Month: July 2019

Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, Chandrayaan 2, Kailasavadivoo Sivan, helium-3, lithium-ion cells, Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, Gaganyaan, CartoSat 3, semi-cryogenic engine, Bharatiya Janata Party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, nationalism, regolith, Kurt Vonnegut, Chandrayaan 2,

Don’t Let the Excitement Over Chandrayaan 2 Distract From the Bigger Picture

Vasudevan Mukunth 04/07/2019

It is understandable that nobody wants to be left...

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Centre Plans Rs 450-Crore Project to Translate S&T Learning Material

The Wire Staff 04/07/2019

The IT ministry's proposal aims to make teaching and...

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India’s Monsoon Rain Below Average for Fifth Straight Week

Rajendra Jadhav 04/07/2019

India received 6% less rainfall than the 50-year average...

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Biblical Bad Guys the Ancient Philistines Came from Europe, DNA Shows

Rinat Harash and Ari Rabinovitch 04/07/2019

Skeletons excavated at the ancient city of Ashkelon in...

Ken-Betwa river interlinking, Central Water Commission, National Water Policy, sewage treatment, Smart Cities programme, waste segregation, catchment areas, Mullaperiyar dam, Chennai water crisis, National Rivers Commission, Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, top news, headlines, big dams, groundwater, groundwater contamination,

The Four Ways in Which India’s Water Blessings Are Turning Into Disasters

Himanshu Thakkar 04/07/2019

India's water resources establishment, led by the Big Dam...

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Mumbai’s People, and the Environment, Are Paying for the City’s ‘Development’

Sukanya Shantha 04/07/2019

The bullet train project, Mumbai coastal road and Metro...

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Widely-Available Genetic Risk Tests Aren’t Always Useful – and Could Even be Harmful

Emma Kowal, Jacqueline Savard and Jeffrey Craig 04/07/2019

Most common chronic diseases are the outcome of complex...