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Scientists Need to Work to Promote Ease of Living, Says Modi at India Science Congress

Sunderarajan Padmanabhan 04/01/2019

At the 106th Indian National Science Congress, Modi emphasised...

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Centre Urged to Make Prior Environment Clearance Mandatory for Waterway Projects

The Wire Staff 02/01/2019

Over 50 experts and activists have written to environment...

The faculty hall at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Credit: mapbox/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

One Year On, the PM’s Research Fellowship Is off to a Sputtering Start

Kshiti Mishra and Krishna Anujan 08/07/2018

In its first year, the PMRF honoured only 135...

Like all crafts that have presented unique rewards to their practitioners, the hope is that young scientists will use the initial prompt to measure their own research against benefits to society to, in time, enjoy writing about human knowledge for its own sake. Credit: Annie Spratt/Unsplash

Success of New Scheme to Get Scientists to Write More Needs Community Effort

Vasudevan Mukunth 04/06/2018

Laudable as AWSAR's aims are, one of its stipulations...

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Fifteen of 45 Companies have Defaulted on CSIR Loans

The Wire Staff 07/04/2018

The loan defaults amount to Rs 102 crore and...

Cabinet minister and senior BJP leader from Dehi Harshvardhan stands to attention while speaking to Prime Minister Modi in this file photo from 2014. Credit: PMO

A Science Minister – and an Event – That Insults Indian Science

Vasudevan Mukunth 17/03/2018

Harsh Vardhan and the administration to which he belongs...

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Dear Nobel Laureate, Your Words Matter Because Young Women Are Listening to You

Shruti Muralidhar, Navneet A. Vasistha and Abhishek Chari 07/02/2018

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard could have given young women some hope...