Month: January 2020

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How Prepared Is India to Deal With a Viral Outbreak?

Nilanjan Banik 26/01/2020

In the event of the coronavirus outbreak now, policymakers...

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Arrival of Alphonso Mangoes This Year Impacted by Unexpected Weather

Varsha Torgalkar 26/01/2020

Extended monsoon, cyclones and a general change in weather...

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Why Bolsonaro Represents the Real Threat to Modi’s NRC Agenda

Raghu Karnad 25/01/2020

The presence of the Brazilian president at Republic Day...

A child wears mask to prevent an outbreak of a new coronavirus at the Hong Kong West Kowloon High Speed Train Station, in Hong Kong

Coronavirus Death Toll Rises to 41, More Than 1,300 Infected Worldwide

Judy Hua and Se Young Lee 25/01/2020

The virus has also been detected in Thailand, Vietnam,...

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Most Forest Fires in India Are Due to Human Activity

Kanchan Srivastava 25/01/2020

Over 30,000 forest fires were reported in India in...

Palomar Transient Factory, Zwicky Transient Facility, small telescopes, Vera Rubin Observatory, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Shrinivas Kulkarni, SpaceX Starlink, astronomical twilight, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, dark energy, Hubble constant, redshift, Doppler effect, charge-coupled devices, Type Ia supernovae, supernova, neutron stars, pulsars, millisecond pulsars, Alex Filippenko, Ooty radio telescope, Govind Swarup, IIT Delhi, Caltech Optical Observatory, Donald Backer,

Interview: Shrinivas Kulkarni, Finder of a Thousand Exploding Stars

Jatan Mehta 25/01/2020

An interview with the creator of the Palomar Transient...

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‘Diabetic Surviving on One Kidney’: 76-Year-Old J&K Lawyer’s Family Fear for his Health in Prison

Majid Maqbool 24/01/2020

Mian Abdul Qayoom's nephew Muzaffar says he has lost...