Year: 2020

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China: Number of Patients Triple as Coronavirus Spreads to New Areas

Reuters 20/01/2020

The total number of known cases worldwide is now...

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Recognising Forest Rights Helps Reduce Poverty and Improve Conservation

Santosh Vishwanath Gedam 20/01/2020

Democratic decentralisation means to facilitate communities to discuss, debate,...

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Public Hearing Exemption for Hydrocarbon Exploration Makes a Bad Law Worse

Nityanand Jayaraman 19/01/2020

The environment ministry's decision to reduce regulations of oil...

FILE PHOTO: File picture of travellers boarding a train at a railway station in China as the annual Spring Festival travel rush begins ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year

China Unveils 17 New Cases of Mystery Virus That Has Left Two Dead

From the US to Thailand, countries have set up...

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We Don’t Know How Many Mountain Gorillas Live in the Wild. Here’s Why

Katerina Guschanski 18/01/2020

Since there are only about 1,000 mountain gorillas left,...

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FRA Can Now Be Implemented in J&K – so Why Hasn’t It Been Implemented?

Athar Parvaiz 18/01/2020

Tribal leaders and activists say that despite the FRA...

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Indian Institutes Working With Israeli Counterparts Also Help Oppress Palestine

Marcy Newman 18/01/2020

Why would Indian academic institutions partner with Israeli universities,...