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Black poop is a sign of bleeding in the upper intestinal tract possibly from the stomach and is a sign of chronic ulcers, cancer and chronic inflammation. Black poop is difficult to identify in home kits.

Never ignore the gut feeling

In fact, the 38-million bacteria in the human gut dictate our lives much more than we realise.

21 Jan 2018 1:07 AM

The social media gives the ordinary person a voice, and unfortunately, encourages the herd mentality, where you are not required to think for yourself.

Stooping low to get the last word

Media trials have become the order of the day.

13 Jan 2018 11:26 PM

During a debate, union tourism minister Mahesh Sharma advises women and foreign tourists not to wear skirts and to refrain from going out alone at night in small towns.

Reviving the dying art of listening

Conversation used to be an art or skill to be acquired, not so long ago.

13 Jan 2018 11:18 PM

One thing that stands out stark and sharp is that there seems to be no place for a healthy debate, anywhere.

The debate debacle

What is taking its place is a deafening cacophony of bigoted, misogynistic ranting on electronic media and various...

13 Jan 2018 11:06 PM

To be truly scientific in everyday life, is to question received wisdom and to demand that there be evidence to support what is proposed as an explanation of the natural, physical, or social world.

Brain over brawn

For scientific temper is not the ability to solve a set of equations, but to prioritise rationality and reason in...

8 Jan 2018 5:54 PM

Only a civilisation that believed it was travelling from the darkness of ignorance to the light of reason could proclaim thus.

The need for scientific temper

The acknowledgement that even the god does not perhaps know is unheard of in any religion.

8 Jan 2018 11:10 AM

Unlike the Civil Services, the Armed Forces does not recruit toppers. They recruit people with average intelligence but through a process of stringent, rigorous and intensive five days of psychological testing called the Service Selection Board (SSB) interview.

Armed with attitude and confidence

Unlike the Civil Services, the Armed Forces do not recruit toppers.

24 Dec 2017 2:02 AM

When the going gets tough: All 600 staff members at The Taj, Mumbai, were well-trained and each one of them was aware of escape routes available in the hotel, but not even one chose the path to flee.

The power of being run-of-the-mill

The 2008 terror attack on The Taj in Mumbai became a subject for an HR case study in Harvard.

24 Dec 2017 1:57 AM

Saba Giri (aka Manish Giri) Navy sailor who underwent sex change operation, but has been sacked

Time to bring about a positive change

Of late, the media spotlight has been on the personal and professional lives of some transgender persons.

17 Dec 2017 12:29 AM

Gauri Sawant, the transgender mother who adopted Gayatri, an orphan, after her mother, a sex worker died of AIDS in Kolkata

Transgender persons Deserve Respect & Support

A transgender person feels distressed from the time of puberty and feels that he/she is imprisoned in the body of the...

17 Dec 2017 12:20 AM

However, social workers and trans activists claim that the number is much higher.

Live and Let Live

According to the 2011 Indian census, the country's transgender population is roughly over five lakh.

17 Dec 2017 12:16 AM

The shift to 5G will see two parallel streams of development: the evolution of existing technology and a revolution with new technology that will see a tight interworking between existing technologies (like Cellular & WLAN) and the new technology.

Testing is done wirelessly

Revolution will come in Microwave and mmWave frequency bands.

10 Dec 2017 12:53 AM