Month: July 2019

Royal Bengal Tiger, Climate change tigers, Sundarbans

India’s Tiger Population Has Doubled Since 2006

Releasing the All India Tiger Estimation Report 2018, PM...

Zia ul Haq, Suparco, Pakistani national space agency, Chandrayaan 2, Tiangong 2, astrology, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rehbar rockets, Hatf missile, Shaheen III missile, Major General Amer Nadeem, Tethyan Copper, long distance learning, online learning, rote-learning, Fawad Chaudhry, pushpak vimana,

When Will Pakistan Get Its Slice of the Moon?

Pervez Hoodbhoy 29/07/2019

Pakistan never had a Nehru. A further setback happened...

intercessory prayer, placebo effect, post hoc ergo propter hoc, post hot fallacy, regression to the mean, statistical regression, statistical mean, chronic illness, clustering, random events, medical outcomes, sample size,

A Scientist’s Take on the ‘Power’ of Prayer

Dr Samir Malhotra 29/07/2019

Some patients stop their medication and rely on unproven...

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On International Tiger Day, India Awaits Good News From Counting Exercise

Rakesh Shukla 29/07/2019

The tiger population is now expected to touch around...

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‘Clean Water Is a Luxury We Cannot Afford’

Shraddha Agarwal/PARI 28/07/2019

Maharashtra's Galtare village faces an acute water crisis due...

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Think It’s Hot in Europe? The Human Body Is Already Close to Thermal Limits Elsewhere

Tom Matthews 28/07/2019

Maximum temperatures of 35°C or more are hot by...

solid waste management, Indian Solid Waste Rules, Solid Waste Management Rules, plastic waste, nurdles, environmental performance index, Chandrayaan 2, Manikaran, Himachal Pradesh, NITI Aayog, Kumbh Mela, Ghazipur landfill, MGNREGA,

It’s the Environment, Stupid.

C.P. Rajendran 28/07/2019

The country's landscape is being ravaged by plastics and...