Month: June 2019

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Bengal Strike: More Than 100 Doctors Resign From State-Run Hospitals

The Wire Staff 14/06/2019

Relatives of Trinamool Congress members have also criticised the...

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Delhi Government Partners With Facebook to Enrol More Blood Donors

The Wire Staff 14/06/2019

If there is a need for blood, the blood...

The programme sets an overall cap on the permitted PM emissions in Surat’s textile industry. Representational image. Source: United Nations Photos/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Gujarat’s Emission Trading Scheme is India’s First Real Battle in War Against Air Pollution

Siddharth Goel 14/06/2019

The scheme is a marked departure from the traditional...

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Why Astronomers Are Up in Arms Against SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites

Abhijeet Borkar 14/06/2019

A thousand-dozen satellites would outnumber stars visible to the...

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Bihar Govt is Blaming Low Blood Sugar for Children’s Deaths From Suspected Encephalitis

The Wire Staff 14/06/2019

The death toll has climbed to 43.

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Latest BP Energy Report Confirms World Is on an Unsustainable Path

Gerardo Honty 14/06/2019

The world continues increasing its consumption of fossil fuels...

The marijuana-laden incense burners were apparently used during funerary rites.

Central Asians Smoked Weed 2,500 Years Ago, Remains at Tomb Suggest

Will Dunham 14/06/2019

This may be the oldest evidence of smoking cannabis...