Science In India
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Indian Science Congress: Speakers at certain events will have their talks vetted, says association
Scientists from the Indian Science Congress Association will monitor paper presentations and block any unsubstantiated claims based on myths.
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Indian Science Congress: Talks at event should be vetted by serious committees, says Nobel laureate
Structural biologist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan said the event needs to be smaller and more depoliticised.
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Geologist claims Hindu god Brahma discovered dinosaurs, mentioned them in Vedas: Indian Express
Ashu Khosla, who teaches at Panjab University, made the remarks while presenting a research paper at the 106th Indian Science Congress in Phagwara.
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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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Arundhati Roy: The dismantling of democracy in India will affect the whole world
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Sriram Raghavan: Remembering the dark side to Dev Anand
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Gangster Sukhdool Gill shot dead in Canada, say reports
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Fiction: Rumours say an ex-army chief is staging a military coup. How will the government respond?
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Why developing a scientific temper is essential for Indian democracy to flourish
August 20, the fifth death anniversary of slain rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, will be marked as National Scientific Temper Day.
Niruj Mohan Ramanujam
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Stephen Hawking said the Vedas have a theory superior to Einstein’s E=mc^2, claims science minister
Union minister Harsh Vardhan made the statement at the 105th Indian Science Congress.
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‘It is time to redefine R&D as research for nation’s development’, Modi tells science congress
The prime minister urged the community to inculcate a scientific temper among the youth.
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Video
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Watch: Rahul Gandhi puts on railway porters’ uniform and badge and carries luggage as he meets them
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Watch: The moment when Pope Francis joined a priest’s video call to his family back in Kerala
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Watch: Scenes of chaos at Mumbai Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations as crowd breaks through barricade
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Watch: Man brews coffee and records it in cinematic style inspired by the film ‘Oppenheimer’
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Watch: Deep-sea footage of World War II shipwrecks from the Battle of Midway in the Pacific Ocean
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Video: Why do people in power get away with making unscientific and ridiculous statements?
Dr Tejal Kanitkar, Assistant Professor at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, debunks everyday obscurantism.
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Indian Institute of Science alumni body calls off astrology workshop after outrage
Some wrote to the IISc director that organising such an event would wrongly ‘imply that the alumni body supports astrology as a science’.
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March for Science: Why thousands of Indian scientists will take to the streets on August 9
Budgetary cuts in funding, pseudoscience and growing religious bigotry has left the scientific community worried.
Vinita Govindarajan
The Reel
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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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What’s behind the Kareena Kapoor Khan swerve: ‘It’s important to keep changing yourself’
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Sriram Raghavan: Remembering the dark side to Dev Anand
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‘Khufiya’ trailer: Tabu, Ali Fazal in Vishal Bhardwaj’s spy thriller
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Start the week with a film: ‘The Host’ is a Korean creature feature with head and heart
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‘Ek Doctor Ki Maut’ and the missing Indian scientist in the laboratory
Tapan Sinha’s acclaimed movie is a rare exploration of the complications faced by scientific researchers in India.
Damini Kulkarni
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Nobel laureates spotlight India’s invention problem
Studies confirm that India is doing poorly when it comes to creating new technologies and discovering new things.
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