Month: March 2021

Rescue operation outside a tunnel after a part of a glacier broke away, in Tapovan

A Month Since Chamoli Disaster, Scientists Have Reason To Anticipate More

Nivedita Khandekar 07/03/2021

A month after a glacier break led to flash...

Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team, tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), don personal protection suits during a visit at the Hubei Animal Epidemic Disease Prevention and Control Center in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

World No Closer To Answer On COVID Origins Despite WHO Probe

David Stanway 06/03/2021

Critics are accusing the WHO of relying too much...

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Gujarat Govt Says 313 Gir Lions Dead In Two Years

The Wire Staff 06/03/2021

The lions census 2020 was postponed due to the...

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Scientists Record Drastic Loss Of Forest Birds In Western Himalaya

T.V. Padma 06/03/2021

Forest monitoring, protection and honest governance are required to...

An employee at Serum Institute of India removes vials of AstraZeneca's Covishield from a visual inspection machine inside a lab. Photo: Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas

Serum Institute Warns Of Vaccine Supply Hit With US Raw Materials Export Ban

Krishna N. Das and Arghyadeep Dutta 06/03/2021

Invocation of the U.S. defence production preserves vaccine raw...

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In Tanzania, Survival of Giraffes Is Influenced by How Close They Live To Towns

Monica Bond 06/03/2021

Adult female giraffe survival was higher in national parks...

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How Overuse of Sub-Standard Disinfectants Could Develop Bacterial Resistance

Robert Bragg and Charlotte Boucher-van Jaarsveld 06/03/2021

The overuse of disinfectants for combating COVID-19 could result...