Year: 2020

urban loneliness, Eric Klinenberg, social architecture, familiarity principle, mere exposure effect, libraries, student housing, senior living, Bangalore, Mumbai, Singapore, Pruitt-Igoe housing complex, corridor blocks, age-specific housing, intergenerational living, Oscar Newman, Jan Gehl, social cohesion,

Are You Becoming Lonelier? Your City Might Be Part of the Problem.

Nia Puliyel 23/01/2020

The more connected we are, the less lonely we...

Indian Space Research Organisation, GSLV Mark 3, GSLV, PSLV, Advanced Data Processing Research Institute, ISRO, Observer Research Foundation, remote sensing, satcom policy, space security, International Code of Conduct for Outer Space, space weapons, Prevention of Placement of Weapons in Outer Space, rendezvous and proximity operations, Geospatial Information Regulation Bill 2016, Ikonos satellite,

Book Review: A Historical Overview of How India Is Using Space for Its Security

Narayan Prasad 23/01/2020

A new book makes the case for why India's...

Man wearing a mask reads on the subway in Beijing

China Virus Spreads to US, Curbing Travel Plans and Spooking Markets

Se Young Lee and Lusha Zhang 22/01/2020

Authorities have confirmed more than 300 cases of the virus in China,...

Thirty-Metre Telescope, Thirty Meter Telescope, Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, Canary Islands, Hanle, Ladakh, Indian Astronomical Observatory, Department of Science and Technology, Mauna Kea,

India Wants Thirty-Metre Telescope Shifted Out of Hawaii

The Wire Staff 22/01/2020

India has committed 10% of the project's resources, a...

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Flying Less Should Be a High-Priority Climate Action

Parke Wilde 22/01/2020

Air travel is a significant – and unequally distributed...

private healthcare, doctoring, information asymmetry, unethical practices, healthcare privatisation, medical care, private healthcare, private hospitals, NITI Aayog, public-private partnership,

The ‘Specialist-Entrepreneur’ and the Business of Medical Care

Mathew George 22/01/2020

The act of doctoring as undertaken by any specialist...

Gujjar-Bakkarwals-Tribes-found-in-AJKJK-Himachal

As FRA Implementation Hangs Fire, J&K’s Nomadic Tribes Live in Uncertainty

Mudasir Ahmad 22/01/2020

J&K should have come under the purview of the...