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Health Data Should Leave No Indian Behind

Oommen C. Kurian 08/07/2016

The shift from the MDGs to sustainable development goals...

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UN Working to Tackle Havoc Wreaked by ‘El Nino’ and ‘La Nina’

Jutta Wolf 08/07/2016

The UN agencies' efforts to help more than 60...

The Adani port at Mundra, Gujarat. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Environment Ministry Denies Lifting Adani Fine, Documents Say Otherwise

The Wire Staff 07/07/2016

Senior ministry officials who had earlier recommended the fine...

Siddhartha Mukherjee. Source: columbia.edu

An Evening With Siddhartha Mukherjee

Raghavi Rao Kodati 06/07/2016

The history of mental illness in his family is...

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More Than 90,000 Affected by Assam Floods, Kaziranga Under Water

The Wire Staff 06/07/2016

Though 40% of Kaziranga has been submerged, officials claim...

An image of Jupiter's diverse clouds taken by the New Horizons probe in 2007 (then en route to pluto). Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins U. APL, SWRI

NASA Juno Scientists Keen on Studying Water on Jupiter

Vasudevan Mukunth 06/07/2016

In a reddit AMA, scientists said that studying the...

A juvenile frigatebird. Credit: Henri Weimerskirch, CEBC CNRS

Frigatebirds May Sleep in the Air

Janaki Lenin 06/07/2016

Migrating birds burn up reserves even though they feed...