Year: 2017

An estimated 1.7 million people died from TB in 2016. Credit: PTI

India Has Highest Number of New TB Cases Reported in 2016, Says WHO

India was followed by Indonesia, China, Philippines, Pakistan, Nigeria...

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New Global Report Furthers Bad Outlook for India on Climate Change, Health

Anoo Bhuyan 31/10/2017

The report, The Lancet's second one this month, covers...

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If There Are Few Women in STEM, There Could Be Fewer in Economics

Madhvi Gupta and Pushkar 30/10/2017

Women aspiring to be professors of economics, whether at...

The common shrew (Sorex araneus). Credit: Karol Zub

Winter Is Coming – and the Shrews Are Shrinking

Janaki Lenin 30/10/2017

Born in spring, the common shrew attains about 70%...

Congress party workers protest against the superintendent of the Civil Hospital after the death of nine newborn babies in its NICU, in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Credit: PTI

Gujarat Government Orders Probe After 18 Newborns Die Within Three Days in Ahmedabad Hospital

The Wire Staff 30/10/2017

The spate of deaths once again puts a question...

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ISRO Looks at JV for PSLV Manufacture; Launch to Be Privatised by 2020

Anusuya Datta 30/10/2017

Recently, the space agency set up an outreach centre...

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Why Science Says Astrology Lacks Meaning and Evidence

S.K. Arun Murthi 30/10/2017

If astrology is about how planetary positions influence humans,...