Multiple VariablesDigital Textbooks To Be Available in Audio, Visual Formats For Students With Disabilities: Govt The ministry released guidelines to ensure that all education resources are "perceivable, operable, understandable and robust" for students. By Aditi Murti
Save Me (Not)Can We Move On: From the Vigilante Trope As an Easy Solution to Complex Social Problems The vigilante exists to "solve" the problem by making the problem disappear. By Aditi Murti
May I Have Some?How Serotonin Became the Internet’s Symbol for Hope and Happiness Joking about this neurotransmitter’s role in keeping us happy is a familiar community coping mechanism. By Aditi Murti
Saving A SeatBihar Plans 33% Reservation for Women In Technical Colleges. Can This Reduce the Gender Gap? This will be the first state to have reservations for women in engineering and medical colleges specifically. By Aditi Murti
DeoxygenationOxygen Is Disappearing From Earth’s Freshwater Lakes, Putting Ecosystems at Risk Depleted oxygen levels increase greenhouse gas emissions -- affecting people and the environment. By Aditi Murti
Hiding SpotScientists Discover the Malaria Parasite Hides in Our Spleen. This Can Help With Treatment That breakthrough helps explain why chronic cases of malaria often go undetected on blood tests but suddenly return in patients. By Aditi Murti
The Prodigal TortoiseA Giant Tortoise Thought Extinct For More Than 100 Years Was Found in the Galápagos The number of tortoises has significantly declined in the islands due to whaling and other high-risk activities. By Aditi Murti
Invisible GoodsCompanies Are Trading CO2 Emissions to Tackle Global Warming. But the System Lacks Accountability Without proper regulations, carbon trading can increase greenhouse gas emissions and concentrate wealth among the rich. By Aditi Murti
Restorative PracticesTell Me More: Talking Accountability and Transformative Justice with Deepika Bhardwaj "The way that we're made to confront our role in oppressive structures feels threatening because it feels personal and punitive." By Aditi Murti
Say No AlreadySmoking Killed Almost 8 Million People in 2019. Can Better Anti‑Smoking Campaigns Help Fix This? Awareness campaigns should target young people as 89% of new smokers were addicted by the age of 25, according to a Lancet study. By Aditi Murti
Before You BrushUntrending: Dry Brushing Exfoliates Skin, But Won’t Get Rid Of Cellulite or Toxins While dry brushing helps to exfoliate, a vigorous brushing session might give you irritated, inflamed skin. By Aditi Murti
Health Worker RightsTake Note of ASHA Workers’ “Poor Working Conditions,” Human Rights Body Tells Govt ASHAs, tasked with providing health facilities to the rural population, are protesting against non-payment of wages and lack of protective gear. By Aditi Murti
Unwelcome ChangeLakshadweep’s New Land Reforms Threaten Its Fragile Ecosystems, Citizen Rights The reforms will make the union territory open to uncontested building, mining, quarrying and other operations that threaten its coral reef systems. By Aditi Murti
What's In A NameGovt Asks Social Media Platforms to Remove Posts Calling B.1.617 the “Indian” Covid19 Variant However, the Indian government has no legal basis to do so under the IT act By Aditi Murti
They Want Your DataFacebook Received 40,300 Requests From the Govt Last Year to Access User Data The requests have almost doubled since 2019, Facebook said in its transparency report. By Aditi Murti
Streamlining EffortsICMR Approves a Covid19 Home Testing Kit, but Advises Against “Indiscriminate” Use Covid19 negatives from home tests still count as suspect positives until an RT-PCR report confirms it, the organization says. By Aditi Murti
Jabs For AllLess Than 5% Of India’s Transgender Population Has Received the Covid19 Vaccine Transphobia in the healthcare system, lack of valid IDs leave, and vaccine hesitancy contribute to the low numbers. By Aditi Murti
Protecting The VulnerableChhattisgarh Govt to Fund Education of Children Who Lost Parents to Covid19 The second wave is leaving thousands of children orphaned and destitute without a breadwinner to support their education. By Aditi Murti