 | After polls, the blame game season begins
In this season of finger pointing the political players started their blame game. Starting with the Mahagathbandhan fiasco, the blame game was seen in various political parties and alliances. |  |  | Inside Europe's first underwater restaurant
There are no clown fish or sharks, like at other underwater restaurants in more tropical locations such as the Maldives or Dubai. Rather, it is in this simple, but no less spectacular forest of kelp that cod, pollock and wrasse swim past depending on the season, with occasional visits from their predators, seals and the large eider sea ducks. | |  | Meet the crusaders fighting to help Bengaluru breathe
This year's World Environment Day theme, #BeatAirPollution, resonates deeply with India, considering that according to a 2018 WHO report, India accounts for seven of the world's 10 cities with the worst air pollution. Some are working hard to ensure Bengaluru does not figure on the list. | |  | What to do with Western waste
Western countries must increasingly deal with hard to dispose of plastics because China and many southeastern Asian countries no longer want them. Incinerators or landfills are two quick fixes since Beijing shut the door in January 2018 to some foreign refuse, but specialists say longer term solutions should involve better recycling or better yet, less junk to start with. | |  | How RBI's money policy casts its spell on economy
A worrying slowdown in India's economy makes a case for RBI to cut policy rate by at least 25 bps on Thursday. But can a rate cut really help stem the slowdown? Let's have at the workings of the monetary policy in managing the economy. | |  | Social media may soon get rid of likes
Follower counts, Instagram's main status marker, would become 'much less prominent' in users' profiles. "A bigger idea," he told the gathered crowd, was "private like counts," meaning no more numbers under your friends' posts. | |  | Why are you paying higher fares for your Ola, Uber rides
The growth in Ola and Uber India's core business of ride-hailing has started resembling rush hour traffic crawl. Industry analysts and company insiders said the number of daily rides has inched up by just 4% — from 3.5 million to 3.65 million — in the past six months. | |  | 5 peaks that make mountaineers tremble
A recent photo showing a "traffic jam" on Mount Everest has highlighted how guided tours are making the world's highest peak a tourist spot. But hard core mountaineers do not consider Everest the ultimate challenge. | | |
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