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7 Must-Read Stories In June 2018

Health threats like Nipah virus infection, cancer and Parkinson's disease weighed on the minds of readers in June 2018.

Asian Students Win CERN Competition For The First Time (VIDEO)

Students from the Philippines and India have won the CERN Beamline for Schools competition 2018.

Satellites Reveal The Secrets Of The Himalayas

Mineral ‘signatures’ seen from space have revealed where the Indian and Eurasian sub-continents collided to form the Himalayan mountain range.

Winners Of 2018 Nikkei Asia Prizes Announced

A Chinese environmentalist, a Vietnamese pediatrician and an Indian reformer have been awarded the 23rd Nikkei Asia Prizes.

Nipah Outbreak In India Leaves 17 Dead

Since the outbreak first started on May 19, 2018, there have been 17 deaths from Nipah virus infections in Kerala, India.

7 Must-Read Stories In May 2018

Prominent personalities, therapies for HIV infection and cool feats of engineering were topics of interest in the month of May.

Sweet Potatoes May Have Originated In India

Based on the discovery of 57-million-year-old leaf fossils, scientists in India and the US suggest that the sweet potato first appeared in India.

Indian Engineering Student Saves Diabetic Passenger On Flight

Thanks to the quick thinking of IITK engineering student Karttikeya Mangalam aboard a flight from Geneva to New Delhi, a diabetic passenger’s life was saved.

Feasible To Treat Hepatitis C At Scale, Study

A decentralized, algorithm-based public health model helped cure over 90 percent of patients with hepatitis C virus infections in Punjab, India.