Year: 2017

A peacock mural. Credit: nagarjun/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Where Has India’s Environmental Journey as an Independent Nation Brought Us?

Neha Sinha 15/08/2017

Will nature be crushed underfoot by the ease of...

BRD Medical college, Uttar Pradesh minister for health Siddharth Nath Singh

‘If Oxygen Was the Problem, Others Would Have Suffered as Well,’ Says Uttar Pradesh Health Minister

Anoo Bhuyan 15/08/2017

"One can keep blaming us for things but this...

A mere four nanograms of clothianidin, one of the neonics, is enough to kill half of all the honeybees that feed on it. Credit: image4you/pixabay

Are Pesticides Called Neonics to Blame for the World’s Bees Crisis?

Janaki Lenin 14/08/2017

Neonicotinoids, popularly called neonics, came on the scene when...

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High Houses on River Islands in Assam Untouched by Floods

Abdul Gani 14/08/2017

This near miracle has been made possible because of...

Children at the BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur. Credit: PTI

While NHRC Calls Out ‘Gross Callousness’ in Gorakhpur Hospital, Amit Shah Says ‘This Happens’

The Wire Staff 14/08/2017

The National Human Rights Commission has asked the UP...

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Debate: To Stop Superstition, We Need Viable Ethical Perspectives, Not More Science

Sundar Sarukkai 14/08/2017

Scientists cannot take a moral ground about blind beliefs...

A girl carrying dishes walks along a flooded area in Janakpur, Nepal, August 13, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar

Nepal Floods, Landslides Claim 49 Lives

Reuters 14/08/2017

The heavy rain, which mainly hit the country’s southern...