Time India got serious about fighting TB
Pushed to a corner owing to lack of political will on the part of countries with a high burden of
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Nobel Prizes – The lure of the exotic and esoteric
If “wonderful discoveries happening in biology” had acted as a trigger for Nobel Laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan to switch from physics
Read MoreISRO makes India proud again
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) crossed an important milestone with the successful launch of weather satellite INSAT-3DR using a Geosynchronous
Read MoreEditorial: ISRO’s scramjet on course
The Indian Space Research Organisation joined an elite club when, on Sunday (August 28, 2016), it successfully launched a rocket
Read MoreCSIR sends a strong message to Indian scientists
In a rare and highly commendable move that has sent out a strong message to the Indian scientific community, the
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At last, Juno enters Jupiter’s orbit
In yet another remarkable achievement, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Juno spacecraft has successfully entered the orbit around Jupiter
Read MoreHolding Olympics in the time of Zika virus
The World Health Organisation has confirmed that the Olympic Games scheduled to be held in August in Rio de Janeiro
Read MoreEditorial: ISRO’s new frontiers with reusable launch vehicle
With the successful launch on May 23 of the first technology demonstrator of the indigenously made Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV), the
Read MoreEditorial: On detecting and delaying diabetes
Between 1980 and 2014, the age-adjusted prevalence of diabetes in India more than doubled among men (from 3.7 to 9.1
Read MoreEditorial: Transparency by AERB at any cost
The shutdown of the 220 MW Unit-1 of the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station located in Gujarat’s Surat district following leakage
Read MoreEditorial: Maria Sharapova and a poser for sport
Two months after the tennis world was rocked by match-fixing allegations, Maria Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam champion and the
Read MoreEditorial: LIGO-India – A landmark for Indian scientists
The Union Cabinet has finally granted in-principle approval for a gravitational wave detector in India. The clearance, awaited for five years,
Read MoreEditorial: Elusive gravitational waves detected
The detection of ripples in space-time, known as gravitational waves, here on Earth marks a watershed moment for astronomy and
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