'We Aren't Security Conscious As A Nation'

'Government officials use Gmail and ordinary phones without basic security consciousness.''Interoperability, especially in joint exercises with countries like the US, worries me.''It often means we......

UP plans high-tech defence shield against nuke, chemical attacks

The Uttar Pradesh government is planning to procure advanced technology for safeguarding key installations, the state assembly, and VIPs from chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats.......

India Needs More Minds Like Suhas & Anjan

These are 'hidden champions' of strategic research and innovation.They are worthy of emulation within Indian industry, and maybe even a Padma!, notes R Gopalakrishnan. IMAGE: Anjan Bose, left, a......

The Master Of The Slide Guitar

One of Debashish Bhattacharya's most remarkable contributions is that he has taken the scope and foundation of the slide guitar, improvised it again and again, thereby designing and creating four......

DuPont Hyd centre to focus on crop R&D

The Rs 100-crore (Rs 1 billion) DuPont Knowledge Centre in Hyderabad, being set up by global science-based products and services company DuPont, will focus on molecular biology, bio-informatics and......

Biological E ties up with US-based Baylor for Covid vaccine

In the race to find a cure for the coronavirus infection, Texas-based Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) has entered into a licensing agreement with Indian pharmaceutical company Biological E Limited......

6 professors awarded Infosys Prize 2019 for science and research

The annual award includes a pure gold medal, a citation and a prize purse worth $ 100,000 or its equivalent in the Indian rupees. IMAGE: Addressing an event organised to announce the winners of......

The future belongs to biopharma. Can India catch up with China?

If we are to realise the full potential of biologics' ability to improve people's health, it is essential to encourage public policy and support R&D. IMAGE: It’s been evident for a decade......