Month: February 2021

Maxar's satellite image shows an overview of NTPC's under-construction Tapovan Vishnugad Hydropower plant project along the Dhauliganga River in the Uttarakhand region of India before glacial collapse and flash flood

The Science and the Political Economy of the Rishi Ganga Flood

R. Sreedhar 11/02/2021

The damages being wrought on the third pole are...

Untreated sewage from a residential area flows into the Ganges river in Mirzapur, India. Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui

Lockdown Reduced Heavy Metal Levels in Ganga by 50%: IIT Kanpur Study

The Wire Staff 11/02/2021

Levels of dissolved heavy elements in Ganga River decreased...

A microbiologist processes coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests in a lab at the Government Medical College in Kochi, India. Photo:Reuters/Sivaram V

Protein Behind Lesser Spread of Coronavirus Variant in Asia Than Europe, North America: Study

Researchers from National Institute of Biomedical Genomics(NIBMG) find that...

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Policy Memo: How Can We Improve the Prospects of India’s Women in STEM?

Shruti Muralidhar and Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan 11/02/2021

It's not a trivial matter that half of our...

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Coronavirus Coverage and the Silencing of Female Expertise

Teresa Carr 11/02/2021

Once you notice the dominance of the (typically White)...

Rescue operation outside a tunnel after a part of a glacier broke away, in Tapovan,Uttarakhand.Photo:Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis

In Indian Himalayas, Drones Draw Blank in Search for Workers Missing in Flooded Tunnel

Reuters 11/02/2021

204 people remain unaccounted for in the Tapovan tunnel,...

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Why Are There So Many Antibiotics but So Few Antiviral Drugs?

Amber Dance, Knowable Magazine 11/02/2021

Antibiotics abound, but virus-fighting drugs are harder to come...