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[View this email in your browser]( Top Story [Centre's Road Contract in Nagaland Raises Questions of Impropriety in Delhi and UP]( Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty [A tainted BSP MLA has been given the contract for the Wokha-Merpani road in Nagaland, the terrible state of which has led to local protests. While the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation's decision to award the contract to a company run by a previously disqualified MLA may not technically violate the Representation of People's Act, it does raise the question of moral propriety.]( ['India's GPS' Remains Unfinished as ISRO PSLV Mission Fails After 20 Years]( Vasudevan Mukunth [A spare satellite, IRNSS1I, was expected to launch in November 2017, followed by two more spares next year. How the failure of C39 will impact this schedule is not known.]( [Resignations Indicate BJP is Going for Optics, Not Governance, in Possible Cabinet Reshuffle]( Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta [At least five Union ministers tendered their resignations on August 31 after meting with party president Amit Shah.]( [Is the Hindu Right's Appropriation of Gandhi Possible?]( Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee [If those who completely discredited the ethical considerations of Gandhi's battle can get away with appropriating him, a host of issues will come under severe question.]( [The March for Science: Did the Government Even Blink?]( T.V. Padma [Several scientists also admitted that they received subtle, and some not-so-subtle, hints from their senior colleagues to stay away from the march.]( [Why the Gorkha Homeland Talks are a One Way Street]( Shikha Mukerjee [It is near impossible to negotiate a long-term solution without conceding to the demand of a Gorkhaland. A temporary truce and a suspension of the shutdown is the best that can be expected from the bipartite talks that have just begun.]( [The Bat That Feels No Pain, and Other Incredible Living Things]( Janaki Lenin [A quick review of interesting research on living things from the last month.]( [Learning to See Menstruation as Reproductive Labour]( Sakhi Nitin Anita [If we learn to see menstruation as reproductive labour, we can then see menstruating women as labourers with rights, including the right to choice of work.]( Copyright © 2017 The Wire, All rights reserved. You're getting this email because you recently subscribed to receive email digests from The Wire via our website. Our mailing address is: The Wire 13, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg Gole MarketNew Delhi 110001 India [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](