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Antarctic Peninsula Gets Greener

THE ANTARCTIC Peninsula is turning green, with rising temperatures having a "dramatic effect" on the growth of moss, scientists have discovered.

Save Our Seas

The UN's first conference to save the oceans is a grand show of intent to reset our relationship with the largest sink of carbon dioxide and the biggest receptacle for human wastes. But will governments, industries and organisations stand by the big voluntary commitments they have made? VIBHA VARSHNEY reports from UN headquarters in New York

Age Of Bioclean

Microbes are increasingly being used to clean contaminated sites

The Catch In Conservation

Ullas Karanth has many lessons to offer to make wildlife management in India more scientific

A Nationwide Wave

Farmers are under heavy debt, but loan waivers only treat the symptom, not the disease afflicting India's farm sector

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?

Emerging Pollution Capitals of India

As Delhi chokes on bad air, other cities are not far behind

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

Importance Of Nothing

IT IS NEITHER A LUXURY NOR A WASTE OF TIME, BUT A NECESSARY PART OF MEANINGFUL THOUGHT AND SPEECH

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.

Done By The Daily Fix

In the absence of guidelines, organic waste management in Indian cities is at the mercy of entrepreneurs offering instant solutions

Wings Of Change

SOME OF THE WORLD’S RAREST BIRDS ARE FOUND IN THE EASTERN HIMALAYAS. BUT A LOT OF FACTORS ARE PUTTING THEIR SURVIVAL AT RISK DEEPANWITA GITA NIYOGI

The Science Of Dishonesty

FALSIFICATION, FABRICATION AND PLAGIARISM OF RESEARCH HAVE FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES LAKSHMY RAMAKRISHNAN

Labelled Rabid

Most rabies deaths occur in India. Yet, the government is dragging its feet over controlling dog population, vaccinating them or even making enough shots available for victims

How To Fight Water Scarcity This Monsoon?

Though the monsoon is behaving erratically, drought-prone districts are still water rich

Curbing Patent Monopolies

The competition law is being used against drug patent holders to ensure they don't abuse their market power

Finger On The Pulse

Despite having immense nutritive and medicinal properties, the rice bean is a lesserknown pulse

Who Is Serving US GM Food

In a first-of-its-kind study in India, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) tested 65 food products available in the market to see if they contained genetically modified (GM) ingredients. To its horror, CSE found GM genes in 32 per cent of the products; almost 80 per cent of them imported. How did these products find their way into the country when food safety law prohibits the manufacture, import and sale of GM food? Who is to be blamed for this illegality?

Why Is India's Technical Education In Totters?

The National Medical Commission Act of 2019 is facing massive protests. Doctors and activists across the country say it will corporatise medical education and lower the quality of healthcare providers. The debate around the Act lays bare the problems that rankle all technical education institutes in the country, which hardly ensure quality education to the aspiring youth

Route To Resilience

A new study suggests that herbivores can protect ecosystems from climate change.

Cameroon Turns Hazard Into Convenience

Cameroon is fighting against floods by recycling plastic waste into building blocks.

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.

It's A Sham

People's participation in formulation of India's annual budget is virtually negligible.

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.

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.

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.

Superficial Embrace?

Sikkim government legalises the tradition of adopting trees, but remains silent over people's rights over them.

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.

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.

Affirmative Action Policies Are Under Threat

Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar speaks to Jitendra.