Hot water; hotter tempers
On April 10, a hot sunny day, Chennai’s Chepauk stadium became a fortress. Yellow barricades, armed policemen and security vans surrounded the venue. The Indian Premier League was in town, and the Chennai
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Home new home
If there is a patch of forest in Karnataka that still seems untouched by man, it is Bhadra. Located in the Western Ghats, a two hour drive from Chickamagalur, Bhadra has more than 250 species of
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Water of life
Magic water' definitely has one of the qualities that lends it the name: it disappears off shop shelves. Biochemical pathologist Russell Beckett's (in pic) Unique Water, which holds the world's first
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On the right track
More patients die from receiving the wrong blood than from any other transfusion error. Sheer carelessness and overworked hospital staff are often the culprits. Transfusion experts estimate that as
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Have a safe journey
The Vertical Situation Display gives the pilot a side view of the plane's flight path with a profile of the terrain outside, predicting not only that the plant could hit a mountain, but also when it
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Spot the difference
The first signs of Parkinson's disease are so subtle that they are all but invisible. By the time the tell tale tremors appear the shaking of a spoon or the unintentional rustling of a newspaper the
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Arms and asanas
Soldiers in Siachen have a new weapon - yoga to fight the
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Expectations of El Nino
In 1997, El Nino brought one of the fiercest forest fires to Australia and one of the worst floods in Indonesia. El Nino disrupts the ocean atmosphere system in the Pacific, which affects the weather
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Space power
For the first time, the state will have an agricultural research centre in the private sector. Called the 'Gandhiji Institute of Sustainable Development', it is the brainchild of P.J. Joseph, a
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Animated act
The art graduate of Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad was against to spot animal-shaped 'Use Me' dustbins all over Bangalore city. A staunch environmentalist, he believed it showed disrespect for
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Remove the block forever
Angioplasty is one of the most common ways of removing arterial blocks. but in many cases the blood vessel thickens again within a few months. A new drug called Sirolimus promises to remove the