Month: July 2016

Ayurveda, Bhartiya Shiksha Board, board exams, CBSE, Harappan civilisation, Hindutva, Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Vedavidya Pratishthan, MHRD, Murty Trust, Prakash Javadekar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rewriting history, school textbooks, secondary education, state board education, Ved pathshalas, Vedic schools, Vedic text, Vedic vidyalayas

Breaking Down the ‘Jagat-Guru Complex’: India, a Giver of Science, Never a Taker

Shailza Sharma 24/07/2016

The conviction that we have always known everything that...

Lichen on a tree. Credit: Allekha/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Has a Missing Piece of the Lichen Puzzle Been Found?

Nandita Jayaraj 24/07/2016

Lichens are the most famous and successful examples of...

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Chasing Gooseberries With a Forest Ecologist

Aashima Dogra 24/07/2016

“They want to bring serious researchers back into JNU....

A mantis shrimp. Credit: Michael Bok, Lund University

The Mantis Shrimps’ Eyesight is Even More Extraordinary Than We Thought

Janaki Lenin 24/07/2016

But what exactly are mantis shrimps using their ridiculously...

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In Conversation With Kalkuli Vittal Hegde, The Last of Sringeri’s Farmers

Sakshi 23/07/2016

Hegde, a renowned environmental activist discusses living as a...

oung women who attended the International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa. Credit: International AIDS Society/Rogan Ward

AIDS Conference 2016: The Gains, the Gaps, the Next Global Steps

Candice Bailey 23/07/2016

The focus of the 2016 International AIDS Conference has...

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India Had 1.96 Lakh New HIV Cases in 2015: Report

Aarti Dhar 21/07/2016

Since 2005, the number of new HIV/AIDS cases around...