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Locked up in Amsterdam

In a city full of fantasies, an escape offers its own thrill

3 min read7 Apr 2017
Opinion

Philosophy and the quantum computer

With quantum computing, information is ostensibly held in 'qubits' that can exist in two states at the same time

4 min read28 Feb 2017
Opinion

Raymond Smullyan: never tell all you know

Smullyan was one of a kind: a mathematician and maker of puzzles, but a logician above all

4 min read24 Feb 2017
Industry

How entrepreneurs think

A recent study on entrepreneurship has coined the term 'effectual logic' to describe what expert entrepreneurs rely on to create their business ventures

10 min read14 Dec 2016
Politics

ATM van heist: Driver held, police still to trace Rs12.92 lakh

The driver, Dominic Selvaraj Roy, who had fled with the cash van, was arrested by Upparpet police near a tin factory situated at K.R. Puram

1 min read29 Nov 2016
Opinion

Govt must rethink stance on marital rape

Laws cannot always follow path of least resistance; they must, when traditional norms and ground realities are contrary to fundamental rights and the core tenets of a democratic society, set a higher bar

1 min read18 Mar 2016
Politics

Parrots may be as smart as apes, can think logically: study

Parrots are capable of thinking logically, of recognising themselves in the mirror and of empathy, say researchers

1 min read4 Mar 2016
News

Logic puzzles

The good thing about online puzzles is that there are sites that use videos and explain the logic like a good teacher would, writes Shekhar Bhatia

3 min read16 Dec 2015
Opinion

Boole and me

The idea of a 'digital' world grows from the simple yet far-reaching logical framework Boole laid down in 1847

4 min read5 Nov 2015
Mint-lounge

Book Review: Alex Through the Looking Glass

Alex Bellos takes an entertaining and quirky look at the mathematical patterns in our everyday lives

4 min read20 Jun 2015

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The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared

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