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How the biggest trees survive droughts

A tree’s trunk contains a network of tubes known as xylem whose job is to ferry water from the roots to leaves.
Published on Jul 9, 2026 14:47 IST

Checking the spread of cancer in India

WHO estimates for breast and childhood cancer survival show that for breast cancer, five-year survival is 87% in wealthy nations against 42% in poor ones — a difference not of tumours but of systems. This is not a knowledge problem. (Reuters)
Published on Jul 9, 2026 14:45 IST

India’s Aussie template works

The uranium deal alone is enough to consider PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Australia, a fellow member of the Quad, highly successful. From Australia’s perspective, too, the uranium deal is a win-win. (Narendra Modi Photo Gallery/ANI)
Published on Jul 9, 2026 14:45 IST

Russians are growing anxious and angry

FILE PHOTO: Thick plumes of smoke with flames rise from an oil refinery following a Ukrainian drone attack in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Moscow, Russia, June 18, 2026, in this picture obtained from social media. SOCIAL MEDIA/via REUTERS  THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo
Published on Jul 9, 2026 13:34 IST

Why a broken Russia is bad for the world

There are four scenarios for post-war Russia being discussed in the West. For all their variation in political packaging, each entails the loss or curtailment of sovereignty and thereby destroys the only mechanism through which responsible behaviour is possible at all.
Published on Jul 9, 2026 11:23 IST

The man who would change Russia

Andrey Melnichenko, the world’s fertiliser king and Russia’s biggest industrialist
Published on Jul 9, 2026 10:13 IST