Month: March 2016

Manoj Mishra discusses the NGT's motives in allowing the World Cultural Festival to proceed. Credit: PTI/YouTube

‘The National Green Tribunal Undermined Its Own Prestige by Allowing Sri Sri Event’

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar 17/03/2016

Environmentalist Manoj Mishra discusses the NGT's decision to...

Health Budget Figures Tell a Sick Story

Pavitra Mohan 16/03/2016

Why Jaitley's plans for 3,000 generic drugs pharmacies, a...

Roscosmos's Proton rocket takes off with the Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli lander on March 14, 2016, from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Credit: ESA

First ExoMars Mission Takes Off to Join Search for Alien Life

Sandhya Ramesh 16/03/2016

The Russian-European mission will place an orbiter around Mars...

Parts of the Arctic were 16℃ warmer than normal in February. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Meltdown Earth: The Shocking Reality of Climate Change Kicks in, but Who Is Listening?

James Dyke 15/03/2016

More climate records are likely to be broken this...

Haloe Energie solar photovoltaic plant in Andhra Pradesh, India. Credit: Penn State

India’s Solar Panel Dispute: A Need To Look Within

Pradeep S. Mehta and Smriti Bahety 15/03/2016

While the WTO decision on India's solar programme may...

Pi in all its glory. Credit: Shutterstock

Happy Pi Day! Pi Might Look Random But it’s Full of Hidden Patterns

Steve Humble MBE 14/03/2016

After thousands of years of trying, mathematicians are still...

Albert Einstein, general theory of relativity, gravitational lensing, Fritz Zwicky, Hubble constant, expansion of the universe, Sjur Refsdal, Orest Chwolson, Arthur Eddington, active galactic nuclei, black hole, Type Ia supernovae, Palomar Transient Factory,

A Non-challenge to the Special Theory of Relativity

Vasudevan Mukunth 12/03/2016

It's impossible to call out all the specious claims...