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Amitabh Sinha
Amitabh Sinha is Deputy Editor at The Indian Express. He writes on Environment, Climate Change, Water, Science and Technology, Space and Nuclear affairs, and related stuff. He has worked with PTI, Reuters, and BBC before joining The Indian Express in 2007. Amitabh has a PG Diploma in Journalism from IIMC, New Delhi, and a Masters in Public Administration from National University of Singapore.
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The objective of the DNA Profiling Bill, 2015, is to establish a regulatory framework for DNA testing, and setting standards and guidelines for laboratories doing these tests.
Fri, Aug 28, 2015
GSLV satellite launch: Cryogenic successSubscriber Only
August 27, 2015 19:31 IST
GSAT-6 is the 25th communication satellite that India will put in the geostationary orbit and the 12th in the GSAT series.
Fri, Oct 07, 2016
GM trials: Sharad Pawar tells PM Modi to scrap rule Jairam broughtSubscriber Only
August 24, 2015 02:48 IST
Ramesh, then environment minister, had made it mandatory for developers of GM varieties to obtain a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the concerned state government before going ahead with field trial.
Thu, Sep 03, 2015
Prelims this Sunday, one rule is putting aspirants off Forest ServiceSubscriber Only
August 21, 2015 02:08 IST
New entrants to the Forest Service want this rule changed. They say it is no longer relevant, and is in fact harming the service.
Fri, Aug 21, 2015
Prime Minister Modi returns to Red Fort with report card, calls for ‘Start-up India, Stand up India’Subscriber Only
August 16, 2015 00:54 IST
‘Don’t yield space to poison of caste, frenzy of communalism... overpower them with nectar of development’
Sun, Aug 16, 2015
Independence Day speech: Modi’s enthusiasm had fewer takers this yearSubscriber Only
August 15, 2015 12:34 IST
Most of Modi's one and a half hour speech was devoted to giving a report card of his government's 15-month rule, specially about the programmes he had announced last year
Sat, Aug 15, 2015
Uma Bharati: We could have silenced Congess but chose to be decentSubscriber Only
August 15, 2015 02:57 IST
Bharati said that the BJP could have easily shown the Congress its place in Parliament but it chose to be decent in handling the Opposition.
Sat, Aug 15, 2015
Government study says currency notes carry disease-causing micro-organismsSubscriber Only
August 13, 2015 04:09 IST
Scientists found DNA footprints of 78 disease-causing micro-organisms on notes.
Thu, Aug 13, 2015
BJP states trying to sideline key forest Act clauses, MPs tell PM Narendra ModiSubscriber Only
August 13, 2015 02:07 IST
The Forest Rights Act seeks to give forest dwellers ownership of the land they have been living on or depend on for their livelihood.
Thu, Aug 13, 2015
Just when India thought the monsoon was fine, August comes alongSubscriber Only
August 12, 2015 18:14 IST
The seasonal rainfall till now, from the start of June, is nine per cent below normal. Since the start of this month, rainfall is more than 20 per cent below normal.
Wed, Aug 12, 2015
MoEF returns bank guarantee to Gujarat PSUSubscriber Only
August 12, 2015 01:43 IST
The bank guarantee was apparently taken as a safeguard measure to ensure that the captive coal mine in Odisha, would be operationalised by the Gujarat company within three years.
Wed, Aug 12, 2015
IFS officer allowed to join IPS after a yearSubscriber Only
August 11, 2015 03:56 IST
Siddharth Kumar Ambedkar, a 2012-batch IFS officer, had appeared for the 2013 civil services (mains) exam and informed his course director at the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy in Dehradun.
Tue, Aug 11, 2015
In ‘selective blocking’, KC Tyagi gets to speak but Arun Jaitley doesn’t in Rajya SabhaSubscriber Only
August 11, 2015 01:34 IST
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was upset about not being allowed to speak by unruly Congress members sloganeering in the well.
Tue, Aug 11, 2015
Yoga crosses over from AYUSH Department to ScienceSubscriber Only
August 10, 2015 01:41 IST
Department of Science and Technology to fund research on impact of yoga. Research and studies on yoga have so far remained within the domain of AYUSH.
Mon, Aug 10, 2015
Obama’s Clean Power Plan, and lessons for India’s own climate change strategySubscriber Only
August 10, 2015 00:00 IST
Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan is merely one of the ways that will help it fulfill an existing pledge to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28% by 2025 from 2005 levels.
Mon, Aug 10, 2015
NDA govt gave the necessary last push: Ex-interlocutor R S PandeySubscriber Only
August 04, 2015 02:16 IST
The groundwork had been done under the UPA government when I was the interlocutor. The breakthrough indeed was made in 2012.
Tue, Aug 04, 2015PM Narendra Modi announces historic peace deal with Naga insurgentsSubscriber Only
August 04, 2015 00:00 IST
It was not immediately clear whether the agreement meets the main demand of NSCN(IM) for integration of all Naga-inhabited areas in the North East across Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.
Tue, Aug 04, 2015
From the lab- Wilting under heat: Climate change and transforming floraSubscriber Only
August 02, 2015 00:21 IST
Rising temperatures could alter vegetation in Jammu and Kashmir by the end of the century.
Sun, Aug 02, 2015
Magsaysay award winner Sanjiv Chaturvedi: A bureaucrat in constant conflict with governmentSubscriber Only
July 30, 2015 00:00 IST
The 2015 Magsaysay awardees join the community of 307 other Magsaysay laureates who have received Asia's highest honour till date.
Thu, Jul 30, 2015
A Friend Remembers Kalam: He belonged more at ISRO than DRDOSubscriber Only
July 29, 2015 01:41 IST
Rajan, a friend for 50 years who co-authored three books with Kalam including Mission India and Vision 2020, said it was only a relative leadership vacuum in DRDO that made Kalam’s shift compelling.
Wed, Jul 29, 2015
Supreme Court to decide on fate of 6 hydro projects todaySubscriber Only
July 29, 2015 00:41 IST
These six are part of the 24 proposed hydropower projects that were recommended to be cancelled by the Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII).
Wed, Jul 29, 2015
France urges nations to reveal details of climate action plans, road mapsSubscriber Only
July 28, 2015 04:19 IST
The INDCs contain goals the countries have set for 2025 or 2030 as their contribution for the global fight against climate change.
Tue, Jul 28, 2015
Abdul Kalam’s twin pillars: Science & the youngSubscriber Only
July 28, 2015 03:15 IST
Navigating from lab to public life, Kalam used science as his compass — and sometimes a poem he wrote on Wheeler’s Island.
Wed, Jul 29, 2015
Paris Climate Meet: India’s offer to slow greenhouse gas emissions to be minimalistSubscriber Only
July 27, 2015 04:09 IST
Moving away from its earlier intention of submitting a comprehensive climate action plan ahead of the Paris climate meet, India is preparing to make a minimalist offer indicating a single target for slowing down the growth of its greenhouse gas emissions. Countries are in the process of submitting their respective climate action plans, being called Intended […]
Mon, Jul 27, 2015
It’s like a homecoming for me: New TERI chief Ajay MathurSubscriber Only
July 25, 2015 02:48 IST
Mathur said he was aware that the morale of TERI employees was a bit down, but stressed that TERI had institutional strength and would bounce back.
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