Month: March 2018

Women assembled for the Maasik Jodey Mitrata campaign in Bharkawada, Gujarat. Credit: Priyanka Jain

Befriending Menstruation: A Feminist Revolution in Rural Gujarat

Tanushree Gangopadhyay 31/03/2018

Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani launched the Maasik Jodey Maitrata...

Olive ridley hatchlings finding their way back to sea at Versova beach. Credit: Virat A Singh/ Twitter

Olive Ridley Turtles Make a Comeback on Mumbai’s Versova Beach

Sarah Iqbal 30/03/2018

The reappearance of these turtle hatchlings may be related...

A view of the Venus reconstructed from radar images that Magellan took between 1990 and 1994. Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS

What Tectonics on Venus Can Tell Us About How the Planet Was Formed

The Wire Staff 30/03/2018

There is new evidence that a natural feature unique...

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A Billion Candles: Is There an Indian Way of Doing Science?

Mukund Thattai 30/03/2018

Mukund Thattai examines the steady growth of the All...

Gopendra Singh Parmar (in pink), received a refund of Rs 15.6 lakh from Medanta on agreeing to withdraw a police case he filed against them. Credit: Anoo Bhuyan/Twitter

Health Ministry Brokers Rs 15 Lakh Refund to Bereaved Parents, Medanta Uses It as Hush-Money

Anoo Bhuyan 30/03/2018

Medanta Hospital asked the father of seven-year-old Shaurya Prathap...

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Launch of NASA Telescope Hailed as Hubble’s Successor Pushed to 2020

The Wire Staff 30/03/2018

The James Webb Space Telescope won't launch before 2020....

Computer-generated image of Tiangong-1. Credit: Chinese Manned Space Agency

Tiangong-1 Crash: Why It’s So Hard to Predict Where Space Debris Will Land

Matteo Ceriotti 30/03/2018

The smallest changes in many factors, like solar activity...