Month: September 2017

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Under Garb of ‘Preservation’, Chhattisgarh Is Denying Vulnerable Groups Their Reproductive Rights

Sonam Lavtepatil and Harendra Sijwali 23/09/2017

As of May this year, people from Particularly Vulnerable...

Under the National Food Security Act, children between the ages of three and six are provided with hot cooked meals at anganwadi centres. Representative image credit: Reuters

Not Doing Away With Hot Meals For Children Under ICDS, Centre Clarifies

Anoo Bhuyan 23/09/2017

This comes after Maneka Gandhi recently said the government...

Asima Chatterjee in 1961. Credit: The Indian Scientists, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Asima Chatterjee, the Scientist Who Did So Much More in a Time of Less

Nandita Jayaraj 23/09/2017

Let us remember Asima Chatterjee as a world-class chemist...

The Supreme Court bench invoked its powers under Article 142 of the constitution. Credit: PTI

SC Tells Medical College to Accept Students With Colour Vision Deficiency

The Wire Staff 23/09/2017

The Medical Council of India as well as the...

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‘Pot-Pilgrims’ and Gods of Himalayan Things

Manshi Asher and Sumit Mahar 23/09/2017

With tourism to Parvati Valley on the rise, local...

A brown bear snags a sockeye salmon in Alaska. In warm years, red elderberries ripen early and Kodiak bears leave streams full of salmon to eat them. Credit: Jonathan Armstrong, CC BY-ND

The Warming Climate Has Triggered Changes in Kodiak Bears’ Diets. Here’s Why That’s Important

William Deacy 23/09/2017

Climate change is making berries ripen early in Kodiak,...

A chimney is reflected in a puddle polluted with chemicals at an industrial area of Surat November 25, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Arko Datta/Files

SC Opens Door For Legal Challenges to Appointments Lacking Proper Credentials in Pollution Boards

The Wire Staff 22/09/2017

The court has set aside an NGT order on...