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05 Jan

A rivalry in the realistic setting of a forgotten war

The operation against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka in the 1980s may have been a doomed venture, but this riveting tale of rivalry between an Indian Special Forces officer and a battle-hardened LTTE commander based on realistic settings comes as a breath of fresh air in a market where war books are few and far between. Abhay Narayan Sapru's "The Beckoning Isle" is a gripping account of the IPKF's operation versus the LTTE guerrillas and is his second book on war from a combat soldier's perspective. Sapru, who…

26 May

NASA reveals new mode of ice loss in Greenland

Washington: A new NASA study has revealed a new mode of ice loss in Greenland that may increase the potential for sustained loss of mass as the climate continues to warm up, with implications for the future rate of sea level rise. During Greenland's hottest summers on record, 2010 and 2012, the ice in Rink Glacier on the island's west coast did not just melt faster than usual, it slid through the glacier's interior in a gigantic wave, like a warmed freezer pop sliding out of its plastic casing, showed the findings, published online in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. The…