Year: 2016

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Poor Implementation of Schemes Behind Malnutrition Deaths in Maharashtra’s Palghar

Varsha Torgalkar 21/10/2016

The problem of malnutrition is worsened by a dearth...

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India’s Medical Council Needs Urgent Reforms, But the Proposed Draft Bill Is Flawed

Abhishek Jain 21/10/2016

The National Medical Commission Bill does not address several...

The surface of a natural graphite crystal. The graphene derived from such crystals exhibit interesting and unique topological properties. Credit: University of Exeter/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Scientists Shouldn’t Always Look for Utility in the Beauty of Shapes

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/10/2016

It’s not good to harp on applications in order...

An artist's illustration of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, with the Schiaparelli lander to its right, shown next to Mars. Credit: ESA/Twitter

Live: European ExoMars Probe Prepares to Enter Orbit Around Mars, Launches Lander To Surface

Sandhya Ramesh 19/10/2016

This mission will be followed in 2020 by a...

A photograph of Jerry Ehman's notes, with his "Wow" written next to data indicating the strange strength of the signal. Credit: tonynetone/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Listen: How a 72-Second Burst of Radio Waves Stimulated Our Curiosity About Aliens

Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian 19/10/2016

Astronomers hope to find the mystery behind the source...

Culex pipiens, a vector of the Japanese encephalitis (JE) disease. Credit: treegrow/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

In Odisha, No Love From the Government in the Time of Encephalitis

Sheetal Mahapatra 19/10/2016

In five weeks, 56 children aged one to five,...

An Oceanographer Explains Why We Should Explore Earth’s Complex Climate History

Aashima Dogra 19/10/2016

Ayusmati S. Manaskanya, an oceanographer at the National Institute...