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As open-concept floor plans took away the sovereignty of the room where meals were lovingly cooked, shared mealtimes also came to an end. It’s hard to recreate that magic out of pre-cooked food Two generations ago the annual family holiday was not to Cannes or Disneyland. We did not fly off into the wild blue…
Persecuted botanists, seed bank & siege of Leningrad How political ideology and violence can lay waste to scientific achievement, and the resilience and resolve of scientists committed to their mission despite persecution, war and starvation, is the story Simon Parkin tells in The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad: A True Story of Science and Sacrifice in aCity Under Siege ….
In rape law, silence can’t be taken as consent France has redefined rape as “any nonconsensual sexual act”. Consent must be “freely given, informed, specific, prior and revocable”. It cannot be inferred through “silence or lack of reaction”. A consent-based definition of the nation’s rape law was expected following the horrifying Gisele Pelicot case trial…
In rape law, silence can’t be taken as consent France has redefined rape as “any nonconsensual sexual act”. Consent must be “freely given, informed, specific, prior and revocable”. It cannot be inferred through “silence or lack of reaction”. A consent-based definition of the nation’s rape law was expected following the horrifying Gisele Pelicot case trial…
Nitish appears to be turning anti-incumbency into leverage by absorbing and redirecting it. His incrementalist approach may again position him as the best bet in case of another fractured mandateNotwithstanding exit polls and television debates, a familiar script could unfold in Bihar. After intra-alliance bickering over seats and the sudden announcement of a deputy CM,…
By Narayani Ganesh Each year, in many cultures across the world, ancestors are propitiated and ceremonies performed to welcome them on their earthly visit as spirits. Pitr Paksh, Shraadh, Samain, Halloween, Bhoot Chaturdashi are some of the different ways by which respectful observances are made and memories shared, of the departed. Good spirits apart, Halloween…
Trump-Xi Busan truce could be tactical. But a confident China could return to bullying. India should be wary The Trump-Xi meeting in Busan, South Korea, appears to have brought the fraying US-China relationship back to… Source link
How does Nitish Kumar score on Bihar’s economy as the state heads to polls early Nov? Much better than his two predecessors, Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi. Admittedly, a modest benchmark and too far back in history for voters to care. Most young voters probably do not know that Lalu’s seven years as chief minister,…
Elon Musk says his new project, Grokipedia, is all about truth. But that raises a big question: can we really trust AI to know what’s true and what’s not? A long time ago — about 2,300 years back — a Greek thinker named Aristotle said that truth means what actually matches real facts. That idea…
Experiments around the world have already established that cloud seeding can’t defeat air pollution. What Delhi is doing in their wake can’t even be called innovation. It’s just political theatre Yesterday, to mitigate air pollution, Delhi govt, in collaboration with IIT Kanpur, conducted the first cloud-seeding trial in areas like Burari, north Karol Bagh and…
