Year: 2018

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Who Owns the Moon? A Space Lawyer Answers

Frans von der Dunk 23/07/2018

Forty-nine years ago, American astronauts planted a US flag...

Forest Rights Act 2006, tribals, forest dwellers, community forests, unclassified forests, TN Godavarman, Sikkim, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Assam, Tripura, Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian Forest Act 1927, tribal communities,

In Sikkim, A Railway Project Tries to Navigate the Forest Rights Act

Tanmoy Bhaduri 23/07/2018

The Sevoke-Rangpo railway project will reportedly affect over 40,000...

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Maternal Mortality Burden on Adivasi Workers in Assam Tea Plantations: Report

The Wire Staff 23/07/2018

Pregnant women are unable to easily access medicines and...

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19,799 Children Died in Maharashtra in 12 Months: Health Minister

The ages of the children who died were not...

The tambaqui is the largest frugivorous fish in the Amazon. Credit: Rufus46/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

An Ancient Alliance of Fish and Forest in the Amazon Is in Danger

Bhanu Sridharan 22/07/2018

Some species of fish specialised in eating fruits and...

Crytals of 99.999% gallium. Credit: foobar/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

The Graceful, and Graceless, Pursuits of Peace in the Quantum World

Vasudevan Mukunth 22/07/2018

There is a fragility among quantum states that makes...

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Exclusive: Draft UN Text on TB No Longer Carries Provisions on Affordable Medicines

Anoo Bhuyan 21/07/2018

India and other developing countries had been resisting US...