COVID-19 Update Central government rejects WHO’s estimate of India's COVID deathsThe Indian government has rejected outright the WHO estimate that COVID-19 caused 4.7 million additional deaths in the country in 2020-21 and question
Particle Physics W-boson appears to be heavier than predicted by the Standard ModelThe result of a decade-long analysis of millions of archived particle collision events reveals that the W boson may be significantly heavier than pred
Science Scientists’ search for the elusive magnetic monopole R. RamachandranWhile theories such as the grand unified theories (GUTs), which unify electromagnetism, nuclear forces and gravity in one framework, predict the exist
Nuclear Energy The JET nuclear fusion project makes a game-changing breakthroughR. RamachandranIn December, the JET fusion energy project broke the 24-year-old record of energy output achieved by nuclear fusion. This has laid the foundation for
COVID-19 Three separate and spaced exposures to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein confers high immune protection, say scientists in two studies R. RamachandranThe key finding of two foreign cohort studies seems to imply that three separate and spaced exposures to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein—either from th
COVER STORY: COVID-19 Omicron surge: Understanding the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India R. RamachandranAlthough India and the world at large are experiencing the Omicron-fuelled wave of the pandemic to varying degrees, it is still not possible to say wh
COVER STORY Grand cover-up: The Narendra Modi government's celebration of one billion COVID vaccine dosesR. RamachandranThe Modi government’s gloating over administering one billion cumulative doses of the COVID vaccine is designed to erase from public memory its monu
IPCC report on climate change IPCC issues dire warning on global warmingR. RamachandranThe IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report comes as an ominous reminder of how global warming will impact the world in the coming years and stresses the urg
Higgs Boson Particle The Higgs huntR. RAMACHANDRANCERN announces that the highly elusive Higgs boson had in all probability been discovered. (Published in the issue dated July 27, 2012.)
National Immunisation Programme Vaccine worriesR. RAMACHANDRANWith three public sector vaccine-manufacturing units forced to stop production, there is concern about the national immunisation programme. (Published
Great Indian Arc of the Meridian Survey SagaR. RAMACHANDRAN in New DelhiOne of the most stupendous tasks in the history of science, started 200 years ago by William Lambton and completed four decades later by George Everes
Freebie phobia: The BJP’s concerted attack on redistributive transfers Although the BJP is against ‘freebies’ in principle, in practice it has been forced to use a version of concessions and transfers to counter the o
SlideshowLiving on the edgeThey are river people, whose lives ebb and flow with the waters of the Brahmaputra in a timeless rhythm. But now, hydroelectric projects and homogenis
