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- After GM Rice Controversy, CDC Finds Deadly Bug in Spray Bottle Made in India (October 23, 2021)
- MoEFCC Makes U-Turn on Enlisting Private Entities to Amend Indian Forest Act (October 21, 2021)
- India’s Unfortunate Connections to the 2021 Medicine Nobel Prize (October 4, 2021)
- ‘Rare Occurrence’: Cyclone Gulab Weakened Over Mainland, to Reemerge as ‘Shaheen’ (September 30, 2021)
- New Report Zeroes in on the Grim Cost of India’s Fondness for Coal Power (September 30, 2021)
- The Bhatnagar Prizes Are Courting Irrelevance (September 27, 2021)
- The Problem With the Idea To Bring Back Woolly Mammoths (September 18, 2021)
- JNU Prof Files Defamation Suit Against Journalists, Seeks Rs 50 Lakh in Damages (September 18, 2021)
- ICMR ‘Tailored’ COVID Findings to Meet Modi’s ‘Optimistic’ Narrative: NYT (September 14, 2021)
- ‘Unjustified’: Experts Write to PM Modi Against Hydro Projects in Ganga Himalaya (September 10, 2021)
- News Reports Say Maharashtra Girl Wins NASA Honour, but Is It Another Hoax? (August 20, 2021)
- India Ratifies Kigali Amendment to Montreal Protocol, to Phase Out HFCs (August 19, 2021)
- COVID-19: Small, Preliminary Study Doesn’t Find Proof of AYUSH 64’s Efficacy (August 19, 2021)
- ISRO’s GSLV F10 Mission Fails After Cryogenic Stage Malfunction (August 12, 2021)
- On August 15, Swallow the ‘Modicine’ and Declare our Independence from Science (August 5, 2021)
- NCBS Retraction: As TIFR Studies Report, More Researchers Come Under Scanner (July 29, 2021)
- NCBS Retraction: New Allegations Intensify Spotlight on Institute (July 14, 2021)
- NCBS: When a Paper Is Published but One Author Is Found Guilty of Misconduct… (July 7, 2021)
- Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin Paper Ignores People’s Hospital Fiasco, Impact on Trial Unclear (July 5, 2021)
- Bharat Biotech Releases Long-Awaited Covaxin Phase 3 Data, Claims 77.8% Efficacy (July 3, 2021)
- Experts Write to Prez To Withdraw ‘Incautious’ Draft Lakshadweep Regulation 2021 (June 24, 2021)
- Is the Google Maps Island off Kochi Really an Island? (June 18, 2021)
- Appointed Experts Say They Didn’t Ask to Double Covishield Dose Gap, Govt Denies (June 16, 2021)
- When Legit Research is Presented as ‘Controversial’, Good Luck Getting Science’s Help (June 13, 2021)
- US FDA Denies Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin Emergency Use Approval (June 11, 2021)
- Only 56% Of Healthcare, 47% Of Frontline Workers Fully Vaccinated: Health Min (June 11, 2021)
- Governor Opens New ‘Cow Research’ Unit in Gujarat Technological University (June 7, 2021)
- Study Finds Both Covaxin, Covishield Good – but Issues Mar Other Results (June 7, 2021)
- Speculation Over COVID-19 Origins Fuels US-China Tension (May 30, 2021)
- Delhi Govt Regulations Suggest Gag on Info About Managing Black Fungus (May 28, 2021)
- Ahead of Cyclone Yaas, Tornado Strikes West Bengal’s South (May 26, 2021)
- COVID Vaccines: Without WHO Approval, Covaxin Remains Second Among Equals (May 25, 2021)
- IT Ministry Warns Social Media Platforms Against Use of ‘Indian Variant’ for B.1.617 (May 23, 2021)
- For Strong Protection Against B.1.617.2 COVID, Need Two Covishield Doses: Study (May 23, 2021)
- What PSA’s New COVID Advisory Doesn’t Say Is as Important As What It Does (May 20, 2021)
- After India, B.1.617 Variant Found in 44 Countries, Spurs Fear of Global Surge (May 19, 2021)
- ICMR Removes ‘Plasma Therapy’ From COVID-19 Management Protocols (May 18, 2021)
- Virologist Shahid Jameel Quits India’s Genome Sequencing Consortium (May 17, 2021)
- Covaxin and Covishield Invoked Fewer Antibodies Against B.1.617 Variant: Report (May 15, 2021)
