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Problematics | Movie jumble

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Published on Dec 23, 2024 01:41 PM IST

Before the mathematical puzzle, have some fun with words by unscrambling anagrams of 10 movie titles.

ByKabir Firaque

Number Theory: How has India done in ensuring social and economic justice?

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A 125-ft tall Ambedkar statue in Vijayawada. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 23, 2024 10:44 AM IST

ByRoshan Kishore, Abhishek Jha, Nishant Ranjan

Keeping up with UP| Losing my Ambedkar: How BSP lost an opportunity this week

When the NDA is in the middle of a controversy over Amit Shah’s comment on Ambedkar, the BSP’s anger is missing

What has baffled Mayawati’s supporters and those who track BSP’s politics is her seeming lack of indignation on the raging controversy. (PTI File Photo)

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Published on Dec 21, 2024 02:41 PM IST

BySunita Aron

Number Theory | The last of the Mohicans: Breed of Test OGs depletes

Ashwin’s is not just a departure of an OG from the Indian dressing room. His is also a knock for OGs across Test cricket

India's Ravichandran Ashwin announced his retirement from international cricket (AFP)

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Updated on Dec 21, 2024 12:43 PM IST

Byhowindialives.com

Number Theory: Food inflation tests economic policy in 2024

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RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee has forecast a 5.7% inflation for the quarter ending December 2024. (AP Photo)

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Published on Dec 19, 2024 08:39 AM IST

ByAuhona Mukherjee, Roshan Kishore

United effort required to end violence against people with disabilities

Women and girls with disabilities are up to ten times more likely to experience violence than their non-disabled peers

Across India, millions of people with disabilities, especially women and girls, face multiple barriers that prevent them from escaping gender-based violence. (Representational image)

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Updated on Dec 18, 2024 01:24 PM IST

ByAndrea M. Wojnar

Book Box: The Golden Road

At a Mumbai club, William Dalrymple highlights ancient India's global impact, blending history with storytelling, captivating an Indian audience.

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Updated on Dec 18, 2024 12:44 PM IST

BySonya Dutta Choudhury

Number Theory: German snap polls — A crisis or opportunity?

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German chancellor Olaf Scholz.(Bloomberg)

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Published on Dec 18, 2024 08:32 AM IST

BySreedev Krishnakumar, Roshan Kishore

HistoriCity: A note on the tabla, maestro Zakir Hussain’s choice of instrument

Poet-musician Amir Khusrau refers to the existence of an instrument called tabl that was played in royal courts

it is only in the last 200 years that tabla has beaten its musical competitors like the Pakhowaj and the Dholak.

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Updated on Dec 17, 2024 01:09 PM IST

ByValay Singh

Number Theory: Understanding the crucial ties between India, Sri Lanka

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Monday.(PTI)

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Published on Dec 17, 2024 09:00 AM IST

ByRoshan Kishore

Problematics | Cards on the table

Here is yet another trick with a deck of 52 that you can perform on a gullible audience. As usual, let us examine the mathematics that makes the trick work.

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Published on Dec 16, 2024 02:54 PM IST

ByKabir Firaque

Number Theory: How December cooled down in the second week

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People sit around a bonfire to beat the cold in Noida on December 15, 2024. (Sunil Ghosh/ HT Photo)

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Published on Dec 16, 2024 08:18 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Weather Bee: December rain a big reason for turnaround in northeast monsoon

A big reason for the surplus rain in the season is the surplus recorded in December because of Cyclone Fengal

The season is made up of the twin disasters of a dry November and a rainy December (AFP)

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Published on Dec 14, 2024 08:52 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Seeing Silicon: Cosplaying with fibre optics and servos

Fans are increasingly using techniques in 3D printing, animatronics and new materials to build elaborate cosplay homages

Though costuming and masquerade has been a thing in most civilisations, cosplaying in its modern sense started in 1970s

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Published on Dec 14, 2024 05:22 PM IST

ByShweta Taneja

Number Theory: 2024 was a tough year for incumbents

The charts below answer this in detail, taking insights from a recent report published by the Pew Research Center on December 11.

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Published on Dec 13, 2024 09:28 AM IST

BySreedev Krishnakumar

Number Theory: Key takeaways from 2 hard years for the Adani Group

What does that entail for the Indian economy at large? Here are four charts that try to answer this question

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Updated on Dec 12, 2024 09:23 AM IST

ByAuhona Mukherjee

Rajya Sabha adjourned after chaos over no-trust notice against chairman Dhankar

Union minister Kiren Rijiju accused the Opposition of making baseless accusations against the Rajya Sabha chairman

Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh leaves after adjourning the House on Wednesday,(PTI Photo)(PTI)

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Published on Dec 11, 2024 01:28 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Number Theory: Shaktikanta Das signs off from Mint Street

How will Das’s stint as the RBI governor be remembered ? Here are four charts which try and answer this question

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Published on Dec 11, 2024 10:47 AM IST

ByRoshan Kishore, Auhona Mukherjee

Health Talk: Why Sidhu's diet plan for wife with cancer garnered criticism

It is not too much to ask a celebrity to make statements responsibly especially when it directly concerns human lives

Navjot Singh Sidhu with his wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu. (PTI Photo)

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Published on Dec 10, 2024 03:46 PM IST

