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Finding Dorothy Hamre, the First Person to Isolate a Strain of a Coronavirus

P. Balaram 15/05/2020

'Who can legitimately claim to be called the discoverer...

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Sudan Just Passed a Law Punishing Female Genital Mutilation. Where’s India?

Apurva Jain 13/05/2020

According to the WHO, FGM "includes procedures that intentionally...

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Part II: How Did Lockdown 2 Change the Pollution Over India’s Cities?

Sarath Guttikunda 08/05/2020

Over the Indo-Gangetic plain, the drop in air pollution...

How Birds Rescued Me From the Birders, and Other Stories

Ishika Ramakrishna 05/05/2020

From growing up loving the common birds that graced...

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Aarogya Setu App Is Just the Latest Example of Our Obsession With Quick-Fixes

Kiran Kumbhar 04/05/2020

The skewed focus we devote to mechanical or technological...

Coronavirus: Lockdown in Mumbai

Maharashtra: COVID-19 Goes Viral in Cities, Shadow Looms Over the Countryside

Abhay Shukla, Maharashtra Public Health Analysis Group 04/05/2020

A worrisome situation in the state regarded as the...

A man draws water from a water ATM in Jaipur. Photo: Nivedita Khandekar

Why Most Water ATMs Are Ultimately Not Sustainable

Nivedita Khandekar 01/05/2020

Except in the NDMC area at the national capital,...