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The UGC office in New Delhi. Credit: PTI

UGC Excises Over 4,000 Titles From Its ‘Master’ List of Preferred Journals

The Wire Staff 03/05/2018

The 'web exclusives' section of the Economic and Political...

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Impact Factors Fail in Evaluating Scientists. Why Does the UGC Still Use Them?

Thomas Manuel 18/04/2018

The journal impact factor has numerous flaws, which makes...

IIT Kanpur. Source: iitk.ac.in

Indian Flagship Programme to Retain Young Scientists Hits Rough Patch

T.V. Padma 11/01/2018

About 35% of the initial batches of INSPIRE faculty...

Yash Pal. Credit: PTI

Yash Pal: A Life Dedicated to Nation Building

Gauhar Raza 31/07/2017

Despite the poverty, hunger and trauma that our previous...

Prachi Torney, a Modern Day Alchemist

Aashima Dogra 10/11/2016

Prachi Torney, a chemist at Goa University and an...

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An Ethnobiologist Lends an Ear to Tradition

Aashima Dogra 04/09/2016

Monika Panchani is involved in the study of influence...

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Infinite in All Directions: Diablo Canyon, Tampon Money and Financial Topology

Vasudevan Mukunth 04/07/2016

Infinite in All Directions is The Wire's science newsletter....