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Chaos Deferred

India's withdrawl from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership sits well in this era of hyper deglobalisation. It now needs a roadmap to make the domestic economy competitive.

Himachal's Affair With Flowers

Farmers in Himachal Pradesh are ditching traditional food crops to grow aromatic plants that offer higher and assured returns

“Community Rights Over Common Lands Must Be Recognised”

COMMONS LIKE GRAZING LANDS, WASTELANDS, LAKES AND COMMUNITY FORESTS ARE RAPIDLY VANISHING, PUTTING THE LIVELIHOODS OF MARGINALISED PEOPLE AT RISK. JITENDRA SPOKE TO RUTH MEINZEN-DICK, A SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE US-BASED INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ON THE COMMONS, COMMUNITIES AND POLICIES

Default By Design?

As the Union government’s PM-KISAN scheme completes a crop cycle, farmers complain of exclusion and partial cash support

Powerful Winds Of Change

Technological improvements and falling costs are driving a boom in offshore wind power projects worldwide. Still, the industry faces its own peculiar share of challenges

Debunking Myths On Migration

ABHIJIT V BANERJEE and ESTHER DUFLO, who jointly won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences recently, say that wage differences between countries have little to do with whether or not people migrate. In fact, evidence suggests that migration makes both migrants and local people better off

The Weather Paywall

There will be heavy rainfall in... (subscribe to read on). That’s how all weather information will be delivered in the future, if private players are allowed to have their way. The chase to control and commodify forecast data is heating up. Competition could lead to greater accuracy in predictions, but it might also corrupt the public service that has so far been free.

Burst Of Spice

Bhut Jolokia, One Of The Hottest Chillies, Went Through A Dip In Its Intense Spiciness And Price When Its Production Spread And Cross- Pollination Began On A Large Scale

What The Dog Saw

Noel Fitzpatrick, The Celebrity Vet Behind The Channel 4 Show The Supervet, Recounts His Often-surprising Journey In A Memoir That Celebrates The Bond Between Humans And Animals

Relocation Charade

21 tribal families say forest officials allied with property dealers to dupe them of the money they received for relocating from Tamil Nadu’s Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

Towards Turbulence

As countries grapple with intense marine heat waves and stronger storms, the latest IPCC report says climate change has already altered our oceans, polar regions and high snowy mountains

The Right Chemistry For Complementary Materials

Systems for surface design and finishing

How Powder Testing Solutions Can Improve Product Quality And Manufacturing Efficiency

Tim Freeman, Managing Director at Freeman Technology (a Micromeritics company), discusses how using powder testing instrumentation can lead to improved product quality and manufacturing efficiency.

Global Adhesive Tape Market To Witness 5% Growth In CAGR Between 2019-24

New Delhi: 02nd September 2019- According to the last study done on the global adhesive tapes market, the period 2017-2022 is expected to see a 6.68% growth in CAGR.

Gear Up For Analytica Anacon India And India Lab Expo 2019 In Hyderabad – Quintessential Shows For Pharma, Food And R&d

The pharmaceutical industry has seen remarkable expansion in the past decade, globally and especially in India.

Taking Science To Millions

A group of children with curious eyes stared as the impact of air pressure was demonstrated to them.

Marie Curie: An Exemplary Confluence Of Science & Humanity

Marie Curie (1867-1934), a name that Minstantly rings the word 'Radium' in our brains!

India Cooling Action Plan 2019

Penetration of air-conditioning in the growing economy of India is low whereas the rising cooling requirements are both a challenge and an opportunity.

The Uncharted Waters Beneath The Ice

Antarctica, a vast expanse of ice and land, harbours one of the most intriguing features under its ice— the subglacial lakes. These isolated lakes form a part of the basal hydrological system and conceal unique biological ecosystems and climate records,thus prompting more scientific missions along with numerous challenges.

Tropospheric Ozone And Food Productivity

Ozone is life threatening if found to be increasing near the earth’s surface as it is toxic to life when inhaled. Ozone not only damages airways, but also reduces crop yields as well if it increases beyond the threshold levels. Worries are mounting as India marks a rate of increase of around 1 percent each year. Anthropogenic sources of emissions are responsible for increase in surface ozone, which needs urgent control in the near future.

The Peasant Rebels

THE BOOK IS A FICTIONAL RETELL OF THE SATNAMI REVOLT AGAINST AURANGZEB, AND UNDERLINES THE IMPORTANCE OF REBELLION IN TIMES OF OPPRESSION

More Than Two Glasses of Soft Drinks Per Day Cause-Specific Mortality

A new study coordinated by researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) examined the association between total, sugar-sweetened, and artificially sweetened soft drink consumption and subsequent total and cause-specific mortality.

Healthy Food, Happy Mind

Ayurveda, our ancient system of medicine, is a science for life.

Edible Water Pods

With the changing life styles of present civilization, wastage/litter in its various forms has become one of the serious problems for the well being of mother planet earth.

How Scientists Communicate With Satellites In Space

How does an earth station talk to and steer a satellite?

How To Create Floods

Dams were built to control floods. They are now the triggers

Transition In Nilgiris

A laggard hill district’s journey to become open defecation free also led to it embracing organic farming

Tracking Smoke

Effective implementation of an efficient pollution monitoring system is caught in delays

Full Measure

THE ROLE OF THE NATIONAL AQUIFER MAPPING AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME IS CRITICAL TO REVERSE THE TREND OF DEPLETING GROUNDWATER LEVELS ACROSS INDIA

Burning Dark

From the Arctic to the Amazon, fires are raging at an unprecedented scale, stoking an unfathomable fear: is the planet staring at an irreversible meltdown?