ByRhythma Kaul

Number Theory: US vs China: the rivalry of the 21st century

What are the defining features of this rivalry? Here are three charts that describe this in detail

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Published on Dec 10, 2024 09:37 AM IST

ByRoshan Kishore

Problematics | The uncle and the grandmother

A mathematician has two children, a brother and her mother; determine the ages of all four

Editors Pick

Updated on Dec 09, 2024 07:20 PM IST

ByKabir Firaque

Number Theory: Reading GDP numbers with consumer sentiment data

Here are three charts which offer a glimpse into what might be happening in the economy

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Published on Dec 09, 2024 08:32 AM IST

ByRoshan Kishore

Just Like That: AI is a game changer but press enter with a note of caution

At its best Artificial Intelligence is a technology—truly advanced no doubt—which can facilitate human endeavour.

There is this unsustainable yet growing mythology, that AI will soon make human intelligence redundant.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Published on Dec 08, 2024 12:44 PM IST

ByPavan K Varma

The long-drawn courtroom drama over lawyers’ dress codes

Universities are doing away with the colonial era dress code for convocations, lawyers await a verdict on their demand to do away with black coats

For years, lawyers have discussed changing what they wear to the court - black coats, robes and bands. (PTI)

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Published on Dec 07, 2024 06:53 PM IST

BySunita Aron

Book Box:Why Those in Power Fear Your Bookshelf

From Mumbai’s Crowds to Irawati Karve’s Legacy— why stories are your best defence

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Published on Dec 07, 2024 04:27 PM IST

BySonya Dutta Choudhury

Number Theory: Devendra Fadnavis and Maharahstra politics in three charts

What will be his major challenge in second term as chief minister? Here are three charts which answer these questions

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Updated on Dec 05, 2024 09:14 AM IST

ByRoshan Kishore, Nishant Ranjan

Number Theory: Costs of the 3-year-long Russia-Ukraine conflict

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Ukrainian troops' weaponry and hardware on display. (Reuters Photo)(REUTERS)

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Published on Dec 04, 2024 08:40 AM IST

BySreedev Krishnakumar

Number Theory: The new demographic truths facing the world

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For representational purposes only.(HT Photo)

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Published on Dec 03, 2024 07:39 AM IST

BySreedev Krishnakumar

Number Theory: Why November went from being abnormally hot to abnormally cold

The average maximum temperature for India for the month (up to November 28) was 28.90°C, only 0.14°C warmer than the 1981-2010 average for this period.

A man sits next to a bonfire on a cold winter morning in Noida on November 21. (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Dec 02, 2024 09:45 AM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Problematics | Where Hitchcock meets Einstein

This week, an Einstein puzzle with Hitchcock movies rather than zebras, and an easier teaser that may look deceptively difficult.

3. Challenge your brain: You must keep your brain active by reading newspapers, solving puzzles, learning new skills, playing cards, brain training games like Sudoku and crosswords etc.(Pixabay)

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Published on Dec 02, 2024 09:26 AM IST

ByKabir Firaque

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Before the mathematical puzzle, have some fun with words by unscrambling anagrams of 10 movie titles.

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When the NDA is in the middle of a controversy over Amit Shah’s comment on Ambedkar, the BSP’s anger is missing

Ashwin’s is not just a departure of an OG from the Indian dressing room. His is also a knock for OGs across Test cricket

.

Women and girls with disabilities are up to ten times more likely to experience violence than their non-disabled peers

At a Mumbai club, William Dalrymple highlights ancient India's global impact, blending history with storytelling, captivating an Indian audience.

.

Poet-musician Amir Khusrau refers to the existence of an instrument called tabl that was played in royal courts

.

Here is yet another trick with a deck of 52 that you can perform on a gullible audience. As usual, let us examine the mathematics that makes the trick work.

.

A big reason for the surplus rain in the season is the surplus recorded in December because of Cyclone Fengal

Fans are increasingly using techniques in 3D printing, animatronics and new materials to build elaborate cosplay homages

The charts below answer this in detail, taking insights from a recent report published by the Pew Research Center on December 11.

What does that entail for the Indian economy at large? Here are four charts that try to answer this question

Union minister Kiren Rijiju accused the Opposition of making baseless accusations against the Rajya Sabha chairman

How will Das’s stint as the RBI governor be remembered ? Here are four charts which try and answer this question

It is not too much to ask a celebrity to make statements responsibly especially when it directly concerns human lives

What are the defining features of this rivalry? Here are three charts that describe this in detail

A mathematician has two children, a brother and her mother; determine the ages of all four

Here are three charts which offer a glimpse into what might be happening in the economy

At its best Artificial Intelligence is a technology—truly advanced no doubt—which can facilitate human endeavour.

Universities are doing away with the colonial era dress code for convocations, lawyers await a verdict on their demand to do away with black coats

From Mumbai’s Crowds to Irawati Karve’s Legacy— why stories are your best defence

What will be his major challenge in second term as chief minister? Here are three charts which answer these questions

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The average maximum temperature for India for the month (up to November 28) was 28.90°C, only 0.14°C warmer than the 1981-2010 average for this period.

This week, an Einstein puzzle with Hitchcock movies rather than zebras, and an easier teaser that may look deceptively difficult.

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