Month: August 2019

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Amazon Rainforest Fires Leave São Paulo in the Dark

Ignacio Amigo 23/08/2019

A Brazilian NGO said the fires are directly connected...

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Uttar Pradesh: Death Toll From Rain-Related Incidents Climbs to 19

Ganga water has also entered some houses in the...

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In Flood-Ravaged Kolhapur, Families Return to Damaged Houses and Bleak Futures

Sukanya Shantha 22/08/2019

From collapsed houses to rotting belongings and disorganised relief...

Indian security force personnel patrol past a Kashmiri woman in a deserted street during restrictions after scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the Indian government, in Srinagar

Kashmir Running Short of Life Saving Drugs as Clampdown Continues

Mudasir Ahmad 22/08/2019

The region continues to grapple with restrictions for the...

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How Do We Stop Genetic Medicine From Perpetuating Inequality?

Eva Amsen 22/08/2019

Doctors must engender a feeling of trustworthiness to correct...

Union Ministry of Culture, Prahlad Singh Patel, Vedic Heritage, Vedas, Rig Veda, particle physics, Hindutva, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vaidic particle physics, quantum chromodynamics, ancient knowledge, Fritjof Capra, The Tao of Physics, Rajnath Singh, S-matrix theory, quantum field theory, Prakriti, ayurveda, astrology, scientism, Audrey Truschke, Sheldon Pollock, Patricia Sauthoff, Nalanda University,

Culture Ministry’s New ‘Vedic Heritage’ Portal Only Debases the Study of Vedas

Vasudevan Mukunth 22/08/2019

Its inability to engage with the great philosophical and...

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Water Level Recedes, Yamuna Below Danger Mark

"The level of Yamuna at railway bridge was 206.60...