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India's Chandrayaan-3 launches to explore moon's water-rich south pole

India has launched its Chandrayaan-3 mission, which aims to explore the south pole of the moon by rover, completing a scientific mission that was first attempted in 2019 but ended in catastrophic failure due to a software glitch

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A wolf-dog hybrid has been confirmed in India for the first time

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India's extreme heatwaves show the need to adapt to a warming world

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Severe Indian heatwave will bake a billion people and damage crops

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C. V. Raman

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Health care workers move an oxygen cylinder on a stretcher at Jaipur Golden Hospital in Delhi, India.

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Oxygen Express trains deliver supplies as India hit by covid-19 surge

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Hindu devotees perform prayers observing Navaratri festival at a temple in Amritsar, India

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India sees record surges in cases due to coronavirus variants

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Covid-19 lockdown means 115 million Indian children risk malnutrition

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Covid-19 lockdown means 115 million Indian children risk malnutrition

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child cooking indoors

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Air pollution exposure may make our bones become weaker

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Concerns raised over Indian government's plan for face recognition

India's government wants to build one of the largest face recognition systems in the world, but campaigners are concerned

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Humans

The Bhopal disaster 35 years on: Why the full truth remains unknown

Regulars

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Authorities do little to halt severe air pollution in northern India

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India's Vikram moon lander appears to have crashed on the moon

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Health

The pioneering podcast that's breaking the silence on women's health

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