First car free day

Emulating an European experience successfully

Drumming it in

Should local communities pay for Western notions of 'global benefit'?

Polio poser

Increased incidence of disease in UP raises questions about effectiveness of prevention plan

The writing is on the Great Wall

Testing time

In Karnataka, a lesson in water scarcity

Snippets

Buttressing the Raj

What were The Royal Indian Engineering College grads really up to? A history...

Pen-happy Pierre speaks a chat with French scientist Jean Pirre Petit

Net bonding

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COVID-19: Teachers report reduced capacity to help vulnerable students, finds UNESCO survey

Students with low socioeconomic status more likely to worry about future education, falling behind 

Bleak future ahead: COVID-19 pushes Karnataka’s first generation Adivasi learners off schools

If children permanently drop out of school, it would be not just a loss of education, but also for the community, say experts

CSIR lab to organise nationwide summer research training programme

The programme’s objective is to ameliorate the stagnancy created in the national academic scenario due to the COVID-19 pandemic 

More than 50% of India’s tribal population has moved out of traditional habitats

Tribals are quitting farming fast; every second household now survives on manual labour in an informal economy

Can science talk about peace, compassion and democracy?

When the Dalai Lama posed this question at an event, I imagined him mischieveiously asking each presenter at the Indian Science Congress, "…

The greening of young minds

Environment education cannot be confined to plants and animals or even conservation; its aim must be to open to children the interconnectedness …

Gunning for biotechnology

The US and Indian business lobby along with the Union government gang up to "educate" the public about biotechnology

Gender bender

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY IN INDIA: CASES, MATERIALS AND STATUTES By Shyam Divan and Armin Rosencranz •Second edition • Published …

"An epidemic of non-communication"

David Miller is an expert in psychosocial management of hiv/aids. He has worked in developing countries since 1986 and is currently the Country …

COVID-19: 66% of children unable to get remote learning are from south Asia, Africa, says UNICEF

Voicing concerns over the limited reach of remote learning exacerbated with regional inequalities, UNICEF urges countries to prioritise the safe-…

Girls in rural India less likely to know how to use smartphones, computers: Survey

Boys more than twice as likely than girls to own their own smartphone, finds ASER 2023

Government discontinues science, health awards; to establish ‘Vigyan Ratna’ on lines of Nobel Prize

India’s research and development expenditures are among the lowest in the world

Inspection of medical colleges to become history soon

No final decision on NEXT, fee yet; NMC to take final call

Focus not on graft

Corruption is not just the kind that has found recent media attention

Afforestation drive

Building a work environment: Siemens' approach