Year: 2015

A tree trunk. Credit: Jacob Lawitzki/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Listen: The Story of the Woman Who Saved a Hill

Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian 20/10/2015

Childhood nostalgia and a love for nature come together...

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From National Capital to Mosquito Metropolis, How Delhi Built Itself an Epidemic

Sribala Subramanian 20/10/2015

As India embarks on its biggest urban expansion yet,...

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After an Ugly Battle, G77+China Win the Day on First Day of UN Climate Talks

Nitin Sethi 19/10/2015

South Africa stunned the UN climate change negotiations by...

The forest rights' of tribal communities are being withdrawn to make way for coal mines. Credit: IAC/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Proceeds from Coal Blocks Take a Hit as Only Seven Start Operations

Nitin Sethi and Ishan Bakshi 19/10/2015

A ballpark estimate of revenue, based on the average...

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Planning to Die? Don’t Do It in India if At All Possible.

Jo McGowan Chopra 18/10/2015

Palliative, or hospice, care is difficult, if not impossible...

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Tariffs on Medicines is a Sick Idea

Nilanjan Banik and Philip Stevens 18/10/2015

Given that the majority of patients in poor countries...

Astronomer Geoffrey Marcy. Source: YouTube screengrab

Geoff Marcy Sexually Harassed His Students for Decades Because He Had Help

Vasudevan Mukunth 16/10/2015

The universities at which the superstar astronomer worked defended...