
May 03, 2020 17:40 IST
Rejig communication strategy and phraseology around COVID-19. A familiar way to articulate the crisis, and alleviate needless fears, is the need of the hour.
Sun, May 03, 2020
October 23, 2016 11:09 IST
The fires are so many and so widespread that satellites flying hundreds of kilometres above the Earth record their presence.
Sun, Oct 23, 2016
October 09, 2016 09:25 IST
An expert from WHO's India Programme office warned that "dengue is the fastest growing disease in the world and climate change will only exacerbate the problem".
Sun, Oct 09, 2016
August 28, 2016 09:17 IST
A video shot outside a CERN building in Geneva, Switzerland showing a fake human sacrifice has triggered an investigation after it has circulated online.
Sun, Aug 28, 2016
August 21, 2016 11:19 IST
Many of the neglected diseases where the developed world does not invest in research are all found in India.
Sun, Aug 21, 2016
August 07, 2016 12:20 IST
A team six American scientists working at the top notch University of California has found that it is the selective growth of the stem in one direction that makes the sunflower follow the sun.
Sun, Aug 07, 2016
July 24, 2016 09:50 IST
No doubt tigers are reclusive animals and counting them is not easy but such a huge discrepancy of a third of the population casts a doubt on the reliability of both the techniques.
Sun, Jul 24, 2016
July 17, 2016 09:45 IST
Much to cheer about at Kudankulam, as India's largest nuclear power park situated not far from the tip of India, Kanyakumari, is now operational.
Sun, Jul 17, 2016
June 12, 2016 10:37 IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushed for use of space-based technologies in day-to-day governance of India where he sat through two hours of open grilling of line ministry secretary level bureaucrats.
Sun, Jun 12, 2016
May 24, 2016 00:52 IST
ISRO's RLV space shuttle launch is also a big leap for technological development, said Dr K Sivan, director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in an interview.
Tue, May 24, 2016
April 03, 2016 09:58 IST
In the past three years, at least 41 soldiers have lost their lives at the Siachen Glacier.
Sun, Apr 03, 2016
March 06, 2016 09:30 IST
A cheap milk testing kit has been developed by the Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) in Mysuru, which is a part of the gigantic Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Sun, Mar 06, 2016
September 22, 2015 00:41 IST
According to Health Ministry figures, an average 20,000 cases were reported every year from 2006-12. But two authoritative studies suggest the actual numbers could be anywhere between 6 mn and 44 mn.
Tue, Sep 22, 2015
June 15, 2014 22:28 IST
Bharat Ratna Prof C N R Rao meets PM Modi to stop the public auctioning of Homi Baba's home. PIL has also been filed.
Mon, Jun 16, 2014
March 03, 2006 01:35 IST
Indian nuclear scientists are elated over the way the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal has finally worked out, more or less on the lines they d...
Fri, Mar 03, 2006
February 27, 2006 01:20 IST
As details of the civilian nuclear deal are slowly but steadily being ironed out, the scientific atmospherics are falling in place to make t...
Mon, Feb 27, 2006
February 25, 2006 01:54 IST
Professor Goverdhan Mehta, former director of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore has finally been granted an entry visa to the US. T...
Sat, Feb 25, 2006
February 23, 2006 02:16 IST
Yet another Indian scientist has been turned away from the doors of the US Consulate in Chennai without a visa. The latest case is that of t...
Thu, Feb 23, 2006
February 18, 2006 02:03 IST
Reacting to The Indian Express report on the refusal of an entry visa to Goverdhan Mehta, former chief of the Indian Institute of Science, B...
Sat, Feb 18, 2006
February 17, 2006 02:00 IST
Questioning his internationally acclaimed credentials and suggesting that he was working in “chemical warfare and bioterrorism,” t...
Fri, Feb 17, 2006
February 06, 2006 02:29 IST
With work on the landmark Indo-US nuclear deal going right down to the wire, the well-entrenched nuclear-scientific-military establishment i...
Mon, Feb 06, 2006
January 09, 2006 01:40 IST
The first-ever systematic scientific study on female foeticide by an Indo-Canadian team in India presents a shocking picture. Every year, ab...
Mon, Jan 09, 2006
January 04, 2006 01:26 IST
The shadow of the tragic shootout at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore—when terrorists shot dead a mathematics professor last ...
Wed, Jan 04, 2006
December 26, 2005 00:17 IST
Ayear after, as the world prepares to remember the tsunami, Manni Kannan (2 1/2), a UNICEF symbol of the tragedy, faces a new life. Without ...
Mon, Dec 26, 2005
December 24, 2005 01:07 IST
India is reluctant to join other Indian Oceam rim nations wanting to kick-start the installation of a tsunami early warning system. The coun...
Sat, Dec 24, 2005



