Month: June 2015

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. Credit: PTI Photo

Readers Respond to Smart Cities, Patriarchy & Toilets, Zoya Akhtar, Warring CMs

The Wire Staff 15/06/2015

Select comments from our readers on stories in The...

Writing on the wall, about Mission Poorn Shakti. Credit: Government of India

Debate: Sanitation Campaigns in Rural Rajasthan Do Not Promote Patriarchy

Somya Sethuraman 12/06/2015

Ashish Gupta and Nikhil Shrivastav’s article, “Why Using Patriarchal...

Agriculture in India. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Get Wired 11/6: Doubling Farmer Suicides, SAIL Chief Waved By, New HIV Sensors and More

Vaishali Rathore and Ayush Ranka 11/06/2015

Maharasthra’s farmer suicides double in two months In Maharashtra,...

Criminalising homosexuality removes the capacity for gay communities to organise and to mobilise around HIV prevention. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Why Criminalising Homosexuality is a Public Health Hazard

Bianca Fileborn, Anthony Lyons and Jennifer Power 11/06/2015

Criminalising homosexuality removes the capacity for gay communities to...

Dino-cell hunting. Credit: Laurent Mekul

Found: Preserved Dinosaur Cells – But Sadly Scientists Still Can’t Build Jurassic World

Gareth Dyke 10/06/2015

A new study led by Imperial College, London, suggests...

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Get Wired 10/6: Funds Off for NGOs, S’pore Okays Maggi, Buddha in Bamiyan and More

Vaishali Rathore and Ayush Ranka 10/06/2015

Congress hits out at Modi government The Congress party...

Hanma biosphere reserve. Credit: UNESCO

Seven New Asian Sites on UNESCO’s Network of Biosphere Reserves

The Wire Staff 10/06/2015

On June 9, the UNESCO added 20 new sites...