Month: September 2017

A man uses a makeshift raft to move out of a flooded neighbourhood. Credit: Amit Dave/Reuters

What’s Causing So Many Changes to India’s Monsoons?

Raghu Murtugudde 04/09/2017

Fewer monsoon depressions in the Bay of Bengal are...

A man sleeps in a room containing oxygen tanks in the Baba Raghav Das hospital in Gorakhpur district, India August 13, 2017. Credit:Reuters

Kafeel Khan, Ex-Nodal Officer at Gorakhpur’s BRD Hospital, Arrested

Khan was removed from his post in the state-run...

.A press cameraman videographing the treatment of a child diagnosed with encephalitis

Photo Story: How a Medical College in Gorakhpur Turned Into a Funeral Factory

Debalin Roy 02/09/2017

About 10,000 infants have died in the hospital since...

An image of the Narwapahar uranium mine, 12 km northwest of Jaduguda, Jharkhand. Credit: UCIL

Why Indian Physicists Are Setting up a Tricky Experiment in an Active Uranium Mine

R. Ramachandran 02/09/2017

Some have admitted that it won't be a full...

Anantapur carousel

Memories of Water in Rural Anantapur

Rahul M. and Sahith M. 02/09/2017

A steady decrease in rainfall, the switch to water-intensive...

The IRNSS 1H satellite integrated with the PSLV C39's fourth stage. The payload fairing is yet to be installed (in this photograph). Credit: ISRO

‘India’s GPS’ Remains Unfinished as an ISRO PSLV Mission Fails After 20 Years

Vasudevan Mukunth 02/09/2017

A spare satellite, IRNSS 1I, was expected to launch...

Supreme Court. Credit: PTI

Tamil Girl, Who Took NEET Fight to Supreme Court, Commits Suicide

Anitha, a 17-year-old Dalit girl, allegedly took her life...