Rahul Siddharthan

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Why the IIT Kharagpur ‘Vedic Calendar’ Is Worse Than Ordinary Pseudoscience

Rahul Siddharthan 30/12/2021

The calendar seeks to right historical 'wrongs' for an...

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There’s No Hard Data This Drug Treats COVID-19. Can Doctors Give It Anyway?

Rahul Siddharthan 23/03/2020

The story behind the premature hype of hydroxychloroquine involves...

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India’s Three Science Academies Don’t Want to Rock the Education Boat

Rahul Siddharthan 23/07/2019

It is not clear why INSA, IASc and NASI...

Union budget 2019, higher education, Nirmala Sitharaman, Ministry of Human Resource Development, National Research Foundation, draft National Education Policy, K Kasturirangan, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Rashtriya Shiksha Aayog, research funding, travel grants,

Why the National Research Foundation Is Part Good News, Part Abeyance

Rahul Siddharthan 09/07/2019

While a body like the National Research Foundation would...

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Sundar Sarukkai’s Claim That the ‘March for Science’ Was Unscientific Is Farcical

Rahul Siddharthan 11/08/2017

In a flawed critique against the March for Science...