Science is a young person's game.An award to a young scientist could free up that person to do productive work, or help win more grants by enhancing reputation, argues Devangshu Datta. IMAGE: Sir......
'Respect nature, working with (it) rather than against it.' IMAGE: Dr Rattan Lal, winner of thr 2020 World Food Prize. Photograph: Kind courtesy Worldfoodprize.org Dr Rattan Lal, a soil......
'A nation becomes great only when its society chases a big dream and becomes resolute towards its pledge by making the most of its inherent power, energy and capabilities for achieving its goal'......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been awarded with the United Nations’ highest environmental honour, bestowed upon five other individuals and organisations, for his leadership of the......
'The biggest advantage for India was its seasoned and experienced political leadership who had spent decades struggling against the Raj and had spent years behind bars.'Not a single prominent......
Should we not stop uncritically celebrating NRIs' elevation without regard to what kind of companies they are getting to run, and the nature of their products or business practices, asks T N Ninan.......
Deaton looks at economic development from the starting point of consumption rather than income, wrote Tyler Cowen, economics professor at George Mason University and blogger. Economist......
India-born Mexican scientist Sanjaya Rajaram has been presented with the prestigious World Food Prize 2014 for his agricultural research that led to a remarkable increase in world wheat production......
With the number of people suffering from hunger globally crossing the one billion mark, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that America's new policy "Feed the Future" is central to the......
President Pratibha Patil began her first State visit to the United Kingdom by meeting prominent Indian-origin people, including Nobel Laureate V Ramakrishnan, and asked them to join in the......
Ismail Merchant and James Ivory have their sights set on Rabindranath Tagore.According to Kolkata's The Telegraph, the celebrated filmmaking duo's yet-untitled project is a drama based on the......