C.P. Rajendran

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New Draft EIA Protocol Will Leave Us Vulnerable to Environmental Exploitation

C.P. Rajendran 04/06/2020

The new notification will drastically water down norms for...

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A Pandemic Is the Price We Pay for Ignoring the Warnings

C.P. Rajendran 31/03/2020

The similarities between SARS and COVID-19 can't go unnoticed.

Junagadh Agricultural University, cowpathy, Ministry of AYUSH, cow urine, cow dung, gaumutra, panchgavya, panchagavya, Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog, cancer, pseudoscience, cow protection, cow vigilantism, SUTRA PIC, SVAROP,

Cowpathy Is an Open Path to Pseudoscience

C.P. Rajendran 04/03/2020

Why does the government broadcast the misguided views of...

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How Did Mata Amritanandamayi Devi Become the First Author of a Scientific Paper?

C.P. Rajendran 24/01/2020

Recently, a curious scientific paper published in April 2017...

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The Shrinking Space for Scientific Temper in India Is Worrying

C.P. Rajendran 04/11/2019

We should celebrate India's constitutional provision for the scientific...

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The Science and Chaos of Complex Systems

C.P. Rajendran 17/10/2019

Twentieth century physics rests on three pillars: the theories...

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A Gadfly’s Perspective on Human Spaceflight

C.P. Rajendran 27/09/2019

The question about benefits is rhetorical but an instance...