T.V. Padma

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When and From Where Did Black Pepper Come to India?

nuclear testing, nuclear weapon tests, Castle Bravo, amphipods, hadal zone, pelagic zone, abyssal zone, abyssopelagic zone, radiocarbon dating, carbon-14, nuclear fallout, microplastics, plastic pollution, biological magnification, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,

Effects of 20th Century Nuke Tests Have Reached the Bottom of Earth’s Oceans

FMT, faecal microbiota transplantation, poop transplant, Clostridium difficile, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, IBS, gastroenterology, chronic disease,

Does Controversial Poop Transplant Treatment Have Side-Effects?

antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial resistance, carbapenem, colistin, poultry antibiotics, fluoroquinolones, Acinetobacter baumannii, superbugs, Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, blaNDM-1, metallo-beta-lactamase, Drug Controller General of India, Drugs and Cosmetics Act, sanitation, open defecation, drinking water, Ayushman Bharat, drug development,

No Local Woe, India’s Poor Public Health Feeds Antibiotic Resistance Worldwide

Prime Minister's Research Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, researchers, GERD, R&D, IIT Madras, Indian Institute of Science, IISER, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, research scholars, PhD, research grants, junior research fellowship, senior research fellowship, MHRD, Prakash Javadekar, University Grants Commission, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, K. VijayRaghavan,

Research Scholars Forced to Leave Labs and Hit the Streets Again for Funds

Vigyan Jyoti’s aim is to arrange for girl students of classes 9, 10 and 11 meet women scientists. Representative image. Credit: mesterjagels/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

A Year Since Launch of Govt Scheme to Get Girls Into Science, What’s Happened?

Two palm trees on a hazy Delhi day, with a metro station visible in the distance. Credit: felixdance/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

For Its Great Air Quality, Delhi Should Never Have Thought of Cutting Trees