Year: 2018

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Infinite in All Directions: Language of Fear, IISc’s Silence, a Trembling Giant

Vasudevan Mukunth 26/10/2018

With the world thundering towards warming Earth’s surface by...

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NGT Green Lights Pragati Maidan Redevelopment Even Without Statutory Clearances

Nitin Sethi 26/10/2018

The tribunal has left it to the erring authorities...

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Can Hallucinations Lead to Post-Traumatic Growth?

Alex Fradera 26/10/2018

Participants see hallucinations as something that hindered them, but...

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Environment Ministry’s Cooling Action Plan Is a Good Start but Not Good Enough

Parul Kumar 25/10/2018

The ICAP alludes vaguely to “targeted programmes to enable...

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Air Quality in North India Is Already Hazardous, but the Worst Is yet to Come

Kabir Agarwal 25/10/2018

The PM10 levels and PM2.5 levels are almost seven...

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IISc to Take Action Against Professor for Sexual Harassment After #MeToo Allegations

The Wire Staff 25/10/2018

The woman had alleged that the professor had made...

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Did the Largest Predator in History Really Live in Water?

Ronak Gupta 24/10/2018

Scientists are on the fence about spinosaurus’s unique tag...