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On Jan 27, 2011, the government told the Supreme Court the palmolein chargesheet against CVC P.J. Thomas never reached his selectors. Sushma Swaraj disagreed.

January 27, 2011 · 1 min read

On January 27, 2011, Obama answered a YouTube-submitted question on Egypt's internet crackdown -- an early moment of social media as presidential diplomacy.

January 27, 2011 · 1 min read

On January 25, 2011, the Day of Rage brought tens of thousands of Egyptians into the streets. How Tunisia lit the fuse under Mubarak's 30-year rule.

January 26, 2011 · 1 min read

How Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation in Sidi Bouzid on December 17, 2010 sparked the Tunisian revolution -- and the Arab Spring.

January 26, 2011 · 1 min read

Hindustan Times launched its Young Achievers programme in 2011 to spotlight exceptional young Indians beyond the usual circuits of visibility.

January 25, 2011 · 1 min read

Factory-built homes promise cheaper, faster, greener housing. Why prefab kept falling short -- and why 2011 looked like its comeback moment.

January 25, 2011 · 1 min read

The BBC spent £1.6 million on a stretch of pavement outside Broadcasting House. What the outrage said about procurement at publicly funded institutions.

January 25, 2011 · 1 min read

November home prices fell in 19 of 20 major US metros, per the Case-Shiller index -- eight cities hit new post-bust lows and a double dip loomed.

January 25, 2011 · 1 min read

Methi deserves its place in the winter kitchen — fiber, flavor, and genuinely interesting blood-sugar research. But it is not antiviral and not a cure for

January 25, 2011 · 2 min read

Kids come home starving at 4pm. Here is how to build after-school snacks that truly satisfy -- fresh, simple, and Ayurveda-friendly, minus the sugar crash.

January 25, 2011 · 2 min read

Purdue researchers found students who quizzed themselves after reading retained 50 percent more a week later than those who re-read or made concept maps.

January 24, 2011 · 1 min read

Why did India rank 134th of 153 countries on the 2010 World Giving Index? An essay on survey bias, informal giving, and the culture of Indian philanthropy.

January 22, 2011 · 7 min read

Florida Virtual School, founded in 1997, became the country's largest online school by 2010. What its early experiment revealed about remote learning.

January 19, 2011 · 1 min read

In late 2010, Sega installed urine-controlled video games in Tokyo urinals. Graffiti Eraser and a stream-strength contest followed. Ads ran after.

January 19, 2011 · 1 min read

India's RTE Act had just banned corporal punishment in schools. Yet the old proverb refused to die. What the research — and the law — actually say.

January 14, 2011 · 1 min read

In January 2011, reports that China issued stapled visas to Arunachal residents sparked debate: a policy shift, or just another obstacle? History answered.

January 14, 2011 · 1 min read

Bill Hudson, Goldie Hawn's ex-husband and Kate Hudson's father, planned a 2011 memoir called So You Are a Star to tell his side of a famous estrangement.

January 13, 2011 · 1 min read

By the end of 2010, Facebook had crossed 500 million users and left MySpace behind. The network effect made leaving a genuine social cost.

January 13, 2011 · 1 min read

Google Goggles 1.3 added instant barcode scanning, print-ad recognition, and a party trick: solving a Sudoku grid faster than a champion.

January 11, 2011 · 1 min read

On a Fulbright teaching exchange in the Adirondacks, English teacher Ajay Kumar Nair introduced American students to kabaddi — shoes off, rules on.

January 10, 2011 · 1 min read