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In times of fake news and manufactured outrage, how do we reclaim empathy?

As misinformation and propaganda become the mainstay of public discourse, the space for reason is shrinking

Maya Mirchandani
· Feb 10, 2020 · 06:30 am
Indian students will have to take more board exams in 2018 – and their teachers are dismayed

The CBSE has made the Class 10 exam mandatory again while many schools will also conduct year-end tests for Classes 5, 8 and 11.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury
· Jan 09, 2018 · 06:30 am
No NEET solution: Supreme Court has ordered results to be declared but the language problem remains

The common medical-dental entrance test results are now expected by June 26.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury
· Jun 13, 2017 · 10:30 am

More Indians are taking home DNA tests but do they understand what their genes are telling them?

Personal genetics is unregulated in India and companies selling tests are exploiting people, says the ICMR chief.

Priyanka Vora
· Jan 23, 2017 · 02:30 pm
Test cricket is like literary fiction, but young players think like Chetan Bhagat

In the imagination of schoolboy cricketers, the practical has triumphed over fantasy.

Ajaz Ashraf
· Aug 22, 2014 · 07:45 am
Team India still trending on Twitter for its abject performance against England in the Test series

Team India still popular, but not for the right reasons.

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· Aug 19, 2014 · 09:16 pm

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In times of fake news and manufactured outrage, how do we reclaim empathy?

As misinformation and propaganda become the mainstay of public discourse, the space for reason is shrinking

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Indian students will have to take more board exams in 2018 – and their teachers are dismayed

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