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Sandipan Talukdar
‘Cooperation’ as a Crucial Factor in Human Language Evolution
14 Aug 2018
The hypothesis that well-structured language is a byproduct of self-domestication, cooperation and the accompanying genetic and physiological changes is gaining momentum in recent times.
Keshav Desiraju, Samiran Nundy, Sanjay Nagral, Amartya Sen
‘Healers or Predators’ – Excerpts
14 Aug 2018
Sanjay Nagral’s book called ‘Healers or Predators?’ was recently published by Oxford University Press. It examines the corruption which ails the Health sector in India. We are publishing excepts from…
Sandipan Talukdar
Why Assam Really Needs to Worry About the Flood
08 Aug 2018
The continuation of the status quo of unscientific river management and unscientific development process will only lead to exponentially devastating the landscape of Assam.
Sumedha Pal
Oxytocin Ban: A Public Health Crisis in the Offing
06 Aug 2018
The ban on essential life drug Oxytocin in a bid to protect the Gau Mata (cows) puts at risk the lives of thousands of new mothers.
Newsclick & Peoples Dispatch
Thai Peasants’ Movement Stands Firm in the Face of Threats, Seeks Land Reform
31 Jul 2018
SPFT was officially established in 2008 when farmers began occupying the land held illegally by a palm oil company with the aid of the mafia. Over the years, despite assassinations of their…
Newsclick Team
What is the Meghalayan Age?
30 Jul 2018
The time we are living in right now has been named the Meghalayan age.
Amit Sengupta
Microbes Are Striking Back
27 Jul 2018
Our story has a mix of the good and the bad. It shows us that science, as a collective human endeavour, has immense potential. It also shows us that as a society, under capitalism, we often do our…
Tikender Singh Panwar
City’s Vision for the Future: Sustainable, Inclusive, Resilient and Safe
24 Jul 2018
Historically, the developed capitalist world has taken the largest carbon space by massive production and changing the lifestyles of its people.
Newsclick Report
Ground Telescope takes Pictures as Good as Ones from Space
23 Jul 2018
European Space Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) has been able to get images as sharp as the ones from the Hubble sitting on the earth's surface.
Yogesh S
Meeting on Tuberculosis to be Organised in September
23 Jul 2018
“We’re appealing to all countries, including those in the Group of 77, and Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, that have a high burden of TB, to urgently stand up right now against…