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Five Reflections on National Science Day

Vasudevan Mukunth 28/02/2019

C.V. Raman won a Nobel Prize for discovering the...

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How WHO’s Essential Diagnostics List Can Spur Innovation, Quality Assurance

Sambit Dash 17/08/2018

Low and middle income countries facing the double burden...

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India’s R&D Spending Up But It’s Not All That Matters

Sunderarajan Padmanabhan 16/01/2018

The central government and public sector industries account for...

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Indian Flagship Programme to Retain Young Scientists Hits Rough Patch

T.V. Padma 11/01/2018

About 35% of the initial batches of INSPIRE faculty...

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The DNA Profiling Bill Is Back in a New Avatar – Here’s the Lowdown

Vasudevan Mukunth 02/08/2017

The July 2015 version of the Bill had been...

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An Industrial Microbiologist Who Adds Biofuel to the Fire

Nandita Jayaraj 28/06/2016

"The minute you compromise, you’re neither here nor there....

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How Can We Build a Clinical Research Infrastructure in India for India?

Sham Mailankody 10/03/2016

We must resolve to fund at least a few...