Ideas

'The Red Market' is a shocking tour of India’s body bazaar

The book exposes India’s booming underground trade in human organs and demolishes the illusion that people selling their tissue benefit from the transaction.

EasyJet has fun at British Airways’ expense

Brands getting consumers to smile when a competitor is attacked have always proved to be popular.

Jai Hind — we can beat those wankers!

Forget the World Cup. Here's a new sporting championship Indians can excel at, especially Indian women. And you can practice at home till you become perfect.

Fossilized leaves, around 150-200 million years old, found in Jharkhand's Dudhkol mountain

The geologists believe that they might even find fossilised dinosaur eggs when they conduct a further excavation.

India's COVID-19 epicentre: Three lockdowns later, Maharashtra accounts for 34.5% of nation's confirmed cases, its worst recovery rate

As it stands, 34.5 percent of India's COVID-19 positive cases and almost 40 percent of India's coronavirus-related deaths are from Maharashtra

Why are male virgins worth less than female ones?

Is the discount on male virginity the result of oversupply or low demand?

Women behind bars: The other inmates of Tihar

Kanimozhi's fate is no worse than those of her less-famous inmates who languish in prison without the luxury of connections or fame.

Watch: Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma's speech at a party defines the phrase 'charged up'

The way Sharma addressed his employees at a Paytm party really made us think that he wanted to punch someone apart from celebrating Paytm's success.

Bombay HC raps agencies over slow probe of Dabholkar, Pansare murders

The Bombay High Court slammed the investigation agencies over slow probe of murders of the rationalists Dr Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare.

Truth pill: Aarathi Prasad examines the many faces of medicine in India in new book

The range of diversity in people’s preferences for medicine is the premise that Aarathi Prasad explores in her latest book, In the Bonesetter’s Waiting Room

Glued to your smartphone? It can lead to depression and anxiety

A new study has found that addiction to – and not simply use of – mobile phones and internet is linked to anxiety and depression in teenagers.

Infosys to offer healthcare analytics on Microsoft cloud

Software major Infosys on Tuesday announced tying up with Microsoft to offer healthcare analytics, using the latter's cloud platform.

Watch out! Dating sites may be spreading HIV, claim researchers

Dating websites and apps may be behind the growing number of newly HIV-infected men in the US, a new study has said

Online jihad: Why Islamic State threatened Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey

Social Media giants, Zuckerberg and Dorsey, are aggressively thwarting the extremist group's activities by suspending accounts and deleting posts