 |
| The
truth about exit polls |
| Like the weatherman, the pollster
often ends up being embarrassed by the final outcome. Aparna Harish and Shubhobroto
Ghosh find out why |
| The Left Front is expected
to get around 120 seats after the third phase of elections.” “The Trinamul
Congress may see some seats swing in its favour due to the anti-incumbency factor
in areas of North Bengal.” “The Congress may lose its headstart in Murshidabad
and Malda.”... | Read.. |
| |
| Alladin’s
magic cave |
| I never knew that my work
could be explained in such a simple way,” S Chandrasekhar remarked during
a science exhibition at the Chicago Museum of ... | Read.. |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
| No language problem |
With the advent of Windows XP Service Pack 2, you can now look beyond English
while communicating via emails ... | Read..
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| QED: Fake malaria figures?
|
Jean-Louis Sarbib, a World Bank official, claimed that “new commitments of
about $500 million for malaria control in Africa and South Asia were expected
in 2006?08.” And being the World Bank, the figures were taken at face value.
One snag: ... | Read.. |
| Recommended:
Aquifiers tapped to extinction
|
When Rivers
Run Dry
Fred Pearce
Beacon Press; $ 16.00... | Read.. |
| |
|
|
|
|
Martin Mark, 33, who came to the United States from Uganda 11 years ago to get an education, is now working on a master’s degree in computer systems and international business at New Mexico State University. He is also battling a disease, chroni ... | 
