Month: September 2018

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Citing DST Budget Limit, INSA Cuts Facilities for Young Scientist Awardees

Amrit B.L.S. 10/09/2018

The INSA council has decided to dispense with the...

Barricades down after a violent protest demanding closure of Vedanta's Sterlite Copper unit entered its 100th day in Thoothukudi on May 22, 2018. Credit: PTI

Sterlite Plant: SC Asks NGT to Decide Merit, Maintainability After Committee Report

The top court said the NGT should consider these...

Kerala before (left) and right after (right) the 2018 floods, as captured by Landsat 8. Credit: NASA

Not Just Learn, India Also Needs to Unlearn Some Lessons From Kerala Floods

Karthikeyan Hemalatha 10/09/2018

As Kerala continues to fight its battle against water-borne...

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Mental Health Insurance Cover in India Is a Welcome, but Unplanned, Move

Hansika Kapoor 10/09/2018

An IRDAI notice to all insurers acknowledging that mental...

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Fight Against Ebola Has New Science, but Faces Old Hurdles in Congo

Fiston Mahamba 10/09/2018

An experimental vaccine has advanced the fight against Ebola but...

Ken-Betwa river interlinking, Central Water Commission, National Water Policy, sewage treatment, Smart Cities programme, waste segregation, catchment areas, Mullaperiyar dam, Chennai water crisis, National Rivers Commission, Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, top news, headlines, big dams, groundwater, groundwater contamination,

Why It’s Time to Reengineer Our Dams

K.A.S. Mani 09/09/2018

A belief that the safety of reservoirs can’t be...

The panel had also suggested that the company pay compensation of around Rs 20 lakh to the affected patients.. Credit: Reuters/File Photo

CIC Directs Disclosure of Documents in J&J Faulty Hip Replacement Case

DePuy Medical Private Limited, a subsidiary of Johnson and...