- TN Revises Protocols, Leaves Out Ivermectin for COVID Patients (May 15, 2021)
- Centre Widens Covishield Dose Gap to 12-16 Weeks, Buys Time To Fix Shortage (May 13, 2021)
- In COVID Origins Storm, Fauci Denies US Funded Controversial Study in Wuhan (May 12, 2021)
- COVID: Public Health Experts Pen Concerns About Plasma to PSA VijayRaghavan (May 11, 2021)
- COVID: SC Sets up National Task Force To Help Centre With ‘Scientific’ Solutions (May 8, 2021)
- Studies Say Pfizer Vaccine Very Effective Against B.1.1.7, B.1.351 Variants (May 6, 2021)
- After Centre Ignored INSACOG Warning, Surge Undoes ‘Supermodel’ Predictions (May 5, 2021)
- Making Sense of the Spat Between Anvisa and Gamaleya Over Sputnik V Vaccines (May 4, 2021)
- 25 Alumni of IIT Bombay Write to IIT Kharagpur Director Over Seema Singh’s Remarks (April 29, 2021)
- COVID-19: With Over 3.7 Lakh New Cases, Another Record Single-Day Spike (April 29, 2021)
- Vardhan and SII Statements Keep Covishield Price Confusion Alive (April 26, 2021)
- India Reports 3.45 Lakh New Cases, US Refuses To Allow Vaccine Ingredients Export (April 24, 2021)
- India Reports 3.32 Lakh New Cases, China Offers Helping Hand (April 23, 2021)
- India Reports World’s Highest Number of New COVID-19 Cases in 24 Hours (April 22, 2021)
- India Reports Over 2,000 COVID Deaths in Single Day, CEA Predicts Mid-May Peak (April 21, 2021)
- Cyclone Wrecks Australia West Coast, Super-Typhoon Slams Into Philippines (April 20, 2021)
- As India Reports 2.56 Lakh Cases, Modi Announces Confusing Vaccine Update (April 20, 2021)
- COVID-19: Oxygen To Be Transported by Trains, Supply Diverted From Industries (April 19, 2021)
- India Reports 2.7 Lakh New COVID Cases, Cumulative Cases Crosses 1.5 Crore (April 19, 2021)
- COVID-19: As Thousands Gasp for Oxygen, Government Tardiness in Spotlight (April 19, 2021)
- India Going Through a Spate of U-Turns in Scramble To Stem COVID-19 Tide (April 17, 2021)
- India’s COVID-19 Story Goes From Bad To Worse With 2.17 Lakh New Cases (April 16, 2021)
- India Reports 2 Lakh New COVID-19 Cases on Single Day, Spike in Haridwar (April 15, 2021)
- COVID-19: Queues at Crematoria Again Suggest Inconsistencies in Official Data (April 14, 2021)
- US Recommends Pausing Johnson & Johnson Vaccine After Blood Clot Reports (April 13, 2021)
- India Reports 1.7 Lakh New Cases, Five States Report 10k Cases Each (April 12, 2021)
- COVID-19: Gujarat BJP Chief Gives Remdesivir for Free, Sans Proper Safeguards (April 12, 2021)
- India Sees 1.45 Lakh New COVID-19 Cases, More Than 10 Lakh Cases Active (April 10, 2021)
- COVID-19: In PM Modi’s CMs Meet, Vaccine Shortage Takes Centre Stage (April 9, 2021)
- 617 Serious Adverse Events After Vaccination Reported In India Until March 29 (April 9, 2021)
- Muon g-2 Anomaly: US Experiments Find Hint of a Crack in the Laws of Physics (April 8, 2021)
- 100,000 New COVID-19 Cases, Bad Governance Hold India at Brink of Disaster (April 5, 2021)
- Top US Body Recommends Funding for Controversial Solar Geoengineering Research (March 30, 2021)
- Mumbai Seeks Permission for Door-To-Door Vaccination Plan, Centre Says No (March 30, 2021)
- A Year After First Lockdown, Mumbai in the Throes of COVID-19 Again (March 26, 2021)
- India Sees Over One Lakh New COVID-19 Cases in Two Days, Highest in 2021 (March 25, 2021)
- Supply Issues Dog Covaxin, Covishield as India Ups COVID-19 Vaccination Pace (March 24, 2021)
- COVID-19 Vaccine Available for Everyone Above 45 From April 1: Health Ministry (March 23, 2021)
- AstraZeneca Clears Europe Blood Clot Hurdle but Indian Regulators Insist on Secrecy (March 20, 2021)
- Experts Press Officials in Charge of Vaccine Drive for Info on Adverse Events (March 18, 2021)
