Year: 2018

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Access to North Sentinel Eased Even as NITI Aayog Unveils A&N Tourism Plans

Rishika Pardikar 28/11/2018

Was the intention to open North Sentinel for tourism...

agricultural distress, Azad Maidan, Bundelkhand, climate change, drought, farmer suicide, farmer’s march, global warming, Indian monsoon, Indian Ocean, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Kharif crop, livestock, melting glaciers, northeast monsoon, ocean warming, rabi crop, rising sea level, southwest monsoon, Sunderbans, wheat cultivation,

As Farmers March to Delhi, Climate Change Fuels Their Larger Crisis

Nagraj Adve 28/11/2018

Perhaps we can visualise a farmers’ march 20 years...

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In Photos: As Activist Recovers from Attack, Illegal Coal Mining Continues in Meghalaya

Rajeev Bhattacharyya 28/11/2018

Photos taken by Agnes Kharshiing and others indicate the...

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Like the Zojila Tunnel, a Train to Ladakh Is Another Empty Promise

Mustafa Haji 28/11/2018

The announcements of trains, bridges and tunnels are like...

One of the Vanguard satellites in Florida in 1958. Credit: NASA

The Uneasy Alliance Between Astrophysics and Warfare

Mark Wolverton 27/11/2018

In their book 'Accessory to War', Neil deGrasse Tyson...

Open Science Framework, Registered Reports, peer review, replication crisis, scientific research, John Ioannidis, biomedical research, scientific papers, conflict of interest, data sharing, experimental protocols, independent verification, scientific publishing, scientometrics

Biomedical Papers Are More Transparent and Reproducible Today Than Before

Lakshmi Supriya 27/11/2018

Many efforts are being made to improve scientific research's...

FILE PHOTO: NASA's InSight spacecraft, destined for the Elysium Planitia region located in Mars' northern hemisphere, undergoes final preparations at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S., April 6, 2018. Credit: REUTERS/Gene Blevins/File Photo

NASA’s InSight Lands on Mars to Peer Into Planet’s Deep Interior

Steve Gorman 27/11/2018

InSight's descent and landing, consisting of about 1,000 individual...