Bangalore: Melting pot of myriad music Today, if Bangalore is receptive to any kind of musical influence, it is because the city has become more cosmopolitan than ever before.
Going faster than light Thursday will be the day when the sun will be at the highest point in the sky, the day when our shadows shrink to their shortest length of the year.
Trading health for profit A meta-analysis of studies covering 69,000 children has found that breastfeeding protects against obesity. It also appears to reduce the incidence of asthma, allergies, childhood cancers, diabetes, ear infections, Crohns and colitis.
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No country can equal India democratically Executive vice-president of Institute of Leadership and Institutional Development (ILID) and professor in the University of Wisconson (USA) Fred M Hayward speaks to S Praveen Dhaneshkar of Deccan Herald.
The courage of their convictions On Thursday June 21 in London, a group of people are going to take a stand for their principles in a way that involves real courage, admirable courage, and which at the same time lights a torch of hope in a dark quadrant of the worlds affairs.
People demonstrate under white umbrellas, on the street of Lyon, to celebrate sixth World Refugee Day on Wednesday. By the close of 2006, there were an estimated 9.9 million refugees globally. For the first time since 2002, a declining trend in the global figures was reversed, UN's 2006 Global Trends report has said. AFP
The Karnataka Government is planning to send 250 legislators to China for a study tour. Will the tour help in the development of the State? We invite our readers to express their views in about 100 words. Responses may be sent to Deccan Herald, No 75, M G Road, Bangalore - 560001 or e-mail: editordh@deccanherald.co.in latest by 2 pm on Saturday.
A selection of responses will be published in Sunday’s edition. Photographs are welcome.
