Science
Down To Earth
Anger Of The Jobless Youth
Their frustrations in an unjust world can take various expressions—a fidayeen in iraq, a stone pelter in kashmir, a mercenary in saudi arabia, a rabid gaurakshak (cow protector) in India or a hedonist in shanghai.
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May 01, 2018
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How IT Threatens Democracy
Social media could be just the start of a slippery slope leading to an orwellian world controlled by big data brother.
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May 01, 2018
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Affirmative Action Policies Are Under Threat
Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar speaks to Jitendra.
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May 01, 2018
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Root unearthed
Gandrayani is a root used widely in Uttarakhand to enhance the flavour of dishes. But there is hardly any research on the health benefits of this plant.
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December 16, 2016
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Casted Out
Discrimination against the Dalits is still pervasive in our society, and this is seriously marring the potential of the Mid Day Meal Scheme
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June 16, 2018
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Shocking Waste
India enacted a law to manage e-waste in 2016, but lack of data and a monitoring mechanism have rendered it toothless
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June 16, 2018
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Made Of Sand
India is importing river sand to satiate the growing demand of its construction industry and to keep soaring sand prices in check. But imports alone will not suffice without effective implementation of regulations and promotion of alternative construction materials. An analysis
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June 16, 2018
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Spice Route
Found in high altitude forests, lichens are an important ingredient of almost all spice mixes of India
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June 16, 2018
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Evergreening Rampant In India
India's patent office has ignored the strict safeguards against evergreening and allowed a flood of secondary drug patents
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June 16, 2018
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For The Sake Of Oaks
Uttarakhand should use inflammable chirpines to generate power. This would contain forest fires that are threatening native oak trees and provide employment
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April 16, 2018
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The Chinese Patent Juggernaut
China has toppled Japan from No 2 spot and is set to become the leader in global patent filings, specially in future technologies
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April 16, 2018
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The Malthusian Muddle
In these times of climate change, the world needs fresh ideas to get out of the logjam over whether population is a curse or a resource
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April 16, 2018
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Tribunal On A Tightrope
Poor implementation of polluter pays principle and conflicts with the environment ministry risks the National Green Tribunal's effectiveness.
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April 16, 2018
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Warned, Yet Unprepared
States prone to floods have failed to implement management schemes, finds a performance audit of CAG
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August 16, 2017
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The Net Result Of Bonn Is Lukewarm At Best
The recently-concluded COP delivered little considering what the world has witnessed in terms of climate-induced loss in 2017
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December 01, 2017
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Drilling To Extinction
Unregulated large-scale mining activities have decimated plant and wildlife populations in the once-rich Saranda forest in Jharkhand
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December 01, 2017
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Employed But Poor
Poverty among employed people underscores the need for a new strategy on job creation
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December 01, 2017
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Under Mysterious Threat
About 100 children in Odisha's tribal district of Malkangiri have died of viral encephalitis in the past two months. Is the state emerging as another hotbed of acute encephalitis syndrome?
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November 16, 2016
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Emerging Pollution Capitals of India
As Delhi chokes on bad air, other cities are not far behind
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November 16, 2016
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Route To Resilience
A new study suggests that herbivores can protect ecosystems from climate change.
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February 01, 2018
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Cameroon Turns Hazard Into Convenience
Cameroon is fighting against floods by recycling plastic waste into building blocks.
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February 01, 2018
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Unmasking The Budget
The last full budget presented by Arun Jaitley was overwhelmingly focused on pro-people initiatives and the finance minister spent the initial 20 minutes of his speech on agriculture. The second most important part of his speech was public health. Jaitley was also eager to underline the achievements of his government ahead of next year's general elections and highlighted programmes like Ujjwala Yojana, Saubhagya Yojana, implementation of GST and improved ranking in ease of doing business. However, the government neglected a number of issues like climate change and its flagship programme Swachh Bharat Mission.
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February 16, 2018
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It's A Sham
People's participation in formulation of India's annual budget is virtually negligible.
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February 16, 2018
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Stimulus That Can Spoil The Milk Sector
Karnataka government's financial stimulus to its dairy cooperative is benefitting 2.5 million farmers, but can destabilise the national market.
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February 16, 2018
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Aid The Trade
While it will not be in anyone's interest to cut off foreign aid to Africa, it is clear that countries that receive such aid must show more responsibility.
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February 16, 2018
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Resetting The Africa-Europe Relationship
Africa faces a broad range of development challenges and overcoming them will require huge sums of foreign aid and investment. But as Africa develops, its people will also need partners who recognise that there are mutual benefits to engaging with the continent's mobile and highly-educated base of human capital.
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February 16, 2018
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Superficial Embrace?
Sikkim government legalises the tradition of adopting trees, but remains silent over people's rights over them.
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February 16, 2018
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We Let Them Die
Failure of states to provide basic nutrition and health facilities has led to the death of hundreds of children from the preventable acute encephalopathy syndrome. BANJOT KAUR from Bihar and SHAGUN KAPIL from Uttar Pradesh report
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July 16, 2019
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Importance Of Nothing
IT IS NEITHER A LUXURY NOR A WASTE OF TIME, BUT A NECESSARY PART OF MEANINGFUL THOUGHT AND SPEECH
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July 16, 2019
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Why Did My Children Die?
BY THE time doctors landed in our village for the first time, our village had already lost 11 children to chamki (a yet-unknown type of acute encephalopathy syndrome) fever.
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