The Indian Express -- Leisure

Sunday, November 30 1997

TODAY'S CROSSWORD TODAY'S ZODIAC

Fossil helps flesh out theory of evolution

The discovery of a fossil of a mouse-sized critter that walked like a lizard and ate insects is filling a gap in scientists' understanding of how humans evolved from ancient mammals. The discovery of a nearly complete skeleton in China confirmed clues that another type of mammal developed after egg-laying mammals like the duck-billed platypus but before animals like kangaroos, which incubate their young in pouches. The most advanced mammals that produce live births, such as such as cats, cows and humans, came last.

A political romance

The air was filled with the smell of roses. Birds chirped in the neem trees. The buzz of a thousand bees filled the redolent air. The mood, in other words, was ripe for romance. And the BJP was in love. Its collective heart skipped several beats as it suddenly became aware of the politically nubile charms of the 287 "first-time" MPs present in the 11th Lok Sabha.

MNCs using financial muscle to wipe out small home appliance

The Rs 5,000-crore market for home appliances estimated to grow at 60% annually is under a severe threat of being obliterated. The entry of multinationals with their latest technologies and massive advertisement budgets and extreme paucity of both with the indigenous manufacturers is taking the domestic entrepreneurs towards extinction.

Fossil helps flesh out theory of evolution

A political romance

MNCs using financial muscle to wipe out small home appliance