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Fostering excellence
Though late, the Yashpal committee on ‘renovation and rejuvenation of higher education’ has identified at least two grey areas — the problem of Deemed-to-be-Universities (Deemed Universities, for short) and the absence of an ...

Polar changes
The fourth International Polar Year, which began in March 2007 and ends this March, is another example of countries coming together to contribute funds and expertise to basic research. Many countries have been independently studying the Poles. ...

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Hindutva’s ideological testing ground in South
By Parvathi Menon

Communalism as a political mobilisation strategy is active in the coastal regions of Karnataka, which the BJP sees as the springboard for its expansion in South India.

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Seeking the origins of chikungunya virus
By N. Gopal Raj

Where did the chikungunya viruses that swept through islands in the Indian Ocean and then rampaged through India originate?

A Chilean town withers in free market for water
By Alexei Barrionuevo

Quillagua is among many small towns in Chile that are being swallowed up in the country’s intensifying water wars.

Supportive nurturing is good for development
By Oliver James

While there is overwhelming evidence that if children are maltreated in the early years it affects their brains adversely, the good news is that the reverse is also true: supportive, loving nurture does cause desirable brain chemistry. In ...

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