News
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On mandatory exams and a willfully ignorant court
The UGC justifies its controversial circular mandating final examinations with the claim that “examinations give confidence and satisfaction to the students”. A survey with 25 university students severely contradicts this and flags some critical issues.
September 27th 2020
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Hyderabad Charter: Physicists issue recommendations for gender equity
Physicists issue recommendations to see more gender inclusivity in Indian science
April 15th 2020
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Keep tabs on COVID-19 related scientific info from India
Team TLoS put together resources to help readers gather accurate information on the Coronavirus pandemic.
April 6th 2020
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Trash is on the Menu for the Critically Endangered Greater Adjutant
Guwahati needs to address the larger issue of waste management if this carrion-feeding bird species is to have a future.
April 3rd 2020
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Infographic: Collecting and testing Indian health indicators on a large scale
What are India’s health indicators? This infographic shows how scientists are answering this question.
March 17th 2020
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Good teachers need to go way beyond textbooks
Looking back at EpiSTEME, a conference on science education, held at TIFR-HBCSE in January 2020.
March 9th 2020
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A New Kind of Quantum Information Conference Is Coming to Chennai
In 2018, a quantum information workshop in Brazil came closer than most to the ideal of a truly diverse scientific conference. The team behind it is trying to recreate the same experience in Chennai.
December 21st 2019
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Physicists meet to talk gender equity (and some physics)
At the first of its kind scientific conference, Indian physicists start to agree that something must be done about the gender gap
October 1st 2019
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The hunt for superflares from the Sun
For years, astronomers wondered whether the Sun is a special star – a star sans superflares. All that changed earlier this year, thanks to a meteorite called Efremovka and some neat detective work from a group of scientists including Kuljeet Kaur Marhas from PRL, Ahmedabad.
June 18th 2019
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Snippets from Spoorthi—Celebrating Indian Women in Science
Spoorthi is a resource for women in science in India and includes a diversity of voices of women.
March 6th 2019