Month: July 2017

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Debate: In Defence of a Neuroscientist’s Description of Lynching

Sumaiya Shaikh 19/07/2017

Sumaiya Shaikh responds to Shruti Muralidhar's rebuttal.

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Striking the Right Balance on Family Planning Priorities

Abhijit Das 19/07/2017

Contrary to what certain online campaigns are propagating, a...

A man smokes next to a cigarette advertisement hung on a tree at a marketplace in New Delhi, India, May 3, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Adnan Abidi

Health Officials Fume as Philip Morris Takes Aim at Young People in India

Aditya Kalra, Paritosh Bansal, Duff Wilson and Tom Lasseter 18/07/2017

Despite Indian regulations forbidding the advertisement of tobacco products,...

The high seas now suffer from an unrestrained use of resources in the face of several tedious regulations, the lack of a strong institutional framework and reluctant political will. Credit: Kanenori/pixabay

If India Won’t Work to Conserve Our Oceanic Resources, Peace Can’t Be on Our Long-Term Agenda

Ipshita Chaturvedi 18/07/2017

India’s stress on protecting the high-seas freedoms in conservation...

Healthcare activists protest to stop the Republican Health Care Bill at Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, July 17, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Yuri Gripas

US Republicans Divided As Second Healthcare Bill Fails

Richard Cowan and Yasmeen Abutaleb 18/07/2017

With Republican senators Mike Lee and Jerry Moran joining...

It is truly tragic that it takes an entire limb to be cut off, nerves to start regrowing and sensations of pain to return before the brain realises what it has done to the fingers. Credit: Patricio_/pixabay

The Cognitive Neuroscience of a Lynching

Sumaiya Shaikh 18/07/2017

The science of hate can help us realise who...

Gynaecologists conduct ultrasound examinations on pregnant women at a government-run hospital in Agartala March 17, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Jayanta Dey

Parliament Must Join the Courts in Ensuring Women’s Right to Safe Abortions

Vinoj Manning and Medha Gandhi 18/07/2017

While the courts deliver pro-women judgements around abortions, parliament...