ow

Modi’s asked Indian firms to ‘be kind’ amid lockdown but many workers have not been paid their wages

At least three petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court demanding that companies be given the freedom to fire or furlough employees.




ow

Coronavirus: Football teams will be allowed to use five substitutes to deal with fixture backlog

The International Football Association Board said in a statement that it had agreed to a proposal by Fifa for a temporary rule change to protect players.




ow

Coronavirus: Inter, AC Milan resume training after two-month lockdown in Italy’s epicentre

The Italian Football Federation met with the government’s technical scientific committee to discuss details of the medical protocol for a return to training.




ow

Judges should strike down executive actions that are unconstitutional, says Justice Deepak Gupta

The retired Supreme Court judge said the AK Patnaik committee report that investigated alleged manipulation of the court should be placed before the bench.




ow

Here’s what we know (and don’t know) about asymptomatic Covid-19 patients

A physician answers five common questions.




ow

Covid-19: Scientific journals are now pumping out research faster than ever

While there is an urgent need for data, false information can be worse than none at all.




ow

Coronavirus: Two Indians flown back from Gulf to Kerala test positive

The Centre said it will now only test severe cases of the disease before releasing patients.




ow

Listen: Hindustani melodies in which the crow acts as a messenger for lovers

A Punjabi couplet attributed to Sufi spiritual leader Baba Farid has found its way through many translated versions into qawwali and thumri-dadra renditions.




ow

Samit Basu’s new novel looks at how reality is shaped and what humans can do about it

‘Chosen Spirits’ is neither simple dystopic science-fiction nor straightforward political satire, but a call for freedom in an age of puppy adoption shows.




ow

What does the end of India’s Covid-19 lockdown mean for you?

The lockdown has not ‘killed’ the virus and was never going to. We will have to learn to live with Covid-19, possibly until 2022.




ow

Covid-19: Karnataka allows restaurants, pubs, bars to sell liquor but only as takeaway

The establishments will be allowed to sell liquor from 9 am to 7 pm.




ow

Watch: This malinois dog plays hide-and-seek with a child, and even follows the rules

The dog even peeks while counting!




ow

How to not be mentally distressed during the lockdown: Read Virginia Woolf’s essay ‘On Being Ill’

‘However strange your experience, other people have had it too,’ wrote Woolf in this 1926 essay.




ow

Covid-19: Bengal not allowing trains reach state is injustice to migrant workers, says Amit Shah

In his letter to Mamata Banerjee’s state government, the Union home minister said that this may further create hardship for the labourers.




ow

Coronavirus: Senior India hockey players to undergo online coaching course amid lockdown

The course will be attended by 32 senior men and 23 senior women core probables on May 11 and 15 respectively.




ow

Coronavirus: Tamil Nadu to ease lockdown restrictions in non-containment areas from Monday

The state has registered a huge increase in the number of coronavirus cases in the last few days.




ow

He’s very down to earth: Chennaiyin FC midfielder Thapa recalls interaction with MS Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is one of the co-owners of Chennaiyin FC, two-time winners of Indian Super League in 2015 and 2017-’18 season.




ow

[ASAP] Conformers of Allyl Isothiocyanate: A Combined Microwave Spectroscopy and Computational Study

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c02059




ow

[ASAP] Vibrational Partition Function for the Multitemperature Theories of High-Temperature Flows of Gases and Plasmas

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01161




ow

[ASAP] Low-Lying Electronic States of FeGe<italic toggle="yes"><sub>n</sub></italic><sup>–/0</sup> (<italic toggle="yes">n</italic> = 1–3) Clusters Calculated with Multireference Second-O

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c02521




ow

09/16:43 EST Cancellation Severe Weather Warning for Snowy Mountains and Australian Capital Territory Forecast Districts.




ow

Cancer Screening, Monitoring Down During Pandemic

Use of some cancer screening and monitoring tests came to 'a near standstill' in early April in the US, a new report indicates.
Medscape Medical News




ow

Community Cancer Practices Battered by Closures, Now COVID-19

Since 2018, there has been a 20.8% increase in practices merging or being acquired, and more recently they have also taken a beating from COVID-19.
Medscape Medical News




ow

Capmatinib Shows Impressive Results in METex14-Mutated NSCLC

Capmatinib produced rapid, deep responses in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer harboring MET exon 14 (METex14) skipping mutations, according to a presentation at the AACR virtual meeting I.
Medscape Medical News




ow

Mathematica Showcases Innovative Analysis, Data Mining, and Visualizations at Health Datapalooza

At this year’s Health Datapalooza in Washington, DC, Mathematica staff will showcase their expertise in data visualizations, machine learning, and data mining to help progress together on critical issues in today’s health policy environment.




