Month: June 2020

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The Human Body’s Immune Response to the Novel Coronavirus

Niranjana Rajalakshmi 03/06/2020

Understanding the body's response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus is...

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Could One Type of Neutron Stars Explain Where Fast Radio Bursts Come From?

Debdutta Paul 03/06/2020

In the last 13 or so years, astronomers have...

A security person stands guard at Jammu & Kashmir National Highway, during day-3 of a nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in Jammu. Photo: PTI

COVID-19: Worry in J&K as Busy Bureaucrat Tests Positive, Many Quarantined

Mudasir Ahmad 03/06/2020

A senior official in the health department said the...

In November, the WHO recommended a triple-drug therapy to eliminate elephantiasis. Representative image. Credit: Pixabay

A Report on Drug Regulator CDSCO’s ‘Irregular’ Approvals Has Gone ‘Missing’

The Wire Staff 03/06/2020

Questions have arisen over whether this has been due...

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When You Green a Desert, You Invite Locust Swarms

Ninad Avinash Mungi, Neeraj Mahar and Sutirtha Lahiri 02/06/2020

Government policies often consider the green of vegetation more...

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Why the Etalin Hydroelectric Power Project Is Flawed

Abhishek Chakravarty and Hemant Kumar Neopaney 02/06/2020

With over 169 dams proposed in the mountain state...

Laura Ng is pictured with her hydroxychloroquine prescription during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Seattle

Why the Health Ministry’s Hydroxychloroquine Recommendation Is Not Legal

Tanmay Singh 02/06/2020

If HCQ is to be marketed as a prophylactic...