- India Has Exported 5.84 Crore Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines To 70 Countries: Data (March 17, 2021)
- France, Germany Pause AstraZeneca Rollouts Over Sporadic Blood Clot Reports (March 16, 2021)
- India Reports Biggest Weekly Jump in COVID-19 Cases Since July 2020 (March 15, 2021)
- India Expected To Review Covishield After Reports of Blood Clots After Vaccination (March 14, 2021)
- Antarctic Telescope Finds Sign of Strange Phenomenon Predicted 60 Years Ago (March 11, 2021)
- India Retains Short Dose Gap For Covishield Despite Data To The Contrary (March 10, 2021)
- Led by Maharashtra, India’s COVID-19 Case Load Is Rising Again (March 8, 2021)
- Interim Results Show Covaxin Is 81% Effective, Bharat Biotech Says (March 3, 2021)
- As Coronavirus Vaccine Drive Expands, Co-WIN Glitches Cause Some Delays (March 3, 2021)
- Modi Only World Leader to Use Vaccination Certificate to Push Cult of Personality (March 1, 2021)
- India Kicks off Phase 2 of Vaccination Drive, Co-WIN Opens for Public Registration (March 1, 2021)
- Sci-Hub Case: Academics Urge Court To Rule Against ‘Extortionate Practices’ (February 25, 2021)
- Breakthrough Science Society Condemns UGC’s Promotion of ‘Cow Science’ Exam (February 23, 2021)
- Why Does the Idea That SARS-CoV-2 Came From a Lab Persist? (February 15, 2021)
- Chhattisgarh Health Min Refuses Covaxin Over Efficacy Doubts, Vardhan Replies (February 12, 2021)
- Govt Refutes Causal Link Between Candidate Vaccine Shots, Health Worker Deaths (February 8, 2021)
- DNA Bill: Standing Committee Makes Slew of Recommendations To Govt (February 4, 2021)
- Expenses of Science, Health, Environment Departments of Interest, 2014-2019 (February 1, 2021)
- Covaxin Trial’s Info Sheet Skips Mention of Two Rare but Known Risks (January 29, 2021)
- Economic Survey Takes Aim at Out-of-Pocket Spend, High Private Healthcare Costs (January 29, 2021)
- The Sensible, the Debatable and the Bizarre in CEA’s Defence of India’s Lockdown (January 29, 2021)
- EU May Block AstraZeneca Vaccine for 65+ Group After Controversy in Germany (January 29, 2021)
- Home Secy Ajay Bhalla Asks States To Prosecute People for Vaccine Safety ‘Rumours’ (January 25, 2021)
- Pune: Five People Die in Massive Fire at Serum Institute of India Building (January 22, 2021)
- Hesitancy + App Glitches = ‘Sluggish’ Response to India’s Vaccination Drive (January 18, 2021)
- Allergy-Like Reactions To COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates an ‘Expected Effect’ (January 17, 2021)
- COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-Out FAQ: Dos, Don’ts and Other Tips (January 16, 2021)
- Dear Health Ministry – Do You Know What Good Science Is? (January 15, 2021)
- What Does Treating Covaxin and Covishield ‘Equally’ Entail? (January 15, 2021)
- Despite Mounting Disputes, Govt Presses Ahead With Vaccine Roll Out (January 12, 2021)
- Serum Institute Vaccine To Be Rs 200 per Dose, PM CARES Will Bear Cost (January 11, 2021)
- India’s Vaccine Approvals Had One Problem. It Gave Rise To the Other Two. (January 5, 2021)
- DCGI’s Covaxin Verdict Forces First Vaccine Recipients To Make a Tough Call (January 4, 2021)
- COVID-19 Vaccines: What We Lose When We Lose Public Accountability (January 4, 2021)
- ‘Never Seen Anything Like it’: Gagandeep Kang on India’s Vaccine Approvals (January 4, 2021)
- 10 Questions the DCGI Needs To Answer About the Two Vaccine Candidates Approved (January 3, 2021)
- DCGI Okays Bharat Biotech, Serum Institute Candidates for Restricted Emergency Use (January 3, 2021)
- All You Need to Know About Bharat Biotech and Covaxin During the Pandemic (January 3, 2021)
- India Approves Two Vaccine Candidates, But Let’s Not Pretend Everything Is Okay (January 2, 2021)