Year: 2018

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Scientists Ask President to Intervene in Controversial ISRO Bigwig Transfer

The Wire Staff 01/08/2018

One of K. Sivan's first moves as ISRO chairman...

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Fourteen More Die in Uttar Pradesh Rains, Toll Increases to 106

Chief minister Adityanath has directed officials to provide immediate...

This computer-generated view depicts part of Mars at the boundary between darkness and daylight, with an area including Gale Crater beginning to catch morning light

How to Grow Crops on Mars If We Are to Live on the Red Planet

Briardo Llorente 01/08/2018

It is common knowledge that scientists have been preparing...

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Saying That We Aren’t Exceeding Earth’s Carrying Capacity Is Wishful Thinking

Richard Heinberg 01/08/2018

Ted Nordhaus, co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute, has a...

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Why Institutions of Eminence Should Be Set up at the State-Level

Dheeraj Sanghi 01/08/2018

If 20 states declare five private universities each as...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicating the newly-constructed building of IIT Gandhinagar to the nation, in Gujarat on October 07, 2017. Credit: PIB

PM Research Fellowship Now Open to All Science and Technology Graduates

The Wire Staff 31/07/2018

In the scheme's first year, only 135 fellowships were...

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Sterlite Copper Plant Row: NGT Declines Interim Relief to Vedanta

A bench headed by National Green Tribunal chairperson A....