Kumar Abishek

Kumar Abishek

These makers are translating, not copying, the western varieties. One Chennai cheesemaker coats cheddar with milagai podi, a South Indian chilli-and-lentil powder

Updated On: 16 Oct 2026 | 10:26 PM IST

This year's southwest monsoon has ended with a 13% deficit over the long-period average, and India is still bracing for the full impact of a 'super', or 'Godzilla', El Niño

Updated On: 02 Oct 2026 | 10:58 PM IST

India is building technology and resilience for a strategic frontier

Updated On: 10 Sep 2026 | 6:35 AM IST

Long before public service commissions or ethics committees, Arthashastra confronted a timeless question about who deserves public power

Updated On: 31 Jul 2026 | 10:30 PM IST

Gliding through "interstellar space" at about 61,000 km an hour, Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause, the boundary where the Sun's solar wind gives way to the interstellar medium, in 2012

Updated On: 26 Jun 2026 | 10:04 PM IST

A sharp selloff in South Korean chipmakers fuelled concerns over the sustainability of artificial intelligence spending, dragging equity markets lower worldwide

Updated On: 23 Jun 2026 | 11:37 PM IST

A tiny seal from Mohenjo-daro has reignited a century-old debate over whether the Indus civilisation shares a direct cultural link with later Hindu traditions

Updated On: 05 Jun 2026 | 9:52 PM IST

A witty open letter from Pluto questions its 'dwarf planet' tag, reviving debate on planetary definitions and whether science-or simplicity-drove its demotion

Updated On: 17 Apr 2026 | 11:04 PM IST

As IPL and T20 leagues reshape cricket's economics, the sport is drifting toward a new hierarchy-ODIs as events, T20 as franchise-driven, and Tests as curated rivalries

Updated On: 03 Apr 2026 | 10:55 PM IST

For all its benign demeanour, which has inspired many a song, the Moon isn't exactly welcoming. Approaching it demands precision. Landing on it even more so

Updated On: 13 Mar 2026 | 10:29 PM IST

In a three-hour format, opportunity can be engineered. For Associate cricket, that opportunity is no longer symbolic. It is there in scorecards, in contracts signed, and in sustained belief

Updated On: 20 Feb 2026 | 11:10 PM IST

Even physiology resists the fantasy: Alpha males carry stress levels comparable to those at the bottom of the hierarchy. Power is labour

Updated On: 16 Jan 2026 | 11:44 PM IST

More than nationalism or spectacle, Dhurandhar signals India's turn to institutional storytelling - where intelligence, bureaucracy and soft power shape cinema's politics

Updated On: 19 Dec 2025 | 11:34 PM IST

Even after Dan Farah's documentary, we remain where we have always been - cataloguing mysteries and arguing over possibilities about extraterrestrial life

Updated On: 28 Nov 2025 | 10:42 PM IST

As cities battle filthy rivers and toxic air, with cloud seeding now the latest half-measure, few mention another pollutant - the constant glow that is erasing the stars

Updated On: 01 Nov 2025 | 12:02 AM IST

Even as labs push the boundaries of age reversal, mythology reminds us that longevity carries consequences beyond the biological

Updated On: 12 Sep 2025 | 11:30 PM IST

The most theatrical demonstration came in Siberia during the Soviet era, when Dmitry Belyaev and Lyudmila Trut bred silver foxes for friendliness alone

Updated On: 29 Aug 2025 | 11:51 PM IST

Randomness resists such comfort. We toss coins, shuffle cards, pick names from hats - yet much of it is an illusion

Updated On: 15 Aug 2025 | 11:54 PM IST

India's lesser-known languages are fading -- by design, not by accident

Updated On: 18 Jul 2025 | 11:38 PM IST

South Africa has long chased Desmond Tutu's vision. On June 14 at Lord's, it finally felt within reach

Updated On: 20 Jun 2025 | 10:54 PM IST