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What Will Modi's Scientific Advisor Do?

Dr Ajay Kumar Sood will have to complete a task his predecessor started: Getting the government to sign off on a new Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy on which work was begun in 2020.......

SC allows NEET-PG medical counselling with 27% quota for OBCs, 10% for EWS

The Supreme Court on Friday, in an interim order, allowed resumption of medical counselling for NEET-PG admissions for the year 2021-22 and upheld the validity of 27 per cent OBC quota. A......

Use of masks declining amid Omicron concerns, warns govt

The government on Friday warned about the declining compliance to mask usage in the country amid concerns over the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and urged people to follow COVID-appropriate......

Covid: PM chairs high-level meet, stresses on oxygen availability

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high-level meeting on the Covid situation and vaccination as the government noted high caseloads in states like Kerala and Maharashtra to say that......

Aerosols carrying Covid virus can travel in air up to 10m: Centre

Nasal droplets fall within 2 metres from a COVID-19 infected person and the aerosols can travel in air up to 10 metres, the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser said on Thursday, adding that......

Microsoft partners Invest India to support tech startups

Microsoft India on Tuesday said it has collaborated with Invest India to support tech startups in the country. As part of the partnership, the Microsoft for Startups programme will work closely......

10 things to know about Gita Gopinath, IMF's new chief economist

On October 1 Indian-American Gita Gopinath was appointed chief economist of the International Monetary Fund. Announcing her appointment, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde hailed the......

Genetically modified crops' field trials put on hold

In a move that marks the first successful policy intervention of Swadeshi Jagaran Manch and Bharatiya Kisan Sangh -- both affiliates of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh -- the Narendra Modi-led......

India, US head to WTO on visa, poultry issues

India and the US have embarked on a trade war over higher visa fees and restrictions on poultry imports.India has dragged the US to the World Trade Organization's dispute settlement body over an......

Are there more IPCC goof-ups on climate change?

Whether it is the blunder over the glaciers or the linking of natural disasters to global warming, the IPCC's credibility has been badly hit. If this encourages laxity over global warming, that......

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What Will Modi's Scientific Advisor Do?

SC allows NEET-PG medical counselling with 27% quota for OBCs, 10% for EWS

Use of masks declining amid Omicron concerns, warns govt

Covid: PM chairs high-level meet, stresses on oxygen availability

Aerosols carrying Covid virus can travel in air up to 10m: Centre

Microsoft partners Invest India to support tech startups

10 things to know about Gita Gopinath, IMF's new chief economist

Genetically modified crops' field trials put on hold

India, US head to WTO on visa, poultry issues

Are there more IPCC goof-ups on climate change?

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