Class Action: Legal Sensitisation in Classrooms
The aim is to increase the students’ knowledge of the justice system, government, and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in a constitutional democracy.
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Author: The ID Staff
49 Civil Servants Sign Open Letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi Over Kathua & Unnao Rape Cases
On the 15th of April, days after the rape of two minor girls in India, 49 retired civil servants penned an open letter to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, expressing concern and anguish over the recent nightmarish cases of rape at Kathua and Unnao and our collective failure as human beings.
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A pest gene can help fight pesticide contamination in environment: study
Researchers from Pune University have isolated an enzyme from a pest and found that it can be used to clean up pesticide residues from food and the environment.
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India jumps to fourth place in computing capacity for weather forecasting
India today took a major step ahead by upgrading computing capacity in the area of weather forecasting and climate monitoring to 6.8 Petaflop.
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‘India’s steel industry is dominated by electric-based processes’: US Energy Information Administration
India is the third-largest steel producer in the world after China and Japan, having surpassed other countries such as the United States, Russia and South Korea
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Britain now generates twice as much electricity from wind energy as coal
Britain’s wind energy output increased by 14 terawatt-hours between 2016-17 (enough to power 4.5 million homes) and electricity was completely “coal free” for 613 hours last year
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Hinduism and its complicated history with cows (and people who eat them)
A deeper look at the beef ban, cow vigilantes, Hinduism, and Hindutva vigilantism. Cows have become in India a lightning rod for human cruelty, in the name of religion.
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Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission Is Gone, But Scrutiny Will Continue
In an executive order on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump dissolved the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity (Voter Fraud Commission).
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Forty percent of global e-waste comes from Asia
Humans generated 44.7 million tonnes of electronic waste (e-waste) in 2016, expected to rise to 52.2 million tonnes by 2021. Asia accounts for more than 40 percent.
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Scientists find genetic switch that decides fate of embryonic stem cells
Researchers at the Bangalore-based Institute of Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine (InStem) have shown how a genetic switch controls development of organs and body plan of animals.
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The Bank of England is planning a bitcoin-style virtual currency – but could it really replace cash?
Several countries’ central banks, including the Bank of England & Bank of Israel, are planning to launch their own virtual currencies like Bitcoin (cryptocurrency).
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Mythbusters: What do you know about antibiotic resistance?
Why should we care about antibiotic use? When shouldn’t we take antibiotics? How can patients educate themselves on antibiotic resistant pathogens?
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New drug combos using pain killers may be effective against cancer
Combining commonly used pain killers with ruthenium (a metal belonging to the platinum group) may prove effective in cancer treatment, a study by Indian scientists has indicated.
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Pfizer’s patent for children’s pneumonia vaccine challenged in India
The ‘PCV 13’ vaccine from Pfizer is intended for India’s universal immunisation program for children. The patent has been challenged by Doctors Without Borders.
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Driverless cars could be better or worse for our health – it’s up to us
The main criteria for success should deal with how to use driverless car technology (autonomous vehicles) to make people’s lives better & make cities healthier
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Rural women have resilience to cope with climate risks: study
Instead of ignoring the role of informal knowledge networks, women can be used as channels for targeting climate risk & adaptation policies and programs, the study has suggested
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Indian scientists develop mechanism to rejuvenate aged stem cells
Indian scientists have now developed a mechanism that can rejuvenate stem cells from older donors, making them useful for transplantation.
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From internet blackouts to violent attacks, India & South Asia saw new threats to free speech & expression online in 2017
In 2017, India and other South Asian countries faced growing challenges in the field of internet freedom, censorship, and freedom of speech & expression.
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Delhi should follow Beijing’s example in tackling air pollution
India has made remarkable progress lifting millions of people out of poverty in recent years, but has singularly failed to curb air pollution in Delhi & other cities
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Behind Narendra Modi: The growing influence of the India lobby
Narendra Modi and Donald Trump each have a corporate style of administration. Modi’s frequent visits to the US have reinvigorated both India-US ties and Indian lobbying
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