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Dianna Cowern: The Wonder Woman who teaches science
At a time of increasing scientific ignorance, Cowern has leapt highest wall of all — one between scientists and everyone else
Fertility in 91 countries insufficient to maintain population: study
The baby bust in 91 countries, including Singapore, Spain, Portugal and South Korea is happening simultaneous to a baby boom in 104 countries, …
IIT-Madras to increase intake in data science course
The programme was introduced in 2017 as part of an exercise to provide undergraduate students an opportunity to do courses across disciplines
Raising marital age of women: Smashing patriarchy or further regression?
The proposed law to raise the marital age of Indian women is not very productive in the attainment of better health and education health status&…
COVID-19: Kenya ensures kids keep learning amid lockdown
A state body under the education ministry has intensified delivery of school programmes through radio and television broadcasts
Electing India’s health transformation
The new government must convene a meeting of central and state health ministers annually, to build consensus across the political spectrum and …
C V Raman Fellowships bring African and Indian researchers closer
Between 2010 and 2018, close to 500 African researchers availed the C V Raman International Fellowship to improve the quality of lives …
Poor social indicators must make Gujarat rethink its growth model
Shockingly, the state’s infant mortality rate is worse than Jharkhand; it also has the fourth lowest teacher student ratio in the country
Doordarshan's new tricks show promise
Classroom 2000+ is a promising teaching experiment, which, if extended, could revolutionise science education in Indian villages. Meanwhile, Quest,…
Building self-reliance in children of the street
Butterflies, a non-government organisation, is helping street children to organise themselves and operate a restaurant in the Capital's main bus …
Children of the earth, worshippers of nature
Rigoberta Menchu, a Guatemalan human rights activist and peasant leader, was awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Menchu was witness to the …
Footprints of the wild
Publishers worldwide need to be goaded to specialise in environmental publications, but the fair was piled high with coffee table glossies on …
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CONSERVING WILDLIFE:EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AMOACHES Susan K Jacobson Columbia University Press US $15
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ECO-IMPACTS AND THE GREENING OF POSTMODERNITY: NEW MAPS FOR COMMUNICATION STUDIES, CULTURAL STUDIES AND SOCIOLOGY·Tom Jagtenberg, David …
Desperately seeking experts
The environmental situation in India is grave -- our natural resources are getting depleted at an alarming rate and there is an acute paucity of …
What is the Green Credit Programme?
It is a first-of-a-kind market-based instrument designed to incentivise individuals, industries and local bodies for their voluntary …
Simply Put: Our lives matter
Scientists develop non-invasive technique to assess burn wound healing
A mere laser light is enough to check the status of recovery