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ISRO's mission to Mars

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15-11-201334 STORIES

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In mission mode

Four teams of scientists and engineers of the Indian Space Research Organisation worked tirelessly for 18 months to get the orbiter and its payloads o

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Denying the disabled

Indian courts have shown that they are ready for progressive interpretations of the law on the rights of persons with disabilities. Therefore, any new

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A house about how to live

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Different strokes

An exhibition of Bengali screen legend Soumitra Chatterjee’s paintings reveals a new facet of his genius. But Soumitra is dismissive of the critical a

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A house about how to live

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Unhappy Army

The growing number of clashes between officers and jawans indicate a serious crisis in the Indian Army which has resulted from the prolonged apathy of

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One who lit many lives

Marxist scholar, playwright, and academic G.P. Deshpande’s life was driven by grand passions. His intellectual range and capacity to move ahead while

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Reluctant move

Legal experts and activists describe the Tamil Nadu ordinance on police reforms as “a half-hearted attempt” that does not conform to the Supreme Court

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Eurasian images

The 9th Eurasia International Film Festival in Almaty, Kazakhstan, had a bouquet of memorable films.

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Golden voice falls silent

Considered one of the greatest singers in the country, Manna Dey (1919–2013) represented what is widely known as the ‘golden period’ of popular music

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Instant rapport

Arundhati Bhattacharya’s takeover as the Chairperson of State Bank of India infuses a positive energy into the 206-year-old institution.

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Waiting for justice

For the Maruti Suzuki workers who have been languishing in jail for over a year now and their families, it is going to be another black Deepavali.

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Compulsory licensing

Patent challenge

Pharma giant Bayer’s petition in the Bombay High Court against the issue of compulsory licence to Natco is one in a series of patent infringement suit

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Live bites

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Natural Disaster

Acing the forecast

The India Meteorological Department, with improved models and observation systems and greater forecast skills, predicts accurately not only the intens

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Two roads to Mars

Although the American MAVEN’s planned study of atmosphere is more comprehensive than MOM’s, combined information from the two missions should tell us

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Bangalore to Mars

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Record of Martian explorations

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East, West and the middle path

A compelling volume that provides both theoretical and realistic solutions to the contemporary challenges before good governance.

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Natural Disaster

After Phailin

While the Naveen Patnaik government keeps claiming credit for shifting lakhs of people to safe places when Phailin struck, victims of the cyclone blam

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The China factor

The U.S. and Japan have strengthened their existing military treaty with an agreement that will allow America to position its RQ4 Global Hawk drones,

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Towards anarchy

The abduction of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, the strikes in the oil industry and the rash of assassinations are only indications that Libya may soon jo

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Constitutional dynamics

The transformation of the Indian Constitution over the years and its flexibility in adapting to changing needs constitute an area of great interest fo

Where the West went wrong

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Hunting out

The well-wooded Mishmi Hills, the takin habitat in Arunachal Pradesh which has already lost its large mammals to poaching, is facing uncontrolled hunt

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Letter from Beirut

Lebanon’s sorrow

Peace is a distant dream in Lebanon’s south, where the Israelis and Hizbollah are only the latest players in a deadly theatre of war that has existed

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Power from Kudankulam

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Fatal crossing

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Interview: K. Radhakrishnan, ISRO

‘The challenge starts now’

Interview with K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation.

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Joshi down

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Two legends

Two recent books on Naushad Ali and Meena Kumari, stalwarts of Hindi cinema, are interesting and informative.

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Hydrocarbon industry

Shale policy

The industry feels that only by offering subsidies and reducing royalty rates can India achieve success similar to what the U.S. has achieved in shale

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Getting away with murder

The acquittal of all the 26 accused in the 1997 massacre of Dalits in Laxmanpur Bathe village deepens the pessimism among agricultural workers in cent

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Mission to Mars

The Indian Space Research Organisation gets its Mars orbiter with five scientific payloads ready in record time for launch on November 5 for its truly

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