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Geography & coastal settlements make tsunamis more dangerous in Indonesia

Anja Scheffers -
Indonesia covers many complex tectonic environments. Many details of these are still poorly understood.

Why the physics community has lost interest in breakthrough discovery

Sandhya Ramesh -
There’s deep scepticism about an IISc duo’s claims of achieving superconductivity at room temperature owing to their silence on the study.

BBC story on ISRO top engineer focuses more on her cooking than her scientific work

Sandhya Ramesh -
Contrasting women’s professional achievements with their roles in the kitchen reinforces the caretaker stereotype.

Shekhar Gupta, science vs technology isn’t like Communism vs RSS

Vijay Chauthaiwale -
Creating artificial conflicts between science and technology is certainly not conducive to the advancement of either.

Scientists create quantum switch that can jumble sequence of events

Sandhya Ramesh -
ScientiFix, a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to the best sources to read them.

An atom bomb, a GSLV going up, is no science at all. Science is being done in small labs: Bharat Ratna Prof CNR Rao

ThePrint Team -
Govts say they’ve given so much money for science. Actually it’s for big projects, space and atomic and not science. IT has also sucked out talent from science.

Using new AI algorithm, IIT-Bombay to reduce damage caused by natural disasters in India

Sandhya Ramesh -
Meanwhile, an innovation from students at IIT-Mandi can predict landslides and help effect quick evacuations.

42,000-year-old worms may take us a step closer to human cryofreezing

Sandhya Ramesh -
The Siberian cold sets the stage for excellent preservation, and scientists flock to the region to dig into Earth’s archives.

Kusala Rajendran: What we know about Indian earthquakes, we know through her

Sandhya Ramesh -
A pioneer in the study of earthquakes, Rajendran was awarded India's first ever 'National Award for Woman Scientist' late last month.

Don’t miss this celestial show tonight: Mars shining bright in the night sky

Sandhya Ramesh -
The planet will be visible from across the country the entire night; the last time it made such an approach was in 2003.
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Opinion

Air India crash report shows an institutional reform of AAIB and aviation ministry is in order

A K Bhattacharya -
The civil aviation ministry could have recognised the enormity of the Air India crash and prepared the AAIB and its investigating team for its sensitivities.

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

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Radhika Yadav’s murder proves the khap panchayat never left—it just moved back into the family

Economy

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Defence

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

National Interest

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Shekhar Gupta -
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

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