A close-up look at what happens when tourists and Maasai communities meet

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My study of interaction between tourists and a Maasai community raised questions about the boundaries between research, tourism and entertainment. For one thing, the local Maasai generally classify overseas visitors, whether researchers, NGO workers, businessmen or tourists, in the same category. I also found that cross-cultural interactions don’t always help to break down stereotypes. The…Continue Reading

El flagelo del aborto ilegal en América Latina: ¿hay democracia sin derechos reproductivos?

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Read in English. Tres cuartos de todos los abortos en América Latina se hacen de forma ilegal. Junto con África y Asia, esta región reune gran parte de los 17.1 millones abortos realizados de manera insegura cada año alrededor del mundo, según el nuevo informe del journal The Lancet, publicado en conjunto con el Instituto…Continue Reading

Dams on Myanmar’s Irrawaddy river could fuel more conflicts in the country

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Myanmar makes many headlines these days. While most of the focus has been on the Rohingya issue, the country is also heading towards an important economic and livelihood crisis. Myanmar was once called “Asia’s rice bowl”, and that label stuck for much of the 20th century. While the country is keen to reclaim this title,…Continue Reading

Meghalaya: Congress seeks disqualification of 12 MLAs who joined TMC

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Congress party on Monday met Speaker and sought disqualification of 12 Congress MLAs who joined Trinamool Congress. The 12 MLAs who joined TMC met West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamta Banerjee in Kolkata. Senior leader Charles Pyngrope has been elected as the State Party chief. Congress had 17 MLAs, five Congress MLAs elected Ampareen Lyngdoh as…Continue Reading

Tech for Purpose

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Technology cannot replace the teacher in the class, but it is reshaping education for our children’s future Amit.Shanbaug@timesgroup.com In the last two years, technology introduction has changed the way classrooms are transacted and how students are evaluated. As students are returning back to their classrooms, schools must carefully consider the long-term role of technology and…Continue Reading

Buy Bharti Airtel, target price Rs 770: ICICI Direct

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SynopsisBharti Airtel Ltd., incorporated in the year 1995, is a Large-Cap company (with a market cap of Rs 438381.46 Crore) operating in Telecommunications sector.Dharmesh Shah of ICICI Direct has a buy call on Bharti Airtel Ltd. with a target price of Rs 770. The current price of Bharti Airtel is Rs 745.75. Dharmesh Shah recommends…Continue Reading

Investors make Rs 3 lakh crore in 15 mins: Factors driving Sensex higher

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NEW DELHI: Domestic benchmark equity indices continued to build on gains and climbed further higher on Tuesday as more and more traders were convinced that the Omicron variant will not become as deadly as the Delta variant. But some analysts still warned that the Omicron variant has introduced a high level of uncertainty around economic…Continue Reading

Was inspired by Harbhajan’s famous spell against Australia in 2001: Ashwin

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KANPUR: India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has said that surpassing Harbhajan Singh’s tally of 417 Test wickets is a “wonderful milestone”. Ashwin on Monday had surpassed Harbhajan Singh to become the country’s third-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket. Ashwin scalped the wicket of Tom Latham (52) to go past the milestone. “These are numbers that are just…Continue Reading

Ex-airline boss lands as New Zealand opposition leader

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WELLINGTON: Former airline boss Christopher Luxon was elected leader of New Zealand’s main opposition National Party Tuesday, becoming the party’s fifth leader to try to unseat Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Luxon, who was chief executive at Air New Zealand from 2012-19, won a party room vote uncontested after his main rival Simon Bridges withdrew from…Continue Reading

Will make it mandatory for carmakers to introduce engines run on 100% bio-ethanol: Nitin Gadkari

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Will make it mandatory for carmakers to introduce engines run on 100% bio-ethanol: Nitin Gadkari – The Economic Times Video | ET Now ANI | 30 Nov 2021, 09:49 AM IST Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said he would issue an order in the next two-three days to make it mandatory for the carmakers…Continue Reading