Month: November 2016

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Note Ban May Exacerbate India’s Public Health Crisis

Devanik Saha and Swagata Yadavar, IndiaSpend.org 28/11/2016

Private hospitals have not been allowed to use the...

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Infinite in All Directions: Sugary Histories, Make LHC in India, Getting Help for Pedophiles

Vasudevan Mukunth 28/11/2016

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Despite Arrests, Illegal Trade in Star Tortoises Continues Unabated

Janaki Lenin 27/11/2016

A tristate junction in south India seems to have...

"Food production – how the food is grown or raised – and meal preparation – how the food is cooked –both contribute to the carbon footprint." Credit: diametrik/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

What’s the Carbon Footprint of Your Sofa, of Your Festival Meal?

K.S. Parthasarathy 27/11/2016

That there is renewed sense in auditing the carbon-costs...

How caregivers interact with their children can actually alter those children’s brains. Credit: Jo Chopra

Why Investing in India’s Youngest Citizens Is Now More Crucial Than Ever

Jo McGowan Chopra 27/11/2016

In India, where millions of children are growing up...

James Gleick explores the trope of time travel in the popular and scientific imagination as something that could be enabled by technology rather than a flight of mind or spirit. Credit: sfj/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Traveling Through Time With James Gleick

Usha Raman 25/11/2016

Gleick's book's charm lies in his stitching together the...

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Assam Forest Minister Orders FIR Against Patanjali After Elephant Dies At Construction Site

The female elephant died 19 hours after falling into...