Year: 2018

microbiology-163470_1280

Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Helped Make World’s First Gene-Edited Babies

The Wire Staff 26/11/2018

He Jiankui, of the Southern University of Science and...

IMG_9720-2

Nutrition Support Emerges as Key Component of India’s TB Elimination Plan

The Wire Staff 26/11/2018

Focusing on nutrition as a trigger to TB would...

download-33

New Exposé Paints Sorry Picture of India’s Medical Device Industry, Regulator Framework

The Wire Staff 26/11/2018

The investigation has revealed a number of serious problems,...

6885687501_6046708056_b

As Climate Threats Mount, Need for Greater Cooperation in Hindu Kush Himalayan Region

Kabir Agarwal 25/11/2018

The mountains are warming at a greater speed, leading...

gurgaon-smog-delhi-pti

‘Urdu Wala Chashma’, Episode 43: The Air Pollution Story of India

Nupur Sharma 25/11/2018

Nupur Sharma frames the air pollution story of India...

scientific progress, scientific research, Nobel Prizes, ECG Sudarshan, Vera Rubin, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Ashis Nandy, science and society, reason of state, national security, publicly funded scientific research, higher education, master's degree, PhD, postgraduate training, ivory tower, applied science, applied scientific research, postdoctoral fellows, Thomas Kuhn,

Why You Shouldn’t Measure Scientific Progress With Award-Winning Discoveries

Madhusudhan Raman 25/11/2018

The notion that science is invested in by the...

modi-statue-of-unity-11

Under Modi, India Has Witnessed an Unprecedented Chomping of the Earth

Ashish Kothari 25/11/2018

When a government justifies environmental ‘sacrifice’ for ‘development’ purposes,...