Year: 2020

infosys prize

Infosys Prizes for 2020 Awarded to Six Scholars

Researchers from the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology...

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Pusa: Could a Tech Solution Solve the Socioeconomic Issue of Stubble Burning?

T.V. Padma 03/12/2020

Scientists in Delhi have developed a cheap organic alternative...

A man pushes his bicycle through a water-logged neighbourhood after Cyclone Nivar's landfall, in Chennai

Cyclone Nivar Weakened Near the Coast – but Flooded Coastal Districts Anyway

Mahima A. Jain 03/12/2020

Over 2.7 lakh people were moved to shelters, loss...

FILE PHOTO: Small bottles labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration

Explainer: When and How Will COVID-19 Vaccines Become Available?

Julie Steenhuysen and Carl O'Donnell 02/12/2020

Britain on Wednesday became the first Western country to...

EU Criticises ‘Hasty’ UK Approval of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

Francesco Guarascio 02/12/2020

Britain is still subject to EU rules until it...

Eat Just handout via Reuters

In a First, Singapore Approves Sale of Lab-Grown Meat

Aradhana Aravindan, John Geddie and Anshuman Daga 02/12/2020

US start-up Eat Just will sell the meat, to...

FILE PHOTO: A private security guard stands in front of the main gate of Sterlite Industries Ltd's copper plant, a unit of London-based Vedanta Resources, in Tuticorin, in Tamil Nadu March 24, 2013. Credit: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

SC Dismisses Vedanta’s Interim Plea to Inspect, Conduct Trial Run at Sterlite Plant

Vedanta had sought handing over of the plant for...