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  • The Scorched Earth

    It was supposed to be a 'safe' industrial unit, had even won many environmental safety awards, until the ugly truth literally spilled out. And left dazed villagers in its wake. The populace of at

  • A midnight catch

    A fishermen's protest against the prawn mafia ends in

  • Trauma of the undead

    It's often difficult to realise the true scale of disasters till they happen. By which time, invaribly, it's too late. The story of the biggest earthquake (8.0 Richter) in 50 years, epicentred 20 km

  • The easy way out

    What happens when protected animals invade farmlands and destroy crops? In Maharashtra, affected farmers can now just pick up a gun and shoot them. For many years now, the one million-strong farming

  • Heartbeats on satellites

    The Karnataka government has scored another first. Its first telemedicine project was inaugurated on April 8 by CM S.M. Krishna at the Narayana Hrudayalaya, a cardiac facility in Bangalore. The

  • No silver lining

    In Sahu Nangla village in Western Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district, they do not have the Met office curse. In this sleepy village, no one sleeps. For a month now they have been waiting for the

  • Hold your breath

    Doctors say there are around five million asthma patients in India. Others, including NGOs working in the health sector, reckon that this number could be eight times higher. Whatever it is, asthma is

  • Death by starvation

    Indian researchers may have found the magic bullet - the best bet against cancer at least till gene therapy comes along.The new drug, developed by a five-member team of scientists and doctors at IACS

  • A hope-drenched summer

    The early onset of southwest monsoons - the annual phenomenon delivers 80 per cent of the country's total rainfall - preceded by good pre-monsoon showers all over the country has happily startled

  • Death serum

    Poorer by 12 rare tigers, by human error or otherwise, it's time our zoos are modernised -- a report.

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