Month: February 2021

FILE PHOTO: CureVac's experimental COVID-19 vaccine is given to a volunteer in clinical trials

Britain To Work With Germany’s CureVac on Vaccines Against Coronavirus Variants

Reuters 08/02/2021

For CureVac, the alliance marks another move to catch...

Members of Indo-Tibetan Border Police search for survivors after a Himalayan glacier broke and swept away a small hydroelectric dam, in Chormi

Why We Already Know the Rishi Ganga Flood Was a ‘Sooner or Later’ Event

C.P. Rajendran 08/02/2021

There should be no doubt that the Chamoli disaster...

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Union Budget 2021 and the Spirit of Public Health

Dr Sylvia Karpagam 07/02/2021

India is yet to be blessed with a government...

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Uttarakhand Disaster: 125 People Reported Missing, Rishiganga Project Destroyed

The Wire Staff 07/02/2021

Evacuations and search-and-rescue operations are underway.

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Rajasthan: Widows of Miners Killed by Silicosis Forced to Work in Same Stone Mines

Mayank Aggarwal 07/02/2021

Organisations and activists working with mining-affected women are trying...

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How Astronomer Anton Pannekoek Planned To Storm the Heavens

Alex de Jong 07/02/2021

'Science and knowledge are important sources of power,' Pannekoek...

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The Peril of Overlooking the Environmental Crises Behind the Farmers’ Protests

Vasundhara Sirnate Drennan 06/02/2021

A response to Sadanand Dhume's February 4 article for...