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Communalism in comic relief
My introduction to Indian history and mythology was through illustrated comics sold under the brand name Amar Chitra Katha. Written mostly for the uninitiated, the presentation was unassuming to the point of occasional oversimplification, as I learnt when I graduated to more serious discourses. However, their contribution towards inculcating an interest in Indian history and mythology in multitudes

DGCA asks airlines to explain high fares

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), attached to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, has sought an explanation from the airlines which have shown the highest fares in a particular sector

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The science behind Haiti's quake

7.0 and it appeared to have occurred along a strike-slip fault, where one side of a vertical fault slips horizontally past the other, scientists say. California's San Andreas fault is also

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The whys and hows of regulations on derivatives
A House bill would impose new restrictions on a series of complicated financial transactions that had traded in private markets around the world without regulations. One type of these specialized

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Male or Female? Gender tests are not always easy

South African runner Caster Semenya has been ordered to undergo a gender verification test, to prove she rightfully won the gold medal in the women's 800 meters at the world championships in Berlin

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Hybrid and electric power systems at a glance