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In France's historic heat wave, Paris' dreamy rooftops become a heat-trapping nightmareParisian attic dwellers face perilous conditions as a historic heatwave bakes the city. These top-floor apartments, often occupied by stude...
A weaker opposition, a stronger NDA: How new parliamentary arithmetic could make this monsoon session unlike any otherMonsoon Session 2026: Parliament's monsoon session faces internal opposition battles. Splits in Trinamool Congress and uncertainty in Shiv ...
18 koalas moved to Kangaroo Island in the 1920s; a century on, 27,000 descendants are stripping eucalyptus bare and risk mass starvationKoalas are overpopulating in South Australia's Mount Lofty Ranges. This boom threatens eucalyptus forests, their food source. Scientists pr...
Why Amazon has struggled to crack IndiaAmazon's India strategy is changing: under new leadership, the company is focusing on profitability over rapid growth. This shift comes as ...
'Sit back and relax': Can Trump afford to go back to war with Iran?US President Trump's cautious optimism regarding Iran negotiations has been shattered as Tehran suspends talks, citing Israeli actions in L...
Macro, the Mightiest: Why India’s biggest macro variable still falls from the skyThe 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...
In the shadow of COVID, health officials fight panic over Hantavirus outbreakA hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has sparked public concern. Health officials are working to communicate clearly, drawing lessons fro...
For foreign workers in Mideast, risk from Iran war collides with economic strain at homeA missile strike in the Mideast killed Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun, a Bangladeshi migrant worker, highlighting the perilous situation for mi...
Thought of the day by Isaac Asimov: ‘All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand….’ Life lessons by the scientist who gave the Three Laws of RoboticsThought of the Day: Isaac Asimov’s name is closely tied to I, Robot, a collection that introduced readers to a radically different vision o...
Birth rates in China's 10 provincial-level regions fall below 1 per cent, showing demographic crisisChina passed the three-child policy in August last year in a major policy shift to address the deepening demographic crisis attributed to t...
Now that coronavirus vaccines are coming, what about poor countries?This being a pandemic (from the Greek word for “all people”), that welcome development presents all the usual problems of global difference...
View: Parties, electors, managers in Bihar caught between the vote and the virusPolitical parties are being called to a higher order of responsibility beyond their cut-out tasks of fighting and winning elections. The tw...
Poll math behind Aam Aadmi Party's cautionMuslims have gradually thrown their weight behind AAP. The protests against CAA, however, have put AAP in a spot - a dilemma which is being...
On the horns of a bovine dilemmaWill India cow-tow to a Swiss referendum’s results on a subsidy for be-horned bovines?
Populism or fiscal prudence? FM's tricky dilemmaThere have been mixed signals on fiscal consolidation, and the government may feel a political compulsion to boost spending on rural scheme...
- Envy most common personality trait among humans
London, Sep 16 (IANS) Envy is the most common basic personality trait shaping human behaviour -- and is found among almost one-third of the...
Qualified couples in China's Shanghai asked to have second child: ReportFacing a sharp decline in work force, Shanghai authorities have appealed to "qualified young couples" to have second child.
Lazarus legionThe basic technology for these Lazarus projects already exists: in 2000, for instance, a falling tree killed the last surviving Iberian Ibe...
- RBI nod for opening 3,000 bank branches in rural areas: UP govt
The Reserve Bank has given consent to open 3,000 bank branches in the rural areas of Uttar Pradesh by March 2014, a state government spokes...
- UID enrolment agencies make beeline at the Ministry of IT & Communications for NPR tender
Ministry of IT is starting a similar citizen biometric data collection project for making a National Population Register.