmers in India.
Vijaysree Venkatraman
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How a Gujarati-speaking writer in Chennai became an acclaimed Tamil anthologist and bookseller
Dilip Kumar’s short stories, with their unexpected laugh out loud moments, have been translated into many languages.
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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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Why India’s theoretical physicists owe a lot to Alladi Ramakrishnan’s drawing room in Madras
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences was a dream that began to be realised when Nobel Laureate Niels Bohr visited Ekamra Nivas.
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How a Madras scientist won the global race in the ’50s to crack the structure of collagen
GNR, who was up against Goliaths from the West, never got any credit for his contribution.
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