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Nitish Kumar's JD(U)-BJP alliance swept Bihar 2010 with 206 of 243 seats — a landslide for development politics that decimated Lalu's RJD and Congress.

November 24, 2010 · 2 min read

Corruption in India is not a moral failing but an incentive problem: discretionary power, underpaid bureaucracy, and campaign finance.

November 23, 2010 · 1 min read

Pakistani journalist Jawed Naqvi's critique of Indian corruption provoked outrage — and uncomfortable recognition. On the messenger, the message, and 2010's

November 23, 2010 · 1 min read

In November 2010 Iran's parliament revealed it had planned to impeach President Ahmadinejad — and was stopped only by the Supreme Leader.

November 23, 2010 · 1 min read

The Radia tapes also captured the Ambani brothers' rivalry — Mukesh vs Anil over the KG Basin gas dispute — and the lobbyists, journalists, and politicians

November 23, 2010 · 1 min read

Japan's justice minister Minoru Yanagida resigned in November 2010 after joking that his job required remembering only two phrases.

November 22, 2010 · 1 min read

Ireland sought an 85-billion-euro rescue in November 2010 — not from budget deficits but from a bank guarantee that swallowed the state. On the eurozone crisis.

November 21, 2010 · 1 min read

What does the body mean when the mind is intact but paralyzed? On disability literature, hedonic adaptation, and the gap between predicted and lived experience.

November 21, 2010 · 1 min read

People with more moles show fewer signs of skin ageing — and a 2007 King's College study found longer telomeres behind it.

November 21, 2010 · 1 min read

The Social Network fixed a cinematic version of Mark Zuckerberg in the public mind. On film, biography, and the founder who could not control his own story.

November 21, 2010 · 1 min read

India and China: deepening trade on one axis, unresolved borders and strategic rivalry on the other. On the no war, no peace relationship.

November 21, 2010 · 1 min read

The ketogenic diet — a 1920s epilepsy therapy revived by one family's story — quiets seizures where drugs fail. On food as medicine, and its limits.

November 21, 2010 · 2 min read

In late 2010, reports said al-Qaeda had tasked Ilyas Kashmiri with its Kashmir and India operations — symbolism or escalation? On the debate.

November 21, 2010 · 1 min read

Ten things candidates believe about job interviews that aren't true — from 'the best candidate wins' to 'the HR round is a formality.'

November 20, 2010 · 2 min read

China displayed 25+ drone designs at the 2010 Zhuhai air show — including the jet-powered WJ-600. A look at Beijing's unmanned ambitions.

November 20, 2010 · 1 min read

Google's Boutiques.com (2010) admitted algorithms can't generate taste — so it asked stylists and bloggers to curate. On humans vs. algorithms in fashion.

November 19, 2010 · 1 min read

In 2010, a New Jersey pastor ordered married church officials off Facebook, calling it a 'portal to infidelity' — then his own past surfaced.

November 18, 2010 · 1 min read

India and Pakistan agreed to tone down the aggressive Wagah border ceremony after soldiers complained the high goose-stepping was wrecking their knees.

November 18, 2010 · 1 min read

Energy drinks are a multi-billion-dollar business built on caffeine. Once you remove the caffeine, the taurine, vitamins and herbs do nothing — the research

November 18, 2010 · 1 min read

For young Muslim women in the West, choosing the hijab is often an assertion of agency and ambition — not the retreat from modernity the debate assumes.

November 17, 2010 · 1 min read