News for 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology P M Bhargava'

Eminent scientist P M Bhargava passes away

Bhargava is a pioneer in the field of biotechnology in the country.

Ban cola firms, says CCMB founder-director

Scientist Bhargava to return Padma Bhushan to protest 'attack on rationalism'

Veteran scientist P M Bhargava will return the awards he received from the government of India to protest against "the government's attack on rationalism, reasoning and science."

'Modi government does not understand the ABCD of science'

'We are moving away from the path of democracy and towards Hindu religious dictatorship,' scientist P M Bhargava, who announced his decision to return the Padma Bhushan, tells Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com

GMOs - from war to dialog?

Indian scientists who wrote to the PM last week are not entirely rejecting GMOs but instead asking for caution and further testing to establish their safety.

A 'corporate hand' behind the 'foreign hand'?

It is regrettable that the IB has tried to devalue the expertise available both within the concerned ministry and in the scientific community by its allegations. Governments and NGOs in many western nations have not been accused of being 'anti-national' when they put their foot down on questionable practices by cash rich agri-business companies, says Rashme Sehgal.