Year: 2017

Hurricane Irma left significant damage to public infrastructure, housing, tourism, commerce, and the natural environment in the British Virgin Islands. Credit: Kenton X. Chance/IPS

Devastated Caribbean Picks up the Pieces After Irma

Kenton X. Chance 16/09/2017

In addition to deaths and injuries, the storm has...

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Hail and Farewell, Cassini

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/09/2017

Cassini has been humankind's proxy-visit to Saturn, a diminutive,...

Three babies in an incubator at the Nashik Civil Hospital. Credit: Varsha Togalkar

Infants Are Dying in Nashik – and There’s a Host of Systemic Issues to Blame

Varsha Torgalkar 15/09/2017

From inadequate infrastructure in local hospitals to accredited social...

Mumbai at dawn. Credit: tawheedmanzoor/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

It’s About Time We Got Smarter About Monitoring Our Air Pollution

Sarath Guttikunda 15/09/2017

A back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests that it will cost Rs...

A Rammstein concert in progress… Credit: mollenborg/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Before We Fixate on ‘Blue Whale’, Let’s Remember the Real Monsters Out There

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/09/2017

Banning the game will not take away the many...

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Cassini Readies for 31 Km/s Dive Into Saturn, Bringing Epic Mission to Close

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/09/2017

While Cassini is celebrated in the popular literature for...

A tiger's pugmark. Source: Author provided

Similipal, a Formidable Tiger Stronghold, Finally Has the Book It Deserves

Raza Kazmi 14/09/2017

The most striking aspect of Wilderness Tales from Similipal...