Three youths from the Kanjarbhat community were beaten by members of their community’s ‘caste panchayat’ in the Pimpri-Chinchvad area of pune for speaking out against the practice of conducting a bridal ‘virginity test’.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 23rd Jan 2018

Contrary to previous claims and assumptions, a study now finds that droughts killed tree species that access deeper water much more.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 21st Jan 2018

The hole in Earth’s ozone layer that forms over Antarctica each September was the smallest observed since 1988, NASA satellite measurements from this year have revealed.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 21st Jan 2018

Based on the process of inelastic quantum tunnelling, the Electrical Engineering department of Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, is researching to develop an “electronic nose. The “nose” can differentiate between molecules based on their vibrational energies.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 21st Jan 2018

A two-member team from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has used a novel method to culture bacteria and determine its growth at much lower concentration in relatively less time — four–six hours.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 21st Jan 2018