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Any takers for sustainable charity?
2 Sept 2014 1:46 AM ISTFor the last couple of days, my Facebook wall is getting filled with videos of people pouring bucketful of ice on themselves.The ‘Ice Bucket...
Unaware and unprepared
10 Jun 2014 5:20 AM ISTThe chances of a ‘city-killing’ asteroid striking Earth are much higher than scientists previously thought. A recent report has found that more than...
Outsiders in their own land
7 May 2014 11:03 PM ISTAvtar Singh’s cataract-ridden eyes betray him. He is happy talking to the group of friends he has invited home, but he cannot help stealing fond...
Idol immersions after Durga Puja leave rivers polluted
21 Oct 2013 5:54 AM ISTThe guidelines formulated by the Central and state pollution control boards (CPCB and SPCBs) went largely unheeded in spite of some efforts by...
Sikkim is a ticking time bomb
20 Jun 2013 11:47 PM ISTSurrounded by potentially dangerous glacial lakes that can burst and cause floods any time, Sikkim is a ticking time bomb. Worse, Sikkim’s disaster...
Reduce, Recycle & Reutilise
9 March 2013 3:41 AM ISTThe old, dilapidated mobile phone you replaced with a snazzy, up-to-date version was disposed of properly at the company’s collection centre. You...