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Why we should trust science
Time of crisis for science over the past several years
Science is the organised method developed to understand nature.
Science and academics rest on three pillars,
• Which are an
• Interdependent set of facts,
• Logic and reason.
Facts relate to the patterns we observe and the evidence we collect
Reason constructs hypotheses and these are tested for consistency
against logic and fact.
Reason encompasses imagination, creativity, mathematical thinking and other
abilities of the human mind, which also helps understand facts
Prelims Focus Facts-News Analysis
Page-1- Modi assures States on sharing of funds
Following criticism from the southern States that they were being discriminated
against for performing well on development parameters, PM Narendra Modi on Thursday said
the Centre had suggested to the 15th Finance Commission to consider incentivising States that have worked on population control.
Page-1- Ruling on SC/ST Act is causing great damage, Centre tells Supreme Court
In a note seeking a review, government says judgment is in conflict with the law
Mehbooba vows to ensure justice in Kathua rape case
Investigations are on the fast track, says J&K Chief Minister
Centre to snuff out „toxic‟ e-cigarettes
Tells Delhi High Court they are a „new emerging threat‟
Centre has informed the Delhi High Court that it is in the process of issuing
guidelines to ban the manufacture, import, sale and any kind of trade
in e-cigarettes, dubbing it a “new emerging threat”
IRNSS-1I to enrich navigation fleet
Latest launch completes the first phase of the NavIC constellation, an indigenous navigation
support
NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation), dubbed India‟s own GPS
Nine more missions planned for this year
WHO directives call for support for breastfeeding
Health facilities requested to follow 10 important guidelines
World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children‟s Fund (UNICEF)
on Thursday issued a new 10-step guidance to increase support for
breastfeeding in health facilities that provide maternity and newborn services,
which provide the immediate health system platform to help mothers initiate
breastfeeding within the first hour and breastfeed exclusively for six months
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