Month: April 2016

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Farewell: The Fall of Shaktiman Mirrors Our Inevitable Death of Innocence

Neha Sinha 24/04/2016

Those who care nothing for political horse-trading may say,...

We Have Been Harassed, We are Victims, Says the Art of Living on Yamuna Issue

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar 24/04/2016

The organisation headed by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has...

Carcass

Carcasses in the Ganga

Alok Gupta 24/04/2016

With the near-extinction of vultures, new methods have come...

An installation depicting chromosomes at the Grande Galerie de l'Evolution, Paris, December 2015. Credit: Herman Pijpers/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Chromosomes Have A Lot to Talk About – Here’s How They Do it

Nandita Jayaraj 24/04/2016

The two chromosomes of cholera bacteria were shown to...

In the constellation Cassiopeia, 7,100 lightyears away, a start 45-times as heavy as our Sun is blowing out superhot winds of gas travelling at 6.4 million km/hr. These winds push against the much cooler blanket of interstellar gas, bunching them up along the surface of a giant bubble over seven lightyears across. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

10 Iconic Images to Recall 26 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope

Vasudevan Mukunth 24/04/2016

Because of the popularity of its images, Hubble will...

Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli signs the Paris Agreement on climate change at United Nations Headquarters in New York

China, US Pledge to Ratify Paris Climate Deal This Year

Michelle Nichols and Valerie Volcovici 23/04/2016

China and the US together account for 38& of...

Residents walk on debris of a collapsed hotel after an earthquake struck off the Pacific coast, in Portoviejo, Ecuador, April 18, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Henry Romero

World Bank to Lend Ecuador $150 million to Speed Aid to Quake Victims

Reuters 23/04/2016

The massive 7.8-magnitude quake that struck on April 16,...