Month: June 2019

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Developed, Urbanised Districts Have High HIV Prevalence: Study

Aditi Jain 24/06/2019

A single national approach on HIV control, then, may...

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The Centre’s Exclusionist View of Conservation Is Increasingly Counterproductive

Madhu Ramnath 24/06/2019

A series of decisions uncovers the facade that is...

Supreme-Court

SC Seeks Responses of Centre, Bihar, UP Govts on Encephalitis Deaths

The Bihar government was directed to file an affidavit...

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Two More AES deaths in Muzaffarpur, Toll Rises to 152

The Wire Staff 24/06/2019

The deaths were reported even as officials asserted that...

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Behind Façade of Clean Mountain Towns, Kullu and Manali Struggle to Manage Waste

Kesang Thakur 24/06/2019

Authorities blame the surge in tourism for mounting waste,...

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Secret to Why the Avalanche of Smoke and Rocks From a Volcano Is so Deadly? Gas

Ronak Gupta 23/06/2019

Pyroclastic flows can reach speeds of an F1 car...

Bellatrix Aerospace

India’s Space Startups Ignite Investor Interest

Sachin Ravikumar and Ismail Shakil 23/06/2019

Their fundraising represents a big leap in private space...