Year: 2019

air-pollution

Modi Government Launches National Clean Air Programme With Focus on 102 Cities

The Wire Staff 11/01/2019

The project has a budget of Rs 300 crore...

Johnson and Johnson: SC Closes Case for Faulty Hip Implants

The court said that the Centre has taken steps...

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Gauri Lankesh Murder Probe Is Chance for DNA Bill to Prove Its Mettle

The Wire Analysis 11/01/2019

A DNA profile stands for one more strand of...

The Long March 2 G/F rocket that carried Tiangong-1 into orbit on September 29, 2011. Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office

China, Clearly a Country in a Hurry When It Comes to Space

Manoj Joshi 11/01/2019

We should not forget that if the Chang’e 4...

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Eavesdrop on the Forest to Monitor Biodiversity, Say Researchers

Shreya Dasgupta 11/01/2019

Bioacoustics could be the key to assessing what’s working...

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Supreme Court’s Monsanto Ruling Overlooks Need to Protect Farmers’ Rights

Kumar Karan and Mehak Sachdeva 11/01/2019

By allowing Monsanto its patent under the Patents Act...

A pipe pumps polluted water from the Nanfeihe River into a treatment pool, in Hefei, Anhui province September 1, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Stringer

How Hyderabad’s Pharma City is Flouting Environmental Norms

Vamsi Chaitanya 11/01/2019

The proposed plan includes shifting pharmaceutical industries located in...