Year: 2021

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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...

India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F08) carrying GSAT-6A communication satellite blasts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, March 29, 2018. Photo: Reuters/P. Ravikumar/File photo

Brazilian, Indian Startup Satellite in ISRO’s First Mission in 2021 on February 28

India’s first commercial private satellite will be launched on...

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Gauhati HC Asks Centre To Respond on Petitions Against Oil Drilling in Forest

Gaurav Das 10/02/2021

In December 2020, the court had stayed OIL's drilling...

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Indian Dentistry Is in Crisis – the New Dental Commission Bill Should Step Up

Sonali Randhawa 10/02/2021

The NDC Bill 2020 takes an important step in...

Voters line up to cast their vote outside a polling station in Assam in 2014. Photo: Reuters

Is an Assamese-Medium Medical College Just a Poll Gimmick?

Manjil Saikia 10/02/2021

Assam needs a robust language policy before it can...