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Fallout of a mismanaged economy
24 Jun 2016 2:05 AM ISTVenezuelans must choose between standing in long queues in scorching heat to buy basic supplies and approaching black market traders who sell basic...
Predicting the monsoon accurately
15 Jun 2016 3:38 AM ISTMonsoon decides the fate of about 58 percent of rural households in India. In fact, 44 percent of the total food production is from rain-fed farms...
Indian roads not environment-friendly
14 Jun 2016 3:11 AM ISTPoor road conditions and fuel economy don’t go hand in hand. According to a joint study conducted by logistics firm Transport Corporation of India...
Push for plain packaging to save lives
2 Jun 2016 3:28 AM ISTRecent moves to introduce plain, standardised packaging of tobacco products can save lives by reducing demand for tobacco products, say the World...
Economic growth by diversion
29 May 2016 3:34 AM ISTThe Union Ministry of Environment is turning the NDA government’s commitment to business reforms into reality. In the last two years, 20,000-25,000...
Teacher shortage mars higher education
28 May 2016 3:58 AM ISTEducation is the most powerful tool for the advancement of the nation and the most potent weapon to fight poverty.” This is what the Bharatiya Janata...
Playing with fire in the forests
21 May 2016 3:12 AM ISTWhile Uttarakhand is burning, several other states are merely waiting for a similar fate. An analysis of forest fires across India between April 1 and...
Dousing flames in the hill state
19 May 2016 2:59 AM ISTOn the evening of April 27, Digamber was startled by his mother’s panic-stricken voice at his home in Saru village of Pauri Garhwal district of...
Resisting drought in difficult conditions
15 May 2016 1:54 AM ISTOn February 28, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an audacious pledge. “I am confident that my dream will come true. My dream is your dream. My dream...
Nepal: One year after the quake
1 May 2016 3:03 AM ISTLast year on April 25, Nepal witnessed the most devastating earthquake in its recent history. One year down the line seismologists have made a...
Water stress to increase, hurt economies
30 April 2016 4:05 AM ISTA new report has highlighted a likely massive increase in pressure on existing water sources to meet agricultural, industrial and domestic demands in...
To legalise or not to legalise?
22 April 2016 1:13 AM ISTBut this does give any solution about the increasing elephant population in the African countries that have successfully protected them.The task is to...