Year: 2019

Michael Atiyah, Hermann Weyl, Isadore M Singer, VK Patodi, Nicolas Bourbaki, Harish-Chandra, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, Armand Borel, Raoul Bott, Abel Prize, Fields Medal, number theory, Freeman Dyson, George Dyson, algebra, geometry, John von Neumann, James Clerk Maxwell, Scotland, Claude Chevalley, Pythagoras, differential calculus, foundations of logic, Kurt Gödel, fundamental physics, Alan Turing,

Michael Atiyah, Mathematician Who Went Farther Than Most by the Light of Beauty

C.S. Aravinda, Bhāvanā Magazine 12/01/2019

He received the Fields Medal in 1966 and the...

All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee members and farmers at the rally at Ramlila Maidan on November 29, 2018. Credit: PTI/Ravi Choudhary

Politicians Must Recognise That Groundwater Has a Big Role in Farmers’ Crisis

K.A.S. Mani 12/01/2019

The farm crisis is more serious in ecologically fragile...

Indian Space Research Organisation, K Sivan, Chandrayaan 2, Chandrayaan 3, soft-landing, lunar landing, autonomous landing, Vikram lander, Vikram Sarabhai, Pragyan rover, SpaceIL, Beresheet, JAXA, ISRO, Langmuir probe, RAMBHA, lunar seismic activity, Aditya L1, Gaganyaan, human spaceflight mission,

Chandrayaan 2 Launch in April, ISRO Opens Nodal Centre for Gaganyaan Work

The Wire Staff 12/01/2019

"Right now, Chandrayaan is scheduled from March 25 to...

sand mines

Vast Amounts of Illegally Mined Atomic Mineral Found in Tamil Nadu

Sandhya Ravishankar 12/01/2019

A court-ordered report has raised red flags over stocks...

Nature journal, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistan, Lahore, fake journals, plagiarism, research quality, research productivity, Beaconhouse National University, Anjum Altaf, University of Management and Technology, MHRD, Habib University, Pakistan Higher Education Commission, Clarivate Analytics, citation hacking

What Pakistan’s Amazing Research Productivity Statistic Isn’t Telling You

Emaan Majed and Bilal Anwar 11/01/2019

The journal Nature reported in December that Pakistan's research...

Some 250,000 of India’s 649,481 villages have been declared open defecation free. Credit: Reuters

Swachh Bharat Unable To Popularise Safest Type of Toilets: Report

The Wire Staff 11/01/2019

The study found that households who had twin pit...

FILE PHOTO: An iceberg floats in a fjord near the town of Tasiilaq, Greenland, June 24, 2018. Credit: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

Oceans Warming Faster Than Expected, Set Heat Record in 2018: Scientists

Alister Doyle 11/01/2019

"Global warming is here, and has major consequences already....