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The Bloom Box – innovation or replication? Is the long-heralded solid oxide fuel cell from Bloom Energy as innovative as the company claims? The long-heralded announcement of Bloom Energy's solid oxide fuel cell on February 24th generated huge amounts of excitement. Many compared the...

Lucknow, June 17: Rahul Upadhyaya, 26, a Brahmin and a post-graduate in Hindi, had dreamt of becoming a teacher. That didn’t happen. Today, he works as a sweeper in Musawali village in Etah district, 200 km west of Lucknow. His salary: Rs 7,000 per month, still a large sum in rural UP. “And...