Month: March 2018

A farmer sprays pesticides. Representative image. Credit: wuzefe/pixabay

Does the Government Really Need a New ‘Pesticides Management Bill’?

Kavitha Kuruganti 07/03/2018

It is unclear why the Government of India is...

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South Africa Blames Food Firms for World’s Worst Listeria Outbreak

James Macharia and Tanisha Heiberg 07/03/2018

The government linked the outbreak to a meat product...

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A High Energy Physicist in Odisha Probes the Interrelated Universe

Nandita Jayaraj 07/03/2018

Dr Swapna Mahapatra explains the context of her research...

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New Government Report Affirms India’s Patient-First Commitment on Pharma Patents

Anoo Bhuyan 07/03/2018

A government review says it is well within its...

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Rural India Struggles With High Road Accidents But Low Access to Emergency Care

Anika Juneja and Harendra Sijwali 07/03/2018

More than half of road accidents in India happen...

An artist's impression of the universe's first stars, embedded in a sea of gas, with the cosmic microwave background radiation depicted along the edges. Credit: N.R. Fuller, National Science Foundation

Ancient Starlight Trapped in Cosmic Gas Offers Clues About Universe’s Firstborn Suns

Sandhya Ramesh 06/03/2018

… and with that, dark matter is not far...

Representative image. Male and female garden spiders. Credit: pixabay

These Spiders Woo Potential Mates by Offering Them Wrapped Packages of Food

Male hunting spiders follow chemical signals that females leave...