- My blueprint for the Uniform Civil Code: Parliament, state legislatures and courts shall not make laws or issue orders based on religious scriptures of any community, in keeping with the secular nature of the republic. The Constitution itself shall be the source for such orders and for further legislative improvements.
- India’s grand plan to create world’s longest river set to go: Engineering projects don’t come any bigger than this.
- 1% of Indians now hold nearly 60% of the country’s wealth : The top 1% of the country’s population now hold 58.4% of its wealth, up from 53% in 2015
- Amazon India: After losing China to Alibaba, Amazon taking no prisoners in India, the fastest growing e-commerce market globally.
- Manu Prakash's Foldscope : Now you can buy a tiny microscope made of paper. Prakash and his team just launched a Kickstarter campaign that allows anyone to reserve a foldable microscope kit of their very own for $15, or to reserve a 20-pack of scopes for $20.
- Saturated fat may be healthy for you: "The very high intake of total and saturated fat did not increase the calculated risk of cardiovascular diseases. Participants on the very-high-fat diet also had substantial improvements in several important cardiometabolic risk factors, such as ectopic fat storage, blood pressure, blood lipids (triglycerides), insulin and blood sugar".
- Cuba's excellent healthcare system isn't propaganda: An infant mortality rate of 4.2 per thousand births, life expectancy of 77 years for men and 81 years for women (on par with the UK’s life expectancy), and a doctor to patient ratio of one per 150, which surpasses many developed nations.
- How flushing your toilet could help create biofuel: A new process emulates the way crude oil forms naturally— in only 45 minutes.
- Sudharma: World’s sole Sanskrit daily struggles to stay afloat
- “Westworld” took us deep into the maze of consciousness: The “maze”—a plot device tirelessly probed by devout viewers—is a metaphorical journey inward toward true consciousness, not a literal labyrinth to escape from.
Tuesday, December 06, 2016
Quick notes: UCC, River linking...
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