Year: 2019

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Despite Landmark Judgment, Issues of Regulation Remain in India’s Biodiversity Regime

Shalini Bhutani and Kanchi Kohli 05/03/2019

The judgment clarifies the powers of the state biodiversity...

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An Archaic Conservationists’ Bias Haunts the Forest Rights Act

Manasi Gandhi 05/03/2019

Some conservationists harbour a model of conservation in which...

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Ashok Khemka Transferred Again – This Time Over ‘Development’ in Aravalli Hills

The Wire Staff 05/03/2019

Khemka had voiced concerns over the state's recent changes...

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ISRO Doesn’t Have a Satisfactory Answer to Why It Wants to Put Indians in Space

Arup Dasgupta 04/03/2019

ISRO has come a long way in 50 years...

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‘Micro Snails’ Scraped From Sidewalks Hold Clues of Earth’s Biological Evolution

Matthew Brown and Daniel Lahr 04/03/2019

Using the family relationships between single-celled protists alive today,...

The boundary wall of the Numaligarh Refinery seen blocking the elephant corridor from Kaziranga National Park. Credit: Samarjit Sharma

Elephant Corridor Near Kaziranga Remains Blocked Even After SC Order to Remove

Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty 04/03/2019

"Elephants have the first right to the forest. Elephants...

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Do Indian Patients Even Know Their Rights?

Harleen Kaur 04/03/2019

These rights would become meaningful only when built on...