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Scientists Pressured by Government to Downplay Second Covid Wave Threat
14 Sep 2021
The study was tailored to suit Modi’s goals of kick-starting the economy and win the Assembly elections.
Jameel Barkat, Amit Sadhukhan
Scientists Have Political Role Outside Their Labs to Safeguard Humanity
08 Jun 2021
Could a scientist exercise their freedom to choose the destiny of their innovations for the social goal of savings lives around the world, irrespective of people’s circumstances?
Prabir Purkayastha
Scientists Warn: India’s Second Wave is Much Worse than the First
16 Apr 2021
The prestigious All India Peoples Science Network has warned of a far more brutal second wave of Covid. Unless the Centre works cooperatively and stops blaming states and people, it is hard times…
Indian Cultural Forum
More than 150 Scientists Appeal to Citizens
03 Apr 2019
An atmosphere in which scientists, activists and rationalists are hounded, harassed, intimidated, censored, jailed, or worse, murdered, is not the future our country deserves.
Satyajit Rath
Straws in the Wind from the Indian Science Congress 2019
24 Jan 2019
A closer look at the PM’s inaugural speech reflects a version of regressive ideologies looking backwards which leaves out any awareness of the complex connections between social justice and equity on…
Tejal Kanitkar
The Hubris of Prophets Facing Backward – In Defense of the March for Science
19 Aug 2017
On 9th August, 2017, scientists took to the streets to march for science. They were demanding that the Government stop promoting unscientific and obscurantist ideas, stop throttling scientific…
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Mapping India’s Protest Against Propagation of Unscientific and Religious Intolerance
10 Aug 2017
Scientists, researchers and students protest against massive cuts in research funding, among other things, that they believe are undoing the scientific development achieved so far in the country.
Newsclick Team
Journal of Alternative Facts Debut Issue: Climate Never Changes!
04 Feb 2017
The brand new Journal of Alternative Facts, the best journal ever, is creating yuge waves with its debut issue. Author, Iwas A.
Ian SampleThe Guardian
Stem Cell Study Leads to Breakthrough in Understanding Infertility
29 Oct 2009
Scientists have turned human stem cells into early-stage sperm and eggs in research that promises to give doctors an unprecedented insight into the causes of infertility.