Month: September 2019

The ongoing Metro III construction work at Prajapur Pada at Aarey forest, North Mumbai. Credit: Wire Staff

Mumbai’s Aarey Area Is Government Land, Not Forest: Devendra Fadnavis

Several activists, politicians and celebrities have opposed the government's...

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Why the Draft Scientific Social Responsibility Policy Seems Set to Be an Eyewash

Malhar 15/09/2019

The problem is that when knowledge workers undertake their...

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Engineers’ Day: The Story of the Irishman Who Moulded Visvesvaraya’s Alma Mater

Aparajith Ramnath 15/09/2019

Commemorating Engineers' Day, the birth anniversary of the noted...

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Has Science Let Radiation Scare Us to Death?

Mark Wolverton, Undark Magazine 15/09/2019

Until now, the notion that has been followed is...

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India Must Stop Deforesting Its Mountains If It Wants to Fight Floods

Gayathri D. Naik 15/09/2019

Climate change is causing stronger and more erratic rainfall...

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Govt Stalls Payments to 26 Lakh TB Patients Over Suspicious Transactions

Anoo Bhuyan 15/09/2019

The Union health ministry has stopped transferring money under...

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Kashmir: Haemophilia Patients at Risk as Life-Saving Drugs Run out at SMHS Hospital

Mudasir Ahmad 14/09/2019

Even the very few patients and their families who...