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Indian scientists: missing in action
By: Sunita Narain
I suspect Indian scientists have retired hurt to the pavilion. They were exposed to nasty public scrutiny on a deal made by a premier science research establishment, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), with Devas, a private company, on the allocation of spectrum. The public’s verdict was that the arrangement was a scandal; public resources had been given away for a song.
Battle for the Internet
By Latha Jishnu and Arnab Pratim Dutta
As the Internet turns into the public square and the marketplace of our world, it is increasingly becoming a contested terrain. Governments, corporations and even seemingly innocuous social networking sites want to control and influence the way it operates
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Toxic neighbours
Happy that a petrol pump’s right next to your home? Here’s something to worry about. It has been found that if you live within a 100 metre radius of a petrol pump, you are vulnerable to cancer because of the high level of pollution. Airborne chemicals, coming mostly from unburned fuel evaporating during refilling of the stations’ storage tanks, during automobile refueling and from spillage, are to blame for this health hazard.
Data quantified
Osteoporosis connection
By Ipsita Sarkar
Goodbye maples, pines
By Akanksha Gulia
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- By Akanksha Gulia Climate change may cause some tree species to disappear Imagine a hill station without pines. Worse
- Canada sans the maple tree. This could become a reality. Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel claim many tree species that depend on the wind to disperse their seeds
- like pines and maples
- might become extinct due to changes in climate like higher concentrations of CO2 in the air and reduction of surface wind speed. Previous scientific research suggests that further increase in CO2 concentrations will cause trees to produce more seeds and
- together with higher seed production and earlier maturation will result in faster spread of trees. The study focuses on the spread of North American wind-dispersed trees
Warming behind floods
By Vibha Varshney
Making Coca-Cola pay
By Savvy Soumya Misra
The forgotten tram
By Sayantan Bera
Think before you drink
By Savvy Soumya Misra
Studies confirm energy drinks like Red Bull can be unsafe. India yet to limit their caffeine content
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Villages protest forest acquisition
By: Ruhi Kandhari
No compensation from steel major Jindal, allege Odisha people
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