Month: June 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi doing yoga during the International Yoga Day, 2017. Credit: PTI

The Yoga Sutra Is Incompatible With Modern Postural Yoga, and Science

S.K. Arun Murthi 21/06/2018

It is very difficult to reconcile Patanjali’s yoga sutra...

An image in Claude Cohen-Tannoudji's 1994 paper, commemorating the contributions of S. Pancharatnam. Credit: Current Science

Catching a Glimpse of S. Pancharatnam in History’s Precisest Chemical Reaction

Vasudevan Mukunth 21/06/2018

Before his untimely death at the age of 35,...

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The Shift to Aadhaar-Linked Funds Transfer is Hurting Young Scientists

Virat Markandeya 21/06/2018

Aadhaar-linked direct benefit transfer of scholarships to CSIR and...

A general view of the lobby area is pictured at the Fortis Memorial Hospital at Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, May 20, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee

Corporate Hospitals in the US Point to the Path India Shouldn’t Be Taking

Jay Desai 21/06/2018

Unfortunately, the Indian healthcare system is following the American...

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India Racing to Apply for Nine Million Courses of Elephantiasis Drugs by July

Anoo Bhuyan 20/06/2018

Nine million courses is all that is left from...

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Why You Should Care About Depersonalisation in Healthcare

Surbhi Shrivastava 20/06/2018

There is a need in healthcare to move from...

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To Avoid Humans, More Wildlife Now Work the Night Shift

Kaitlyn Gaynor 20/06/2018

It's becoming harder and harder for animals to find...