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The Long Road to Getting, and Keeping, More Women in Science

Chitra Kannabiran 17/11/2019

The status of women in science has become a...

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Only Mumbai’s Tap Water Safe for Drinking, 20 Other State Capitals Fail Test: Govt Study

Samples drawn from 17 other state capitals were not...

Doctors examine a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of a patient lying on a bed inside a ward at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) in Chennai July 12, 2012. Credit: Reuters/BabuDoctors examine a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of a patient lying on a bed inside a ward at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) in Chennai July 12, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Babu

Odisha: Almost 80 Fall Sick After Toxic Gas Leaks From Prawn Processing Plant

The affected people were taken to the Khantapada primary...

Sharda, 35, who is a first time surrogate mother, rests inside the temporary home for surrogate mothers provided by Akanksha IVF center in Anand town, about 70 km (44 miles) south from the western Indian city of Ahmedabad August 21, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Mansi Thapliyal

India’s Proposed Commercial Surrogacy Ban Is an Assault on Women’s Rights

Shonottra Kumar 09/11/2019

The law seeks to bring into force undue restrictions...

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Cyclone Maha Weakens, Heavy Showers Lash Thane and Palghar

Seashore villages of Dahanu, Chinchani, Boisar, Safale and Kelve...

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Archeologist Who Observed Dig Says No Evidence of Temple Under Babri Masjid

The Wire Staff 08/11/2019

"Underneath the Babri Masjid, there are actually older mosques."

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Water Crisis: South Africa’s Problem Is it Doesn’t Know How it Gets Its Water

Mike Muller 08/11/2019

Cape Town’s experience of extreme “Day Zero” supply restrictions...