Mumbai, Aug. 7 -- Scientists, students, teachers and researchers are appealing to the government to take adequate steps based on scientific advice supported by data to counter the pandemic. The appeal comes days ahead of the Indian chapter of March for Science is to take place on Monday. Last year, scientists with the India March for Science suggested concrete steps to tackle the pandemic in a letter to PM. "But the government chose to ignore the advice, precipitating a disaster when the second wave struck. .unscrupulous people were peddling untested concoctions as remedies for COVID, often with government support," said the scientists in a statement....