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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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Beyond Har Ghar Tiranga: Why Indians must plant Tagore’s vision of nationalism in every home
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CWG 2022: Here’s the full list of 61 medals won by India at Birmingham Commonwealth Games
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Opinion: The reasons why Pakistan turned out different from India and Bangladesh
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‘Are we the judge or registry?’: Justice DY Chandrachud expresses displeasure over removal of case
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‘You get one life, you enjoy it responsibly, then you die’: A cancer patient’s farewell essay
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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.
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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.
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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: Donald Trump says FBI raided his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, supporters gather outside
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Watch: Man jumps onto railway tracks to save stray dog as train approaches
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Watch: Warm welcome for Indian CWG team members at Delhi airport on arrival from Birmingham
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Olivia Newton-John (1948-2022): Watch some memorable performances by the pop icon
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Watch: Bus loses control in busy Chinese street, police officer gets in while it’s moving to stop it
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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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