Activists help reduce malaria cases in Odisha

Accredited Social Health Activists’ efforts brought down malaria deaths in the state from 89 in 2014 to 4 in 2018

Here come the "number-crunchers"

India's attempts at developing supercomputers have not only paid off, they have sparked intense competition.

Don’t take any ad hoc decision on cell phone towers, IIT profs request Centre

They say radiation from these towers too low to be harmful; health activists accuse them of conflict of interest

IIT-Madras researchers design white light emitters for LED applications

The innovation has been patented by the researchers and was recently granted the Government of India’s ‘SERB-Technology Translation …

Scientists identify new route to tackle TB

Researchers analysed the genome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and identified three G-quadruplex motifs that could be used as drug targets

Anti-malaria drug may be repurposed to treat Zika

A team of Indian researchers identify a viral protein that can be targeted by an already available anti-malarial drug — hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)

National Institutional Ranking Framework 2022: The grey side of it

Underrepresentation, unequal availability of opportunity for quality higher education plaguing India’s education system

A zero waste toilet to achieve a clean India

Locals in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh consistently choose evapotranspiration toilet, a zero waste model which requires no human intervention over …

Dangers of letting cars dictate city design

If any other cause was responsible for so many deaths and injuries as we see on our roads it would have been a state of emergency

Indian astronomers get an insight into Crab nebula pulsar

Indian astronomers have obtained the most precise hard X-ray polarisation measurements of Crab pulsar, a star which exploded centuries ago

Researchers study microbial interactions in International Space Station

IIT Madras, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab conduct study to help devise strategies for disinfection of space stations

ICMR certifies ‘economical’ COVID-19 test COVIRAP

The cost of the machine is around Rs 5,000 and one test will cost between Rs 500 and Rs 600

Monsoon modeling is not like the ‘blind men and elephant’ story

Disparate insights into model imperfections are all related to the intricacies of the monsoon dynamics itself and the models capture the most …

National Green Tribunal stays covering of drains in South Delhi

Orders setting up of an expert panel to deliberate whether drains should be covered or not

After 7.9 shock

The earthquake that shook Nepal and northern India underscores the urgency to understand the seismicity of the Himalayas and to improve the …

Brick kilns destroying fertile top soil

65 per cent of bricks produced in India are manufactured in the Gangetic plains, which have one of the world’s most fertile alluvial soils

High fluoride content in Khordha, Nayagarh groundwater

Children are at higher risk from contaminated drinking water

Assam prepares to spend Rs 40,000 crore on an economically unfeasible project

Removing excessive silt from the Brahmaputra by dredging will not solve the problem of annual floods in Assam unless the government pays …

Budget biased towards Andhra, fumes Telangana

Country’s newest state gets a horticulture university and a Debt Recovery Tribunal while Andhra gets an IIT, AIIMS, 20 industrial clusters …

No need to make cellphone tower radiation norms more stringent, says government panel

Committee appointed on court's directions dismisses concerns over health impacts of EMF radiations, but calls for more studies on it

Lethal toxicity vs quantum of pollution in Delhi’s air

Not just quantum of pollution but also toxicity of emissions must be assessed to prioritise action on pollution sources

Revised draft national water policy restores priority to agriculture

Concerns expressed against privatisation and treating water as an economic good have been taken into account while revising the draft national …

Exclusive: Did a minister cite a non-existent study in her Parliament reply

Renuka Singh Saruta had attributed a study to IIT-Delhi on COVID-19 in tribal areas; but the institution does not have it

Prayers for a little

Rivers’ flows must be maintained to protect the services they provide, but India has no legislation  

Study undertaken to determine pollution guidelines for underground metro stations

India has to develop its own system to keep pollution levels low because the instrumentation used in other metros abroad is expensive and …