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K Sivan, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, Vyommitra, Gaganyaan, Indian human spaceflight programme, ISRO human spaceflight programme, Chandrayaan 2, Mangalyaan, Mars Orbiter Mission, VR Lalithambika, Siri, Alexa, female assistants, personal secretary, personal assistants, Siri, Alexa, Cortana, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Ritu Karidhal, Muthayya Vanitha, air hostesses, GSLV Mk III,

Why Is ISRO’s Vyommitra Female?

Jahnavi Sen 30/01/2020

ISRO will use a female android named Vyommitra to...

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Abortion Limit Increased From 20 to 24 Weeks, Cabinet Approves Changes

This provision is for "special categories of women", which...

Bhore committee, public healthcare, private healthcare, Jawaharlal Nehru, socialism, NITI Aayog, district hospitals, Central Government Health Scheme, Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, Ayushman Bharat, health insurance, Joseph Bhore, Joseph Bhore Committee, Sunil Amrith,

Why India’s Founders Championed a State-Dominated Healthcare System

Kiran Kumbhar 28/01/2020

The current government's complaint that it is unable to...

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, National Register of Citizens, National Population Register, caste distance, Muslims, Hindus, Christians, BR Ambedkar, MK Gandhi, photographic profiloscope, profiloscope, Bharatiya Janata Party, Hindu Mahasabha, Atul Krishna Sur, Brija Shankar Guha, West Bengal, upper caste, lower caste, pan-Indian nationalism, right-wing nationalism,

What Mahalanobis Got Right About National Identity – and the BJP Gets Wrong

Abhinav Srinivasan 26/01/2020

Like Mahalanobis, the current government mistakenly believes that a...

Jawaharlal Nehru, Community Development Scheme, scientific temper, appropriate technology, Indira Gandhi, ISRO, Department of Atomic Energy, frugal engineering, National Physical Laboratory, technology politics, Amita Baviskar, Indian Institutes of Technology, brain drain, technological development, industrialisation, rural mobilisation, basic machinery, foreign trade, tractors, synthetic fertilizers, Digital India, Smart Cities, bullet train, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Make in India, LPG scheme, Aadhaar, Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019, National Population Registry, National Register of Citizens, authoritarian technics,

How Nehru’s Politics Hobbled Modern India’s Use of Technology for Development

Shankar Sunil Nair 24/01/2020

'Midnight Machines' by Arun Mohan Sukumar effectively demonstrates that...

urban loneliness, Eric Klinenberg, social architecture, familiarity principle, mere exposure effect, libraries, student housing, senior living, Bangalore, Mumbai, Singapore, Pruitt-Igoe housing complex, corridor blocks, age-specific housing, intergenerational living, Oscar Newman, Jan Gehl, social cohesion,

Are You Becoming Lonelier? Your City Might Be Part of the Problem.

Nia Puliyel 23/01/2020

The more connected we are, the less lonely we...

Pune, Kolkata, Vijayawada, Coimbatore, Mumbai, Kozhikode, Singrauli, urban street network, road layout, roads, cities, Suva, Caracas, Tokyo, New York, Japan, Atlas of Urban Expansion, Global Human Settlement Layer, circuitous roads, traffic jam, commute time, OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, remote sensing, social wellbeing, urban heat island effect, Harini Nagendra, habitat fragmentation, concrete jungle, public transport, greenhouse gases, Delhi air pollution, vehicular emissions, cars,

Simple Road Maps Show India’s Cities Are Snaking Towards Ecological, Social Chaos

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/01/2020

New roads in Pune, Kolkata, Vijayawada, Coimbatore, Mumbai and...