Month: June 2019

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Payal Tadvi Suicide Case: NCST Asks Mumbai Police to Expedite Probe

Tadvi, 26, a second-year gynaecology student of TN Topiwala...

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We Need to Fix Household Cooking and Heating Emissions to Beat Air Pollution

Sarath Guttikunda and Santosh Harish 10/06/2019

While the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is an important...

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Why India’s Environmental Law Should Include Legislative Impact Assessments

Balakrishna Pisupati 10/06/2019

Legislation, regulation and policy are often passed or implemented...

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Maharashtra Farmers to Protest Ban on GM Crops, Plant Bt Cotton and Brinjal

Kabir Agarwal 09/06/2019

Farmers’ body Shetkari Sanghatana is opposed to a ban...

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Monsoon Arrives in Kerala After a Week’s Delay

Reuters 09/06/2019

The arrival of the monsoon season will help alleviate...

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Watch | India Burning: Heat Wave Grips Large Parts Of The Country

The Wire Staff 09/06/2019

Explaining the heat wave in the country.

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How NASA Worked Around Earth’s Radiation Belts to Land Apollo 11 on the Moon

Margarita Safonova 09/06/2019

Some people believe we never went to the Moon...