Department of Biotechnology

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Indian Science Is Over-Managed, Over-Awarded and Underperforming

Gangan Prathap 15/10/2022

While the Indian army is helmed by one four-star...

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Centre Has Spent Rs 171 Crore So Far To Help Develop COVID Vaccines: RTI Reply

The Wire Staff 19/01/2022

In April 2021, the government allocated Rs 900 crore...

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How Much Does India’s COVID Vaccination Drive Really Revolve Around Covaxin?

Vasudevan Mukunth 27/12/2021

The government's ham-fisted efforts at 'demand management' and uncertainty...

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Rajesh Gokhale Succeeds Renu Swarup as Department of Biotechnology Secretary

India Science Wire 27/10/2021

Gokhale is a leading scientist on the study of...

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After a Gold at the Olympics, Can We Aim for a Nobel Prize?

Suprakash Chandra Roy 30/08/2021

Lower funding on R&D alone doesn't explain India's abysmal...

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The Two Faces of India’s New Science and Tech Policy

Itty Abraham 17/05/2021

Read against the grain, the NRF proposal and STIP-2020...

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After Centre Ignored INSACOG Warning, Surge Undoes ‘Supermodel’ Predictions

The Wire Staff 05/05/2021

Former CCMB chief Rakesh Mishra's comments to The Wire...