Hot Ocean Water Led To Mass Extinction: Study

Environment

Source : www.thehindu.com  Date : 2018-12-09 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Degradation – GHGs, Ozone Depletion & Climate Change Scientists think they’ve figured out the falling dominoes that led to the earth’s largest mass extinction and worry that human-caused climate change puts the planet on a vaguely similar path. Some 250 million…

Descent Into Hell

Health

Source : www.thehindu.com  Date : 2018-12-09 OPINION Relevant for: Health, Education & Human Resources Topic: Health & Sanitation and related issues The working conditions of manual scavengers — those who manually clean drains, sewers and septic tanks and remove human excreta — has not changed for decades. Many of them make their way down a…

Gene Hunters On The Autism Trail

Science & Technology

Source : www.thehindu.com  Date : 2018-12-09 OPINION Relevant for: Science & Technology Topic: Biotechnology, Genetics & Health related developments Will creating a genomic data bank on autistic children and their families hold the key to early diagnosis and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)? An increasing number of global researchers think so as they invest time…

Report On ‘Toxic’ Talc Worries India

Health

Source : www.thehindu.com  Date : 2018-12-09 OPINION Relevant for: Health, Education & Human Resources Topic: Health & Sanitation and related issues The debate over whether talcum powder poses serious health risks is in the spotlight again. A risk assessment draft on talc published by Health Canada, the country’s public health department, states that talcum powder…