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Back to SearchCan India's One Health Mission help tackle the rising number of infectious diseases?
Over the past few years, we’ve heard the names of a lot of new diseases – we had the Zika virus, the Nipah virus and even an Ebola scare, while the c…
3 years ago
Decoding Praggnanandhaa’s world-beating run to the Chess World Cup final
18-year-old chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa has finished as runner-up in the FIDE Chess World Cup held at Baku, Azerbaijan. He held world No 1 Magnus …
3 years ago
What's behind the rising rates of childhood obesity in India?
India is staring at a strange problem: malnutrition among children has not gone away, but at the same time, there is an increasing burden of childhoo…
3 years ago
How will the Jan Vishwas Bill impact makers of substandard drugs?
The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill was passed in Parliament earlier this month. The government says the law will help improve ‘ease of do…
3 years ago
Sri Lanka’s economy and the impact of the IMF bailout
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) had granted a bailout of $3 billion to Sri Lanka in March this year. The IMF had imposed nine conditions for ag…
3 years ago
Does NEET favour wealthy, urban and CBSE board students? | Bonus episode
Doctors and MBBS students, in various fields of specialisation, across various age-groups, from diverse geographies, say they believe that while comm…
3 years ago
How will the import restrictions on laptops and tablets affect India?
On August 3, the Indian government brought in import restrictions for laptops, tablets and servers. The import of these products would be allowed aga…
3 years ago
The worms that came alive after 46,000 years
It sounds like a science fiction movie, but it’s all real: scientists managed to revive a pair of roundworms that had been buried deep in the Siberia…
3 years ago
Decoding the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023
The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 has been passed in both houses of the Parliament. The Bill has gone through many versions. Despite th…
3 years ago
What would it take for D Gukesh to crack the 2800 barrier in chess?
Seventeen-year-old grandmaster D Gukesh has become the highest-rated Indian player in FIDE rankings. He shot past his idol Viswanathan Anand when he …
3 years ago