Month: March 2018

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Centre Grants Environmental Clearance to Ambitious Neutrino Lab on ‘Special’ Basis

The Wire Staff 21/03/2018

An Expert Appraisal Committee of MoEF&CC issued environmental clearance...

The committee has recommended a “minimum compulsory period” of domestic medical service for those who study in tax-funded government colleges. Credit: Pixabay

Parliamentary Panel Suggests Compulsory Domestic Medical Service for Doctors

Anoo Bhuyan 20/03/2018

The standing committee on health was tasked with examining...

A tunneling electron microscope image of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

An Old TB Detection Test Gets a Much-Needed Makeover

Sarah Iqbal 20/03/2018

A new compound called DMN-Tre has been found to...

A girl wrapped in a shawl looks on as she waits along with her mother for a train at a railway station on a cold winter morning in New Delhi, India January 3, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Saumya Khandelwal

A Two-Child Policy Won’t Take India Closer to ‘Vikas’

Kanika Sharma, Mohit Gandhi, Navneet Wadkar and Sayan Das 20/03/2018

Multiple petitions in court are seeking a two-child cap...

A child wears a face mask for protection from air pollution in Delhi, India November 14, 2017. Credit: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

Government Offices, Including PMO, Buy Air Purifiers to Combat Air Pollution in Delhi

Reuters 20/03/2018

Modi's parliamentary offices, NITI Aayog and five ministries including...

A simple reclassification can multiply the development potential of land, such as is visible along Mumbai's shoreline. Credit: sarangib/pixabay

Circumventing the CRZ: Unlocking Mumbai’s Coastal Real Estate

Shweta Wagh and Hussain Indorewala 20/03/2018

Every amendment made to the CRZ without public debate...

Increasing teenage pregnancy could have contributed to the high rates of malnutrition in Cambodia's children. Credit: Flickr/Davidlohr Bueso CC BY 2.0

Spike in Adolescent Pregnancy Brings Nutrition Challenges in Cambodia

Corinne Redfern, News Deeply 20/03/2018

New parents say they do not have the resources...