Malaria Eradication Is India falling short of its deadline of eradicating malaria by 2030?R. RamachandranA recent paper in The Lancet comprehensively addresses the multiple issues India faces as it works towards meeting the deadline of eradicating malaria
Science Notebook One step closer to room-temperature superconductors?R. RamachandranIn the search for room-temperature superconductors, scientists are constantly on the lookout for new materials that show superconductivity at temperat
Public health Medicine marketR. RAMACHANDRANThe effect of health reforms has been both direct in terms of declining public investment in health-care infrastructure and medical education and indi
Legislation How to control freely available dataR. RAMACHANDRANThe draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill defies logic at a time when digital technology is ubiquitous and geospatial information about any par
Interview: A.S. Kiran Kumar ‘Design process has been validated’R. RAMACHANDRANT.S. SUBRAMANIANInterview with Dr A.S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation.
Space Growing wingsR. RAMACHANDRANT.S. SUBRAMANIANISRO crosses yet another milestone with the successful launch and return of a winged Reusable Launch Vehicle in a scaled-down configuration that flew
Spotlight Monsoon watchR. RAMACHANDRANResearchers of PIK, Germany, claim that their novel method, using the Eastern Ghats and north Pakistan as the “tipping elements”, is better in pre
Gravitational waves Ripples from the pastR. RAMACHANDRANThe first detection of the sounds of the cosmos may be the harbinger of more such signals, which may tell us new things about the universe.
Paris Agreement How the West had its wayR. RamachandranThe story of the just-concluded COP-21 in Paris is one of clever manoeuvring by the U.S., both before and during the conference, false goals, and comp
Why it happened The monsoon storyR. RAMACHANDRANThis year, the effect of the north-east monsoon has been worsened by an intense El Nino and a quick succession of rain-causing weather systems.
Climate Change A text for ParisR. RAMACHANDRANThe Bonn draft that will be the basis for the negotiations in COP-21 in Paris is to the general satisfaction of developing countries as well, though c
Interview The making of AstrosatR. RamachandranT. S. SubramanianInterview with M. Annadurai, Director, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bengaluru.
Terra Luna crash: When the crypto casino crumbled The Terra-Luna crash in May made it clear that cryptocurrency is inherently volatile and prone to systemic crises. Yet, as long as there is excess li
SlideshowSri Lanka: The stranded stateSri Lanka has faced a series of misfortunes—the wrath of a 26-year-long civil war, a devastating tsunami, the Easter bombings of 2018, the spread of
