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India’s Rivers Are Contaminated By Heavy Metals, Study Finds

The Wire Staff 13/12/2019

While some amount of metals in drinking water is...

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BJP MP Says Speaking Sanskrit Beats Diabetes, Boosts Nervous System

The Wire Staff 13/12/2019

Ganesh Singh, the MP from Satna, made his remarks...

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HC Stays Relief Order for Prof Giridhar Madras in Sexual Harassment Case

The Wire Staff 09/12/2019

Giridhar Madras's forced retirement had been set aside by...

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Indian Scientists and Scholars Issue Statement on Citizenship Amendment Bill

The Wire Staff 09/12/2019

Over 750 scholars from around the world have signed...

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Controversial Chinese Experiment to Edit ‘Anti-HIV’ Gene May Have Actually Failed

The Wire Staff 05/12/2019

Snippets from a scientific paper detailing He Jiankui's experiment...

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Indian Engineer Going Through NASA Data in ‘Spare Time’ Finds Vikram Lander Debris

The Wire Staff 03/12/2019

Shanmuga Subramanian tipped off NASA scientists in October after...

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ISRO’s Second Spaceport, for New SSLV Rocket, to Come up in Tamil Nadu

The Wire Staff 01/12/2019

Late last year, ISRO had said it was looking for a...