After the publicizing of the deadly XDR TB (Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis) epidemic among the HIV patients in the town of Tugela Ferry (South Africa), scientists and doctors were warning about the emergence of even deadlier forms of the bacterium which causes tuberculosis. And in 2009, they were proved right. An even more deadlier form of the [...]

During the 1980s, the USSR was one of the world’s two strongest nations. The US and USSR were competing with each other for almost anything, ranging from space programs to military hardware. In 1989, the USSR had a population of 287 million people (larger than the US) and a total GDP of almost 3 trillion USD. Looking [...]

India is a Hindu majority nation, with around 80% of the population adhering to the faith. But there are two notable exceptions. Jammu and Kashmir in the North is about 70% Muslim, while many of the states bordering Myanmar in the North East are Christian majority. Christianity was established in the North East India long back, [...]

Hardly anyone living outside the former Soviet Union would have ever heard of a region called Nagorno Karabakh, located deep inside the Southern flank of the Caucasus Mountains. Yet, during the early 1990s, it was the scene for a bloody battle which killed 35,000 people. Like many other post-Soviet military conflicts, this one also remained [...]