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Government Discontinues Hundreds of Awards for Scientists and Researchers

The Wire Staff 27/09/2022

Home secretary Ajay Bhalla said that awards of “very...

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Can the 2020 S&T Policy Show the Way To Protect LGBTQIA+ Persons’ Rights?

Adhiraj Parthasarathy 06/09/2022

Four years after the Supreme Court scrapped Section 377,...

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Scientists Say New GST Rates Will Cut Into Their Funding, Impact Research

Joel P. Joseph 01/08/2022

While scientists agree with the move to normalise taxes...

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‘A Disaster for the Basic Sciences’: KVPY Fellows React to the Scheme’s End

Raunaq Saraswat 22/07/2022

While the government has promised that existing fellows will...

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Review: A Much-Needed Book of Indian Scientists That Treads a Tricky Path

Sayantan Datta 22/07/2022

A new book fills the vacuum of accessible and...

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Srivari Chandrasekhar Is New Department of Science and Technology Secretary

India Science Wire 15/12/2021

Chandrashekhar was until recently the director of the CSIR...

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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...