Year: 2018

It is incorrect to call them 'predatory' journals because the term predatory suggests that there is a predator and a victim. Credit: nile/pixabay

‘Predatory’ Is a Misnomer in the Unholy Nexus Between Journals and Plagiarism

Rashmi Raniwala and Sudhir Raniwala 10/08/2018

In academia, the crime of plagiarism used to be...

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Monsoon Fury Claims 26 Lives in Kerala; Scores of Dams Opened

More than 10,000 people have been shifted to 157...

In the last couple of weeks, many companies have pledged to stop the use of plastic straws, a common single-use plastic commodity. Credit: AnjaMM/pixabay

Asking People to Have Fewer Babies to Fight Climate Change Is Not Fair

Madalsa Singh 09/08/2018

The greatest trick neoliberalism ever pulled was to convince...

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Gorakhpur Deaths: Adityanath Government Ignored SOS on Oxygen Payments for Months

Anoo Bhuyan 09/08/2018

In the months leading up to the tragedy that...

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The AI Revolution Will Be Led by Toasters, Not Droids

Janelle Shane 09/08/2018

When you think of AI, do you picture a...

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20 Killed in Landslides and Heavy Rains in Kerala

Due to heavy rains and resultant floods in Kozhikode...

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Amidst Rising Heat Waves, UN says Cooling is a Human Right, not a Luxury

Thalif Deen 09/08/2018

At least nine countries, with large populations, face “significant...