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We Need To Regulate The Seabed Before Mining Companies Destroy It

On Thursday, an international group of marine scientists published an article in Science in which they outlined the desperate need for an international effort to regulate the ...

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On Top Of Everything Else, Climate Change Helps West Nile Disease To Spread

In case there weren't enough reasons to be freaked out about climate change, here's another one: a new study shows it can make it easier for West Nile disease to spread. Super...

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#HowToDressLikeAnIndianWoman – Here’s How Women On Twitter Stood Up To An Educator’s Sexist Statements

When women dress like men, they run the risk of getting Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, a gynaecological disease that occurs due to hormonal imbalance, and this in turn reduces t...

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Saving Babies' Lives By Carrying Them Like Kangaroos

Carmela Torres was 18 when she became pregnant for the first time. It was 1987 and she and her now-husband, Pablo Hernandez, were two idealistic young Colombians born in the c...

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Around The World Women Struggle To Secure Land Rights, Own Less Than Twenty Percent

It’s 2017 and formal ownership of land for women still seems to be a distant dream, with women owning less than 20 percent of land in the world. This means that their cl...

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Why The Higgs Boson Found At The Large Hadron Collider Could Be An ‘Impostor’

In 2012, researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland famously found a particle that acted like the Higgs boson, an elusive and long-theorized particle that i...

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A Crack In An Antarctic Ice Shelf Grew 17 Miles In the Last Two Months

A rapidly advancing crack in Antarctica’s fourth-largest ice shelf has scientists concerned that it is getting close to a full break. The rift has accelerated this year ...

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Women In A Haryana Village Are Taking On The World. With A Little Help From Delhi’s LSR College

Can you clean your way to a better life? The girls from Delhi’s Lady Shri Ram College certainly think so. A group of students from the college are in the news, for havin...

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Targeting Old Scourges

The reference in the Union Budget to new elimination targets for some major communicable diseases barely hints at the enormous burden carried by millions in India with tubercu...

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A Lesson For Bollywood: How Regional Films Are Tackling Land Rights, Championing Farmers

A villainous company. Corrupt government officials. A heroic defender of farmers emerging victorious from a fight over land. This is far from a typical storyline for Indian fi...

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FESTIVALS: PRITHVI FESTIVAL 2025 IGNITES MUMBAI

From powerful new plays and musical symphonies to dance, dastangoi, workshops, and globa...

November 7 2025

BUSINESS: ROHIT ARYA & WHEN DREAMS TURN DESPERATE

Rohit Arya & When Dreams Turn Desperate, by Sharad Raj, explores the fragile world o...

November 6 2025

FESTIVALS: BRIDGES OF ART CONNECT WORLDS

Bridges of Art: A Journey from Argentina to India at the National Gallery of Modern Art,...

November 6 2025