Hot water; hotter tempers
On April 10, a hot sunny day, Chennai’s Chepauk stadium became a fortress. Yellow barricades, armed policemen and security vans surrounded the venue. The Indian Premier League was in town, and the Chennai
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Fever & fear
The ban on Nimesulide abroad causes panic in India. Panic was triggered in Indian homes after the local media reported the warnings issued in Europe over the dangerous instances of liver toxicity
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Curse of sati
Patna Tamoli is gasping as Madhya Pradesh government chokes the village for abetment. The Madhya Pradesh Government has stopped financial assistance to the gram panchayat for many schemes. The
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The road to extinction
'Civilisation' threatens the very existence of Jarawas. In 1989, a thin road cut through the solitary world of the Jarawa tribe of Andaman islands, protected through ages by a thick cover of the
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Third world woes
Until the 1900s, the only weapons against pests were the ancient, unreliable techniques of rotating crops, breeding tougher varieities and adjusting sowing dates. None of these was very effective,
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Terrorists of another kind
It is cross border terrorism of a different kind, but an equally dangerous one. Scientists at the Arid Forest Research Institute in Jodhpur blame the insect, Derolus Discicollis, first traced to
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Days of deliverance
A new understanding of disease at the cellular level has helped scientists come out with remedies that strike at the
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Brain attack
New clot busters speed up recovery, even as scientists experiment with stroke
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Jumbo changes
The death of Basant Bahadur an elephant captured and trained by elephant expert Parbati Barua has dealt a blow to the much hyped 'Operation Elephant' programme launched in Chattisgarh to deal with
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Killing you slowly
Many common medicines available in the market are fake.According to the WHO, 35 per cent of fake drugs produced in the world come from India, which has a Rs 4,000-crore spurious drug market.About 20
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The Smouldering Town
Jharia's four lakh population faces eviction and a coal giant stands to gain Rs 58,000 crore. The miners living in hovels nearby as well as local residents are enveloped by a smokescreen of carbon