Parched lands

The frequency of droughts has made even traditionally water-rich regions fall under the spectre of death

A doctor at the pole

Book>> Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence & Emperor Penguins • by Gavin Francis • Allen Lane • Rs 1,200  

Unjust and inaccurate?

Popular cinema, Hollywood and Bollywood, should be sensitive and truthful while portraying wild animals

Virtual war

Wikipedia becomes target of anonymous edits against Russia Wikipedia>>Politics>>Russia/Ukraine

How rural India spends

Contrary to general perception, rural people in India are spending more on commodities that are considered major urban expenditure

Savage people

Human zoos were aids to anthropologists, scientists and racial theorists in 19th century

Significance of CERN

Books>> Smashing Physics • by Jon Butterworth • Headline Press • Rs 700 (Kindle edition) and The Particle At The End Of The …

Machines, not humans, still define civilisation

The notion that science and technology are the indicators of a nation's development has helped establish white superiority through the ages and …

Marking time

El Nio, the warm ocean current in the South Pacific can do the incredible, it can slow down the rotation of the Earth

A mistake of judgment

Pioneering though the work has been, judicial activism has restricted the growth of a responsible and independent bureaucracy

Much in a name

Online Review>> Court Verdict • US

Filth as art

Festival>> Garbage ÔÇó Argentina

Sued for snooping

Telecommunication>> Government Surveillance • US

Goodbye postman

POSTAL SERVICES>>HOME DELIVERY ÔÇó Canada

Big bad wolf

TOY>>PROTEST ÔÇó Hong Kong

Jailed over T-shirt

Protests>> Human Rights • Belarus

Real Hunger Games

Film>> Marketing Strategy • US

For love of Amazon

Film>> RAINFORESTS • Peru/France

News Snippets

Unfair means

Campaign>> FAIRNESS CREAM • Thailand

Warming up to social media

Twitter>>Politics• Iran

Pride in bias

Journalism>> Protests • Brazil

Internal purifiers

Polymer-coated antibody helps remove impurities from the blood after cancer treatment

Classroom: Mayhem in March

Cross Hairs - April 1-15, 2015