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Independence Day Only Reminds Us India’s Manja Threat Still Hangs Around

Sakshi Rathi 14/08/2019

Kite-fliers have been known to coat kite strings with...

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Widespread Quarrying, Soil Erosion Make Floods Worse in Kerala’s North

Rajeev Ramachandran 13/08/2019

Environmental experts blame the Centre's and the state's dismissal...

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With Rain Playing Truant in Central India, an Inter-State Water Dispute Brews

Nivedita Khandekar 13/08/2019

Nagpur and Chhindwara, home districts of the chief ministers...

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The Uncertainty and Obsolescence Vikram Sarabhai Saw in India’s Future

Vikram Sarabhai 12/08/2019

"I believe that the present is particularly threatening to...

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Plants Know When a Bee Is Passing by and Produce Sweeter Nectar

Sarah Iqbal 07/08/2019

This happens because, as scientists have shown for the...

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What Are Tipping Points?

Ronak Gupta 06/08/2019

The idea of tipping points has come to dominate...

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How Tamil Nadu Is Fighting in the First Attempt to Save a Sinking Island

Ankita Sengupta 05/08/2019

Two islands in the Gulf of Mannar islands have...