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Sick mothers, ill children

Fire from the faucet

DOCUMENTARY>> NATURAL GAS ÔÇó USA

Packaged trust

A row over Cuneiform

The next invasion of insect pests will be discovered via social media

The proliferation of smart phones means many people have an encyclopedia of knowledge, a high-resolution digital camera and GPS in their pockets

You can be sued for your social media posts

Copyright issues related to social media posts are a concern as platforms are shutting down accounts without notice

Even an hour of screen time can affect mental health of 2-year-olds: study

Children and adolescents may have less curiosity, lower self-control & emotional stability, shows a study that surveyed more than 40,000 …

Puppet power

Gyani Baba (wise saint, literarily), a seven feet-tall puppet with handle moustache, is up for a big task in Rajasthan's Ajmer district. He is …

Book review: Panchayats, democracy and development

In 1992 the Indian Parliament approved of the 73rd constitutional amendment, which made it mandatory for state governments to devolve powers to …

Report: Face financial risk - Ignore climate change

A 2003 report, Carbon Finance and the Global Equity Markets, identifies changing climate due to rising global average temperature as one of the …

Book review: Water's many nuances

The Rule of Water -- Statecraft, Ecology and Collective Action in South India By David Mosse Published by Oxford University Press New Delhi …

Press for profit

Book>> The book in the renaissance • by Andrew Pettegree • Yale university press • US $40

Living the report

Book>> Waves in the Hinterland, The Journey of a Newspaper • by Farah Naqvi, Zubaan Books/Nirantar • Rs 3

Simply Put: COVID-19 no-brainers

Heavy lexicon

Dictionary>> Internet • UK

Concealed trade

E-Commerce>>Wildlife • Japan

To pull down or not

Radio Tower>> Architecture • Russia

Keeping the music alive

Tradition>> Museum • Turkmenistan

The official bully

Newspaper>>Fuel Subsidies • Sudan

List of blunders

List>> Medical Negligence• The UK

Siblings’ Facebook war

Facebook>> Drug • Germany

Whales’ killer ways

Footage>> Whales • The UK

Appetite for junk

ADS>> Junk Food • The US