In Professor Sulochana Gadgil's passing, India has lost a scientific giant, a fierce intellect, and a compassionate soul, remembers Dr Madhavan Nair Rajeevan. Kindly note that this illustration......
As the Dragon spacecraft carrying astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla returned to Earth after an 18-day stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), it carried with it more than just scientific data......
'The Bhashini Mission has delivered a working technology at large scale, which is as good as or better than the one with MNC tech giants.' Photograph: Kind courtesy bhashini.gov.in One of the......
Dr Katepalli R Sreenivasan, director of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, where he holds the Abdus Salam Honorary Professorship, has been elected a member of the......
M S Swaminathan, renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who bet on sustainable farming passed away in Chennai on Thursday. He was 98 and is survived by three......
In a letter to the PM, they say appointing a bureaucrat will lead to regular interference in the process of talent search India's top agriculture scientists have written to Prime Minister Narendra......
Scientists are hoping that the prime minister, who often talks about the importance of science and technology, will respond positively to their prudent pleas on genetically-modified crops, notes......
Agri-enterprises are finding it hard to expand due to lack of commercial guidance, says Surinder Sud. Photograph: Jayanta Dey/Reuters Last two years have witnessed the emergence of start-ups even......
Senior IAS officer and former MyGovIndia chief Gaurav Dwivedi was on Monday appointed the Chief Executive Officer of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati. A 1995-batch officer of Chhattisgarh cadre,......
Agricultural scientists are all for gene-altered crops that are safe for the environment and health and are beneficial to farmers, notes Surinder Sud. By raising frivolous objections to the......