'If it works, something good can come out of this tragedy for the common public good,' say Dr Prasad Gadgil and Dr Kunal Basu.
In the absence of responsibility from the mainstream media, the darkest sections of the internet will begin to sound increasingly plausible to the angry and disconnected, says Mihir S Sharma.
The science of wine and winemaking is known as oenology. A person who makes wine is traditionally called a winemaker or vintner.
Families of the deceased and people who bore the brunt of the industrial disaster are now signing a petition, to be sent to the Supreme Court, requesting it to start hearing a curative petition of the government filed in December 2010 for more compensation.
The unmanned $170 million Phobos-Ground craft, Russia's first planetary mission in 15 years, could pose a major threat for earth.
The smoke emanating from the unit was stinking and very toxic, police said.
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Report by Greenpeace also presented a grim picture of India's pollution level.
SEZs account for just about a third of India's merchandise exports (and roughly the same proportion of services exports). Yet, the notion of creating global manufacturing centres of the kind that propelled China to superpowerdom retains a durable appeal within the Indian policy-making establishment, notes Kanika Datta.
Saturday will be the last time the Mumbai Mirror will hit newsstands as a daily. Two Saturdays ago, its owners, the Times of India group, shocked the city by deciding to convert the Mirror into a weekly newspaper. Jyoti Punwani salutes the Mirror and its editor, Meenal Baghel, for its pathbreaking journalism.
A specialised team at Tata Motors, the country's largest automobile producer, is using cornstarch in the making of body parts for cars.
The infant, Mohammad Sarfaraz, who lived with his parents in Shivaji Nagar located near the dumping ground, died early morning on Tuesday.
'If the trial succeeds, it will become the success of Ayurveda.' 'If it's a failure, it's my failure alone.'
The residents near the Deonar dumping ground continued to suffer for a fourth day in a row on Tuesday, as the poisonous smoke engulfed the entire area, affecting the air quality and making it difficult to breathe.
As the pandemic spreads and the urgency for effective treatment of COVID-19 mounts, several countries, including the US, have started relying heavily on HCQ, majorly used in the treatment of malaria and rheumatoid-arthritis.
The government on Tuesday approved the disposal of nearly 350 metric tonnes of Union Carbide toxic waste in Bhopal by a German company. The approval was given following recommendations from a Group of Ministers on the Bhopal gas tragedy, chaired by Home Minister P C Chidambaram, officials said.
As Bihar celebrates its centenary, Gopal Krishna hopes the state can conserve, restore and manage its natural resources and desist from imitating a cannibalistic and toxic model of development
Wails of grief shook West Bengal's Sangrampur and neighbouring villages as the toll in the state's worst-ever illicit liquor tragedy shot up to 143 amid fears that this may rise further with over 100 victims including labourers, rickshaw-pullers and hawkers battling for life.
Bejoy Nambiar's gripping slice-of-mess about things spiraling out of control find an expression in a striking ensemble and volatile scenery, notes Sukanya Verma.
'The steady poverty reduction achieved over the last three decades could be largely reversed in this one financial year with hundreds of millions sliding below the red line,' warns Devangshu Datta.
He said the 'toxic combination of deep distrust, pervasive fear and a sense of hopelessness in our society' is stifling economic activity and growth.
The Natural History Museum's annual competition and exhibition, Wildlife Photographer of the Year has been the longest-running and most prestigious nature and wildlife photography competition that has been recognising the world's best nature photography every year since 1965.
'Vaccination is the only safe way to get immunity.'
'Its 'curators' invite you through peer-to-peer networks (social media sites), and peer-to-peer networks mean there's no centralised authority to destroy,' says Ashish Sharma.
'We cannot have bodies putrefying in water.' 'This is a health hazard and it can create a very inflammatory situation.'
Too much exercise and eating disorders are some of the underlying factors that may affect fertility in women, says gynaecologist Dr Archana Dhawan Bajaj,
CSE supports the tax hike on big cars and SUVs but says Budget is incomplete, as it has failed to take steps to stop misuse of diesel fuel subsidy by cars.
An Indian-American teenager has won a prestigious Science talent competition in the United States for his research on devising a more effective and less toxic breast cancer treatment, walking away with a whooping $100,000. Nithin Reddy Tumma topped the Intel Science Talent search that also saw two other Indian Americans -- Neel Patel from Florida and Anirudh Prabhu from Indiana -- finding a place in the top 10. The winners overcame competition from a group of 40 finalists.
In one of the worst hooch tragedies in West Bengal, 57 people, mostly labourers, rickshaw-pullers and hawkers, died and over hundred have been hospitalised in serious condition after consuming illicit liquor at Mograhat in South 24 Parganas district on Wednesday.
Two days after over 200 people were affected by colour poisoning while celebrating Holi in Mumbai, the police on Saturday arrested five former workers of an abandoned dye factory in suburban Dharavi, in connection with the incident. Among those who took ill on Thursday were many children in the age group of 9-10 years, who complained of giddiness and vomiting soon after they used toxic colours in Shastrinagar area of Dharavi.
Washington might occasionally make some noises about alleged human rights violations and related issues but commonality of interests will only see the Indo-US ties grow stronger, observes Virendra Kapoor.
