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Six Concerns Over India Joining the Plan S Coalition for Science Journals

Vasudevan Mukunth 14/02/2019

Plan S's participants want to set up a global...

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With All Eyes on Science, Social Science Scholars Flounder With Even Less Money

Thomas Manuel and Srividya Tadepalli 12/02/2019

In the PhD scholars' stipend hike protests rocking the...

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Let’s Discuss the ‘Reward for Publication’ Idea Instead of Trashing It so Fast

Sudhakar Srivastava 07/02/2019

Like any policy, there are bound to be shortcomings...

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India to Start Manufacturing Key Components for Thirty Meter Telescope Project

The Wire Staff 06/02/2019

Once ready, the TMT will be the world’s largest...

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With Scholars Set to Restart Protests, a Peek Inside the Research Funds Gridlock

Vasudevan Mukunth 02/02/2019

Their demands reveal a picture of people trying to...

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CSIR Lab? Work on Applied Research or Make do With Small Share of Funds

Madhusudhan Raman 28/01/2019

It's difficult to come away from the numbers believing...

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Does the Indian Science Congress Acknowledge the Need to Be Reflexive?

Avijit Pathak 05/01/2019

Barring some remarkable exceptions, scientists tend to confine themselves...