Building a Giant Lie
February 5: The earthquake that struck Gujarat, one of India’s most prosperous states, will go down as among the worst since …
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Riding into a Promising Future
October 28: In Gujarat last year, thousands of girls who passed out of primary school, were given unique gifts by the Gujarat …
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Dead Poet's society
October 28: Do any of these names make your heart sing a sonnet – Oliver Goldsmith, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Byron? All of them …
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North Korea Conducts Nuclear Test
Where: Pyongyang, North Korea May 26, 2009 : North Korea conducted a nuclear test on Monday, May 25, 2009, in the face of warnings …
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Hunting for Planets in Earth's Galaxy
Where: Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA March 7, 2009 : The USA’s space agency NASA (National Aeronautics and Space …
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General Elections Announced in India
Where: New Delhi, India March 2, 2009 : India is set to go to the polls to elect a new government. The Chief Election Commissioner …
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Terror Blasts in Assam on New Year's Day
Where: Guwahati, Assam, India January 7, 2009 : A series of blasts rocked Guwahati, the principal town of India’s …
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Rats Race through US Cities
Rats Race through US Cities [Illustration by Shinod A P] August 7: Even as Americans compete with each other in the …
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Worming into the Olympics
The organisers of the 2000 Sydney Olympics are very serious about projecting the Olympics as an eco-friendly event. So the …
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The Long and Short of It
November 4: In a throwback to the age of British rule, constables of the Indian police force in a few districts of Andhra Pradesh, …
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Chattering Kids and Teacher's Tape
July 8: It happened in a primary school in the city of La Plata, Argentina. There were 70 bright-eyed children in one class. …
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Hi-tech Schools
Where: Guizhou province, China July 15, 2000: This face appeared in the Wall Street Journal, a business newspaper in the US. What …
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