Communication Channels
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Behind BSNL and MTNL’s poor services: A retirement scheme, staff shortages and delayed 4G
Users across the country are giving up their MTNL or BSNL connections as the loss-making public sector companies struggle to stay afloat.
Aarefa Johari
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Why and how Morse code has survived for 175 years
Morse code works whether flashing a spotlight or blinking your eyes – or even tapping on a smartphone touchscreen.
Eddie King, The Conversation
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The traditional British red telephone booth is undergoing a 21st-century makeover
Display screens for advertising, USB ports wifi connectivity et al are in the pipeline.
Nigel Linge, The Conversation
Trending
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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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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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Watch: How vision and hearing-impaired people communicate with each other
It may seem tricky but there are many ways of doing it. And technology has helped.
Scroll Staff
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From ‘Huh?’ to ‘Who?’: the universal utterances that keep us talking
The discovery that 'Huh?' crops up in many languages may have won the researchers an Ig Nobel Prize. But they found much more than that in their search for the universals in language.
Nick Enfield, The Conversation
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Tianjin disaster takes social news sharing to new levels in China
Social media is rewriting patterns of communication in China.
Tim Dwyer and Weiwei Xu, The Conversation
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