Vasudevan Mukunth

Vasudevan Mukunth is the science editor at The Wire.

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AYUSH Ministry Deflects Criticism of Anti-Coronavirus Advisory; The Wire Responds

Vasudevan Mukunth 06/02/2020

The Ministry of AYUSH issued an advisory on beating...

Wuhan coronavirus, The Hindu, science journalism, National Centre for Biological Sciences, 2019 nCoV, 2019 novel coronavirus, Hubei province, Department of Atomic Energy, Indian Council of Medical Research, Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, US Department of Defense, Bomrr clan, Nagaland, filoviruses, Mukund Thattai, Peter Hotez, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Health Ministry Screening Committee,

Controversy and Confusion Over The Hindu’s Report of Bengaluru Scientists’ Study

Vasudevan Mukunth 03/02/2020

The study had found that a type of virus...

2019 nCoV, 2019 novel coronavirus, Wuhan coronavirus, meat eating, cattle rearing, livestock, climate change, greenhouse gases, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide, methane, UN FAO, US CDC, MERS, SARS, Huanan wet market, Huana seafood market, Wuhan city, Hubei province, cow vigilantism, cow vigilante, lynch mobs, lynching,

‘No Meat, No Coronavirus’ Makes No Sense

Vasudevan Mukunth 02/02/2020

Meat-eating has become more problematic of late on two...

Pune, Kolkata, Vijayawada, Coimbatore, Mumbai, Kozhikode, Singrauli, urban street network, road layout, roads, cities, Suva, Caracas, Tokyo, New York, Japan, Atlas of Urban Expansion, Global Human Settlement Layer, circuitous roads, traffic jam, commute time, OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, remote sensing, social wellbeing, urban heat island effect, Harini Nagendra, habitat fragmentation, concrete jungle, public transport, greenhouse gases, Delhi air pollution, vehicular emissions, cars,

Simple Road Maps Show India’s Cities Are Snaking Towards Ecological, Social Chaos

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/01/2020

New roads in Pune, Kolkata, Vijayawada, Coimbatore, Mumbai and...

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Eminent Journal ‘Nature’ Joins India’s Scholars to Protest University Violence

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/01/2020

Nature's editorial is notable because it places the weight...

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‘Deteriorating Situation’ in JNU Prompts Science Profs to Seek Refuge in IIT

Vasudevan Mukunth 13/01/2020

As some faculty members at JNU consider quitting because...

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Factcheck: Haryana CM Khattar Doesn’t Have Science’s Support to Ban Same-Gotra Marriages

Vasudevan Mukunth 11/01/2020

Providing premarital counselling and preconception genetic counselling will have...