New Delhi: Any country’s health policymaking relies on several factors; an important one being the knowledge of what the leading...
May 27, 2022
As India Sees Two Cases of New Omicron Sub-Variants, How Worried Should We Be?
New Delhi: India’s genomics consortium announced on May 22 that cases of newer sub-variants of omicron – BA.4 and...
May 23, 2022
Interview: ‘The World Should Have Acted During Past Monkeypox Outbreaks in Africa’
New Delhi: As many as 108 monkeypox virus cases have been reported from 15 countries of Europe and North...
May 23, 2022
Climate Change Possibly Made India’s Heatwaves ’30-100 Times More Likely’
Kochi: The heatwaves that swept across north and northwest India this year have been breaking records. The region experienced...
May 22, 2022
Seven Countries in Europe and North America Report Monkeypox Cases
New Delhi: A monkeypox outbreak was reported from the UK last week. Now, not only has the number of...
May 20, 2022
To Find the Fish, Find the People: How Scientists Came Upon the Pathala Eel Loach
Scientists in Kerala have discovered a new species of subterranean fish, which they have called the Pathala eel...
May 18, 2022
Half of People With Disabilities Globally Don’t Have Access to Assistive Products: Report
New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) released the first ‘Global Report on Assistive Technology‘ on May 16. The...
May 17, 2022
Sizzling Under Severe Heatwave, Delhi Sees Temperatures Above 45°C. Here’s Why.
Kochi: Delhi witnessed record high temperatures of around 49 degrees Celsius on May 15. The Indian Meteorological Department categorised...
May 16, 2022
There’s a Right Path and a Wrong Path to Net-Zero. Which One Are We On?
The world, and India, is talking about going carbon neutral. Last month, India got its first ‘carbon neutral’...
May 15, 2022
The Birds Are Vanishing – And We Are Why
Bird populations have been falling steadily in the last three decades – and we are why. We have...
May 15, 2022