ow

The Promotion Power Impacts of Louisiana High Schools (Executive Summary)

This summary describes a study that measured Louisiana public high schools’ promotion power, which is a school’s effect on the long-term success of its students as indicated by high school graduation, college or career readiness, college enrollment and persistence, and earnings.




ow

The Promotion Power Impacts of Louisiana High Schools

This report describes the data and methods used to measure Louisiana public high schools’ promotion power, which is a school’s effect on the long-term success of its students as indicated by high school graduation, college or career readiness, college enrollment and persistence, and earnings.




ow

How Much Bias Results if a Quasi-Experimental Design Combines Local Comparison Groups, a Pretest Outcome Measure and Other Covariates?: A Within Study Comparison of Preschool Effects

This study examines when nonexperiments might substitute for experiments that are done in real-world settings in order to learn what works to affect some socially valued outcome.




ow

Diane Rittenhouse Joins Mathematica as a Senior Fellow

Mathematica welcomes Diane Rittenhouse as senior fellow in the Health Unit. Rittenhouse, a family physician, is a nationally known expert at the intersection of social policy and clinical quality.




ow

Powdery mildew disease of crucifers: biology, ecology and disease management / Govin Singh Saharan, Naresh K. Mehta, Prabhu Dayal Meena

Online Resource




ow

Octopus crowd: maritime history and the business of Australian pearling in its schooner age / Steve Mullins

Hayden Library - SH377.A8 M85 2019




ow

In Vitro Plant Breeding Towards Novel Agronomic Traits: Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance / Manoj Kumar, Annamalai Muthusamy, Vivek Kumar, Neera Bhalla-Sarin, editors

Online Resource




ow

Integrated assessment of ecosystem health edited by Kate M. Scow [and others]

Online Resource




ow

Contesting Leviathan: activists, hunters, and state power in the Makah whaling conflict / Les Beldo

Dewey Library - SH383.2.B45 2019




ow

How nature works: rethinking labor on a troubled planet / edited by Sarah Besky and Alex Blanchette, School for Advanced Research Press, Santa Fe

Rotch Library - GF75.H69 2019




ow

White gold: the commercialisation of rice farming in the Lower Mekong Basin / Rob Cramb, editor

Online Resource




ow

Sustainable development goals: their impacts on forests and people / edited by Pia Katila, Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Wil de Jong, Glenn Galloway, Pablo Pacheco, Georg Winkel

Online Resource




ow

Green growth that works: natural capital policy and finance mechanisms around the world / edited by Lisa Mandle, Zhiyun Ouyang, James Salzman, and Gretchen C. Daily

Online Resource




ow

Linnaeus, natural history and the circulation of knowledge / edited by Hanna Hodacs, Kenneth Nyberg and Stéphane van Damme

Hayden Library - QH44.L556 2018




ow

Peri-urban China: land use, growth, and integrated urban-rural development / Li Tian and Yan Guo

Rotch Library - HD923.T53 2019




ow

Sea level rise: a slow tsunami on America's shores / Orrin H. Pilkey Jr. and Keith C. Pilkey

Dewey Library - GC90.U5 P55 2019




ow

Working with dynamic crop models: methods, tools and examples for agriculture and environment / Daniel Wallach, David Makowski, James W. Jones, Francois Brun

Hayden Library - SB112.5.W35x 2019




ow

The biology of grasslands / Brian J. Wilsey (Iowa State University, Ames, USA)

Hayden Library - QH541.5.P7 W435 2018




ow

Sustainable management of phytoplasma diseases in crops grown in the tropical belt: biology and detection / Chrystel Y. Olivier, Tim J. Dumonceaux, Edel Pérez-López, editors

Online Resource




ow

Collaborative research in fisheries: co-creating knowledge for fisheries governance in Europe / Petter Holm, Maria Hadjimichael, Sebastian Linke, Steven Mackinson, editors

Online Resource




ow

The American Museum of Natural History and how it got that way / Colin Davey with Thomas A. Lesser ; foreword by Kermit Roosevelt III

Barker Library - QH70.U62 N485 2019




ow

Białowieża Primeval Forest: nature and culture in the Nineteenth Century / Tomasz Samojilik, Anastasia Fedotova, Piotr Daszkiewicz, Ian D. Rotherham

Online Resource




ow

PIX: What kids learned during the lockdown

Rediff readers sent us these pictures to show how their kids are making the most of the lockdown.




ow

PIX: Models dare to take #PillowChallenge!

See how your favourite models rocked the challenge.




ow

Lockdown pix: These kids want you to stay indoors!

Young Rediff readers share inspiring messages to raise awareness about COVID-19.