Month: October 2017

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In Aligarh, BJP MLAs Prevent Arrest of Doctors Allegedly Caught Conducting Sex Determination Test

The Wire Staff 18/10/2017

BJP MLAs Sanjeev Raja and Anil Parashar refused to...

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How the University of California Is Fighting Proxy Patent Battle for Expensive Cancer Drug in India

Anoo Bhuyan 17/10/2017

The university appears to be representing pharmaceutical companies Pfizer,...

Children in Tuniahi Dakhinwari village of Madhepura. Poor nutrition leaves the children vulnerable to disease, susceptible to infections and diseases such as tuberculosis and cholera. Deprived of adequate nutrition in their formative early years, these children remain mentally and physically stunted for life.

Photo Essay: India’s Silent Emergency – Malnutrition

Abhijit Mohanty 17/10/2017

In rural Bihar, poor nutrition is caused by interrelated...

An artist's concept of what a neutron star collision would look like. Credit: Illustration by Robin Dienel courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science

LIGO and Telescopes Spot Spectacular Neutron Star Cataclysm in Record-Breaking Discovery

Sandhya Ramesh 16/10/2017

Two neutron stars collided in space, unleashing a deadly...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Jaggi Vasudev unveiling the Shiva statue at the ashram. Credit: narendramodi.in

Isha Foundation Responds to Subhashini Ali’s Article in The Wire

Rahul Dubey 16/10/2017

For the last 20 years, the same accusations have...

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DNA Can Encode Data – So Scientists Uploaded a Movie Into It

Neha C.V. 16/10/2017

They encoded information within bacterial DNA, making it a...

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Scientists in the Lurch After Imprecise MHRD Notice About ‘Paid Journals’

Vasudevan Mukunth 16/10/2017

A "completely confusing statement" in a gazette notification has...