Month: November 2021

Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan holds a dose of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, during a vaccination campaign at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital in New Delhi.

Covaxin 50% Effective Against Symptomatic COVID: Real-World Study

The latest study assessed 2,714 hospital workers at AIIMS...

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Why We Need Data Stories and Digital Tools To Achieve Rural Water Security

Veena Srinivasan 23/11/2021

Water sector practitioners currently either present numbers without narratives...

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Interview: How Pseudoscience Became Central to Nazism

Ondřej Bělíček 23/11/2021

The author of a new book offers a closer...

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Andhra Floods May Disrupt ISRO’s Plans for Pending 2021 Launches

The Wire Staff 23/11/2021

ISRO's plans, including the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission, have...

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Study of 3,366 Chickpea Genomes Identifies New Approaches To Improve Crops

D.P. Kasbekar 23/11/2021

The study found that in both chickpea and common...

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Mammoths Lost Their Steppe Habitat to Climate Change

Elise Cutts 23/11/2021

New findings don't provide much evidence for the idea...

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Superstitious Beliefs – Another Source of Demand in India’s Illegal Wildlife Trade

Aathira Perinchery 22/11/2021

The international illegal trade discourse portrays the believers of...