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How Indian famines helped inspire Star TrekGene Roddenberry's experiences shaped the themes of hunger and overpopulation in the Star Trek series. The show talks about his time spent ...- Super Powers: From Viceroy’s lavish feasts to BRICS vegetarian menus, how India’s diplomatic dining changedState banquets are a high-stakes tightrope — a table where etiquette, protocol, culture and occasionally even flavours, come together, writ...
- Saudi Arabia faces fresh Red Sea threat as Houthi gains, pipeline shutdown rattle kingdomHouthi rebels are advancing, threatening a vital Red Sea shipping route. Drone attacks have forced a major pipeline closure, impacting glob...
- In 1991, 3 doctors died in duty rooms; people blamed inactivity, ghee & coconut oil, but Apollo's Dr Prathap C Reddy says centuries-old famine may have altered genesIn 1991, the deaths of three Indian doctors from heart-related problems sparked concerns about the rising risk of cardiac issues among youn...
- India’s cheap-urea model faces an expensive reckoningIndia faces rising fertilizer costs, prompting a review of its subsidy system. Global supply chain issues and war have doubled procurement ...
- Did Churchill let 30 lakh Indians die? A journo took on Amartya SenMadhusree Mukerjee's book revived the debate on the 1943 Bengal Famine, questioning Amartya Sen's analysis of food entitlement failures. Ne...
- Independence Day 2026: When the British built a 4,000-km wall across India to extort taxBritish authorities constructed an enormous hedge across India to enforce a salt tax. This living barrier aimed to prevent smuggling of che...
- US NSF backs India-US AI project to boost soybean breedingA joint India-US project will develop smart farming systems for soybean breeding. The National Science Foundation awarded over half a milli...
- 150 years ago, Britishers brought a South American tree to stop desertification in Thar, now it has become a thorny issue in IndiaVilayati babul, introduced during colonial times, remains a subject of ongoing debate. This invasive tree provided fuelwood and livelihoods...
- Yemen teeters towards renewed war in shadow of Iran conflictYemen is nearing a renewed conflict as Houthi attacks escalate. Saudi infrastructure and shipping have faced recent Houthi targeting. Media...
- 'Height, not GDP, is the real measure of a country's progress': Woman cites studies to claim that this body part reveals a nation's real wealthHuman height reflects national living standards more accurately than GDP. Early life nutrition and sanitation significantly impact adult he...
- Elon Musk likes weird post saying Britishers never ruled India, gets an earful from IndiansElon Musk ignited controversy by endorsing a viral tweet that absurdly claimed India was never ruled by the British, using flawed logic abo...
- Independence Day: 165 million unaccounted Indian victims of the British colonial regimeA research article published last year has brought to light how policy-induced famines killed tens of millions of Indians in 40 years,1880 ...
- Zombie unicorns: Indian startups go from feast to famineIndian startups raised a record $35 billion last year but funding is now drying amidst global uncertainty
- Recollecting India's frantic efforts to end starvation after independenceThe nature of hunger has changed, but at a basic level, India still struggles to feed its people adequately.
- Bengal famine of 1943 caused by British policy failure, not drought: StudyNow, for the first time, researchers have analysed soil moisture database from 1870 to 2016 to reconstruct agricultural droughts.
- View: Winston Churchill a bigot, but don’t blame him for 3 million deathsHistorically, no ruler anywhere diverted food from armies fighting life-or-death battles to starving peasants. Quite the contrary.
- Bridge to Dublin: The fascinating connections between Ireland and IndiaFlag colours and alphabetical placement are just some of the coincidental connections between Ireland and India.
- Nirmala Sitharaman was outstanding — but WTO Nairobi meet can cause famines: M S SwaminathanSwaminathan discusses why he fears the WTO Nairobi meet could exacerbate global food insecurity, double standards over farming protection.
- El-Niño phenomenon: Lessons government can take from failings of Victorian predecessorsThe understanding is what can change our experience of ENSO today. Knowing that it is coming makes it all the more important to be prepared.
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