Is cycling a crime?

As the world moves towards non-motorised vehicles, Kolkata harasses and penalises people riding bicycles

‘Independent India worse for tribals’

Widely respected in the civil society, B D Sharma spent his life fighting for the rights of tribals for about four decades. Excerpts from a …

Smoke laws first enacted in city of joy

Because of its political importance in the British empire, Calcutta was one of the first cities to regulate smoke emissions. But legislation …

Inundated by colonial misconceptions

The benefits that can be derived from controlling flood waters intelligently have been wasted, largely because of wrong, archaic notions about …

‘There is not enough milk’

Amrita Patel was part of the White Revolution that made India self-sufficient in milk. She joined Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’…

Science & Technology - Briefs

When lakes were tanks

Bengaluru's lakes were actually tanks created in the absence of a big river

Common man's access to space

Small satellites are providing cost-effective and reliable means of space exploration

MasterChef in trouble

TV Show>> Fishing • UK

A dig at scientists

Daily Mail/BBC>> Science Show • The UK

Two bullies

APPS>>Spying ÔÇó US/UK

A land of their own

Society thinks women do not want to own land. That’s where it is wrong

Beyond techno fixes

Vulnerable people can be agents of change, not mere recipients of assistance

Sweet and sticky

Easy-to-digest saathi rice is a good choice for making kheer and khichdi

Midday meal may be outsourced

Schools in Maharashtra do not want responsibility, say the scheme hampers teaching

Noteworthy

Santhal trio pulls right strings to keep alive a dying tradition

Fatal fever spreads to cities

Scrub typhus fever is fast spreading from rural areas to urban regions

Dragon lands on ostrich egg

GLOBE>> HISTORY • Austria

Treasure in your trash

Oldest calendar

Calendar>> Archaeology• The UK

Come alive with gundruk

Dried-mustard-leaves soup to beat the monsoon blues

Marine marvels

Film>> Oceans • Australia

Now a papaya-clay filter

The hybrid clay filter could be the cost-effective answer to water purification

Jumbo alert

SMS-based alert system can drastically cut human-elephant conflicts

Time for climate lesson

A Nepal school that imparts practical knowledge to farmers