Year: 2018

Bhartiya Shiksha Board, CBSE, state board education, MHRD, Prakash Javadekar, Vedic schools, Ved pathshalas, Vedic vidyalayas, school textbooks, rewriting history, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Vedavidya Pratishthan, secondary education, board exams, Murty Trust, Vedic text, Harappan civilisation, Hindutva

The Modi Government’s Pseudoscience Drive Is More Than an Attack on Science

Vasudevan Mukunth 27/09/2018

A person who peddles a "fact" that Indians flew airplanes...

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Discrimination, Growing Resistance to Drugs Fuelling India’s Tuberculosis Crisis

Madlen Davies 27/09/2018

Experts believe counselling for patients to start their treatment,...

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Swachh Bharat Should Also Eliminate Caste Discrimination

Jayshree Bajoria 26/09/2018

In addition to mechanising sanitation systems and supporting a...

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Malaria Mosquitoes Wiped out in Lab Trials of Gene Drive Testing

Kate Kelland 26/09/2018

The researchers managed to eliminate the population in less...

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What Observing Animals Has Told Us About Altruism in Nature

Anoushka Dasgupta 26/09/2018

There are many instances of entirely magnanimous acts. There...

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WHO Concerned About Ebola ‘Perfect Storm’ in Congo

Tom Miles 26/09/2018

At least 100 people have died in the outbreak,...

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Male Blood Donors to Be Quizzed About Sexual Behaviour Now

The Wire Staff 26/09/2018

The revised donor questionnaire reportedly directs blood banks to...