Month: July 2020

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Watch | ‘Testing Sewage Water for COVID-19 Could Be Useful’: Water Policy Analyst Nitya Jacob

Pawanjot Kaur 30/07/2020

For several decades now, wastewater-based epidemiology or WBE has...

Healthcare workers rest in front of a fan during a check up campaign for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a slum area in Mumbai

What You Need to Know Before Trying to Make Sense of Sero-Survey Results

Dr Chandrakant Lahariya 30/07/2020

The sero-surveys to assess the prevalence of antibodies against...

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Mumbai

Over Half of People in Mumbai’s Slums Probably Infected With Coronavirus: Survey

Shilpa Jamkhandikar 30/07/2020

The survey was jointly conducted by Mumbai's municipality, NITI Aayog...

Outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai

Tests Used by BMC in Mumbai Had Many False Negatives. Don’t Be Surprised.

Joel P. Joseph 30/07/2020

The novel coronavirus spreads very fast. This changes a...

Weather: Floods in Assam

Assam Reels Under Flood as Pandemic Wears On

Nabarun Guha 30/07/2020

Despite the dual challenges, a section of government officials...

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With IN-SPACe in the Picture, What Is the Space Activities Bill’s Place?

Kunwar Surya Pratap, Lavanya Pathak and Biswanath Gupta 29/07/2020

There is need for a legal framework to help...

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It’s Time to Get Serious About Research Fraud

Dalmeet Singh Chawla 29/07/2020

Scientists guilty of research misconduct often get away with...