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Forest Dept. Advises Karnataka: Don’t Okay Mining Proposals in ‘Virgin Forests’

The Wire Staff 03/03/2020

Nearly 99,330 trees will be felled if the Kudremukh...

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Karachi, Pakistan’s Largest City, Shuts Schools for Two Weeks Over Virus Fears

Syed Raza Hassan 02/03/2020

Pakistan has confirmed four cases of coronavirus, three of...

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Health Ministry Confirms Two New COVID-19 Cases, in Delhi and Telangana

The Wire Staff 02/03/2020

The update brings India’s total case tally to five...

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Cabinet Approves Recommendations to Improve Conditions for Altruistic Surrogacy

Sarvesh Kumar Shahi 02/03/2020

Surrogacy is the practice whereby a woman gestates and...

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350+ Academics From Around the World Condemn Delhi Violence

The Wire Staff 02/03/2020

The authors also recall that the Delhi violence follows...

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Five Words Used by Scientists That Have Lost Their Meaning

Eve Marder 02/03/2020

Words have become codes behind which we hide, and...

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Ladakh’s People Wary of ‘Development’ Seven Months After Article 370 Read-Down

Tarushi Aswani 01/03/2020

Even BJP leaders in the region have acknowledged real...