Month: April 2019

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Game of Thrones Holds Many Lessons for Climate Justice Movements

Nathan Thanki 20/04/2019

Game of Thrones provides us with more sharp parallels...

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

Pseudoscientific Claims Are Irrational – but That’s Not Their Biggest Danger

Anurag Mehra 20/04/2019

The proposition that – once we remove all "others"...

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Let’s Leave Research to the Researchers

Leslee Lazar 20/04/2019

Top-down authoritarian control of science is detrimental for three...

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A Young Doctor’s Appeal: Let’s Understand Privilege Before We Talk Merit

Anonymous 19/04/2019

The toll that casteist remarks take on the mental...

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MBBS Curriculum Updated After 22 Years, but Barely Mentions Disability

Anoo Bhuyan 18/04/2019

The Medical Council of India and the Union health...

Secretary of the Department of Biotechnology Renu Swarup. Credit: Special Arrangement

Interview | Biotech Not Likely Impacted by Pseudoscience: Renu Swarup

Anoo Bhuyan 18/04/2019

In conversation with the secretary of the Department of...

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Unseasonal Rain, Lightning Claims 22 Lives in Madhya Pradesh

Chief minister Kamal Nath expressed grief over the lost...