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‘Chhattisgarh Balloon’ To Bring Down Maternal Mortality

In a significant innovation, a team of doctors in Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College here has developed a device christened the Chhattisgarh Balloon, which promises to bring...

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World Report 2016: ‘Politics Of Fear’ Threatens Rights

In the 659-page World Report 2016, its 26th edition, Human Rights Watch reviews human rights practices in more than 90 countries. In his introductory essay, Executive Director...

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A Landmark Ruling Allows Gene Editing In Human Embryos

A group led by biologist Kathy Niakan at London’s new Francis Crick Institute plans to use the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technique on human embryos for research purpose...

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The Environmental Protection Agency Says Fracking Is Safe — But Its Scientific Advisors Disagree

Last month, the panel of 31 independent scientists charged with reviewing the EPA's draft report stated that the agency's broad conclusion about the mining technique known as ...

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Indian Women Seeking Jobs Confront Taboos and Threats

On a humid, sweaty, honking afternoon last summer, two women were making their way through the court complex in the north Indian city of Meerut, searching for the office of th...

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Ranchi: Mobile Course To Train 40k Health Workers In Maternaland Child Healthcare

More than 40,000 health workers in the state are set to be trained in maternal and child healthcare through voice messages on their cell phones. Come February, the Jharkhand g...

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What Data Can Do to Fight Poverty

IF social scientists and policy makers have learned anything about how to help the world’s poorest people, it’s not to trust our intuitions or anecdotal evidence a...

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Elon Musk On The Hyperloop: 'I’m Starting To Think It’s Really Going To Happen'

Hyperloops will use partially pressurized tubes to propel “pods” or passenger cars on a bed of air at speeds of up to 760 mph. SpaceX hosted a competition this wee...

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Why Eradicating Earth’s Mosquitoes To Fight Disease Is Probably A Bad Idea

But what would a world free of mosquitoes look like? Would it be an Earth in which the infectious diseases that plague millions are completely, permanently, and mercifully wip...

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Family Planning Is 'Critical Link' In Eradicating Poverty

Giving people access to family planning is crucial to achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030, reproductive health experts said this week. Speaking at an in...

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PHULE'S THIRD EYE RECLAIMS RELEVANCE

The Third Eye, Opens Again: Phule's Forgotten Play Speaks Powerfully to Our Times. The d...

July 23 2026

LEADERSHIP WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE GENDERED

Sushmita Chowdhary examines the enduring barriers women face in leadership, connecting I...

July 23 2026

FILM CRITICS SHAPE INDIAN CINEMA

Film Critics And Indian Cinema…Perfectly-Unmatched!? India, the world’s lar...

July 22 2026