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SCIENTISTS have succeeded in making artificial muscles from strings made of polyethylene and nylon. These cost as little as $5 a kilogram and could be...

Like most of her neighbours, Parmeelaben’s family too is in the business of recycling old clothes, collecting them door to door, and offering new...

Industrial growth in India has plummeted to very low levels in recent years reminiscent of the crisis of 1991-1992 when the industrial sector had...

The advantage of modern forecasting system is that we know the outcome even before the actual event takes place. Take weather forecast as an example....

Of all the regional party leaders aspiring to become Prime Minister, Jayalalithaa is more qualified nationwide. She is an able administrator,...

On 10 March, The Guardian (UK) published an article by Vijay Prashad on the upcoming general elections in India. Prashad, a well-known Marxist...

Salmonella, a harmful bacteria, is one of the biggest causes of food contamination and food-borne diseases in the world. Conventional methods to...

The who-killed-Gandhi poser to establish its RSS connect in the run up of Lok Sabha election by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has unnecessarily...

I voted for him during the Delhi elections, but I had also mentioned then that for the general elections, one must vote for Modi. At that point of...

As the dates of Lok Sabha election are approaching, Uttar Pradesh seems to have become the hottest battlefield. On one side, the BJP is projecting...

LAST TIME you noticed a grasshopper in your garden munching away the leaves, did you think of the massive damage it causes to agricultural crops...

The hope of women’s increased representation at all levels of legislative decision-making became a little more distant with the Women’s Reservation...