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Due to Modi floods, all cats, dogs, snakes and mongoose are getting together to contest polls: Amit Shah on Opposition

Time for rhetoric of justice

The language became threatening as a witch-hunt.

24 Jun 2018 12:51 AM IST

Trump has been a target himself: On the cover of its April 2 issue, New York magazine depicted the President as a pig.

Speech that wreaks havoc

History is replete with instances of the havoc played by dehumanising language.

24 Jun 2018 12:48 AM IST

Reports of malfunctioning Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in the recently-concluded bypolls for national and state Assemblies have once again raised questions about the credibility of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

Onus on poll panel to ensure EVM: EVMs too need a physical record

The best thing we can do with modern technology is to have a parallel record, a paper record and electronic record

19 Jun 2018 3:48 AM IST

Reports of malfunctioning Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in the recently-concluded bypolls for national and state Assemblies have once again raised questions about the credibility of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

Onus on poll panel to ensure EVM: Glitches apart, EVMs are necessary

Every time a party loses an election, it blames the machine.

19 Jun 2018 3:41 AM IST

The water from the dam was released to bring the storage level to below 22-feet for replacing the metal plate with new shutters supposed to reach Krishnagiri in few days, he said.

Europe can demolish at will

Dams, natural or manmade, across drainage systems, vary depending upon the order of stream in a hydrologic sense.

12 Jun 2018 12:56 AM IST

Even in the US and Europe, the talk of dam removal is largely confined to small dams which were constructed for mining and other local developments.

No swadeshi takers for the clamour

Dams serve multiple purposes in managing the regimes of rivers and also water security for large parts of the basin.

12 Jun 2018 12:52 AM IST

Data predict that it will take more than 200 years before there are equal numbers of men and women working in senior roles in physics, given current trends.

STEM the gender gap

Despite recent progress, the gender gap appears likely to persist for generations, particularly in computer science,...

3 Jun 2018 7:26 AM IST

The False Promise of Certification report suggests that green labels provoke more consumption, which is anathema to the concept of sustainability.

A corporate Greenwash: Don't let bad guys hijack green labels

Do not splurge on supposedly green products and discourage sustainability. All products have a footprint, both...

27 May 2018 5:50 AM IST

25% Compound annual growth rate of organic products market in India

Eco logos yet to take root

About 20 years ago, Europe set standards and started an eco-labelling programme but this bombed as it had little backing...

27 May 2018 5:38 AM IST

How Artificial Intelligence is poised to transform the world

How Artificial Intelligence is poised to transform the world

Is AIs safe? Can they be trusted with real-world responsibilities?.

20 May 2018 3:12 AM IST

Machines learn the same biases of their creators because it is only as good as the data it learns from

AI has the power to learn, grow

You feel the world is following you because Facebook gives you content which it thinks you like.

20 May 2018 3:03 AM IST

20 satellites make up the Global Positioning System, or GPS, enabling precise positions to be measured at any time.

In biz models, no free lunch even in space

The US is in the forefront in this kind of multiple constellations that are looking at different parts of the world.

13 May 2018 1:13 AM IST