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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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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Mumbai Police give clean chit to Ajit Pawar, his wife, nephew in alleged money-laundering case
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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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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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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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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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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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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Odisha FC beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant in first leg of semi-final
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Indian men’s and women’s compound teams through to finals
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ISL 2023-24: How first-time head coach Petr Kratky helped Mumbai City FC pick up the pieces
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IPL 2024: Marcus Stoinis helps Lucknow breach the Chennai fortress with unbeaten century
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification