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Nikita Mehta

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India climbs 15 spots in innovation ranking

1 min read . 16 Aug 2016

Since the monsoon season started in June, 28% of the country’s area has recorded excess rainfall, while 56% of the area has received normal rainfall. Photo: PTI

Heavy rainfall warnings in six states, NDRF on standby

1 min read . 10 Aug 2016

The researchers analysed 180 demographic and health surveys from 62 low and middle income countries performed between 1990 and 2014.

Paternal education as important as maternal education in reducing childhood undernutrition: study

1 min read . 10 Aug 2016

Since the monsoon season started in June, India has received 1% excess rainfall. Photo: Roshan Mohammad/ Mint

India receives ample monsoon rainfall, but several states still record deficit

3 min read . 04 Aug 2016

P Venugopal and his team in the department of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery at AIIMS had been modifying the heart transplant surgery techniques by experimenting on animals. Photo: HT

Remembering India’s first heart transplant surgery

3 min read . 04 Aug 2016

The dynamical weather forecasting model, which is expected to be a more accurate, will shift the IMD from a model it has been using for more than 100 years.

K.J. Ramesh, new IMD chief, takes office

2 min read . 02 Aug 2016

File photo. Nearly 90% of the country has received normal to excess rainfall so far. Photo: Mint

Monsoon to be above normal in August and September: IMD

2 min read . 02 Aug 2016

Flood affected village Mayong in Assam. More than two-lakh hectare of crop area has been affected in the state owing to the flood. Photo: PTI

Assam floods: 5 dead, over 2 lakh evacuated to relief camps

1 min read . 29 Jul 2016

Scientists announced at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Toronto that a drug has shown a remarkable effect on Alzheimer’s patients.

Alzheimer’s breakthrough on the horizon?

2 min read . 29 Jul 2016

Although the study was conducted in one district, the study notes that the process of reporting in this district is similar to that used by all districts in the country. Photo: Bloomberg

NCRB data underestimates pedestrian and motorcycle deaths: US study

2 min read . 29 Jul 2016

Regions in Assam and Meghalaya saw extremely heavy rainfall at the beginning of the week. Photo: AFP

IMD sees monsoon rains picking up pace in first week of August

1 min read . 29 Jul 2016

La Nina which refers to large-scale cooling of the ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific, is associated with excess rainfall in India. Photo: AP

2016 likely to be hottest year despite weak La Nina: WMO

1 min read . 29 Jul 2016

IMD issues its forecast for the June-September monsoon season in April, which is based on the Ensemble Statistical Forecasting System that uses five predictors. Photo: AFP

IMD to soon decide on forecasting model

2 min read . 28 Jul 2016

IMD is responsible for weather and climate related forecasts for the country.

K.J Ramesh named as new IMD chief

1 min read . 28 Jul 2016

LUCA may have lived in really inhospitable environs like underwater volcanos. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Meet LUCA, the original ancestor

1 min read . 27 Jul 2016

While Indian men ranked 101 among 200 countries in terms of height in 1914, they ranked 178 in 2014. Indian women are now among the 10 shortest (by nationality) in the world ranking—192 in 2014 as compared to 163 in 1014.

Height of Indians growing at one of the slowest rates in the world: Study

3 min read . 27 Jul 2016

USGS says that the discovery was the result of the most comprehensive gas hydrate field venture in the world to date, made up of scientists from India, Japan and the US. Photo: Bloomberg

India discovers producible natural gas hydrates in Bay of Bengal

1 min read . 26 Jul 2016

A study by the National Institute of Disaster Management in 2014 found that migrants from the villages of Bundelkhand seldom return home. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

The abandoned villages of Bundelkhand

3 min read . 25 Jul 2016

Farmers work on a field of freshly sown sesame in Tiliyavillage of Jalaun district. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

After years of distress, farmers in Bundelkhand have reasons to cheer

9 min read . 21 Jul 2016

A study said that the Zika epidemic cannot be contained with existing control measures but added that the next large-scale epidemic is unlikely to surface for at least another decade. Photo: Reuters

Zika epidemic likely to burn itself out in three years: Study

2 min read . 15 Jul 2016

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