External Affairs

Security personnel sit in a boat as they patrol the premises of a newly inaugurated solar farm at Gunthawada village

Why Increasing India’s Solar Energy Capacity Won’t Work

Armin Rosencranz and Kamakshi Puri 17/03/2017

The power yield from the planned ten-fold increase in...

People inspect damage in Omar Bin Abdulaziz hospital, in the rebel-held besieged area of Aleppo, Syria November 19, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Abdalrhman Ismail/File Photo

Healthcare in Syria Is Increasingly Becoming a Target of War, Says Study

Kate Kelland 15/03/2017

The study found a "weaponisation" of healthcare in Syria...

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Pakistan’s Unheralded Fight Against Climate Change

Michael Kugelman 12/03/2017

Small steps by Pakistan are helping it create resilience...

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From Travel Bans to Alternative Facts: The Future of Science

Bassem Hassan 08/03/2017

As Trump's travel ban hangs in limbo, what does...

A pharmacy employee looks for medication as she works to fill a prescription while working at a pharmacy in New York.

Juno Shuts Down Development of High-Profile Leukaemia Drug After Deaths

Reuters 03/03/2017

The drug, JCAR015, was being tested by Juno in...

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WHO Flags Urgent Need of New Drugs to Fight 12 ‘Priority Pathogens’

Kate Kelland 28/02/2017

WHO said that the pathogens have built-in abilities to...

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RCEP and Health: This Kind of ‘Progress’ is Not What India and the World Need

Shiba Phurailatpam and Kajal Bhardwaj 27/02/2017

Concerns remain over the impact of RCEP negotiations on...