Quote of the day by Howard Florey: ‘Great ideas often come from unexpected places; never underestimate…’Howard Florey, alongside his Oxford team, transformed Alexander Fleming's 1928 discovery into a life-saving drug. Their crucial work in iso...
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India aims to lead next industrial revolution with biomanufacturing policy: DBTIndia introduced the BioE3 policy to tackle challenges related to food, energy, and climate. Approved by the Union Cabinet, the policy focu...
25 Aug, 2024, 07.36 PM IST
India extends humanitarian assistance to Cuba, including 90 tonnes of nine 'Made in India' active pharmaceutical ingredientsIndia has provided humanitarian assistance to Cuba, including 90 tonnes of nine Made in India Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). The...
02 Jun, 2024, 12.37 PM IST
Urgency lacking as TB passes Covid as biggest killer: ExpertTuberculosis, once called consumption, was the world's biggest infectious killer before the arrival of Covid-19, with 1.5 million people dy...
23 Oct, 2022, 08.13 AM IST
A new kind of white revolution in the milk industryEveryone wants a piece of the milk cake, it seems, as the industry is seeing an influx of new players.
21 Nov, 2020, 10.23 AM IST
View: Why it's wrong to blame migration or a race for pandemics like coronavirusThe current situation parallels events a century ago, when the first interconnected world economy unraveled into the chaos of World War I. ...
29 Mar, 2020, 01.21 PM IST
HSI/India, CCMB join hands to promote lab-grown meatThe effort to develop clean meat has emerged due to the unsustainable methods of large-scale industrial animal agriculture, said the joint ...
29 Mar, 2018, 11.19 AM IST
- HSI, CCMB join hands to develop laboratory grown meat
Hyderabad, March 28 (IANS) The Humane Society International/India on Wednesdasy said it has joined hands with the Centre for Cellular and M...
28 Mar, 2018, 04.52 PM IST
What I read this week: Why capital flows favour equities; Soros’ success secretMost of us have not seen any major volatility in other asset class like debt or currencies.
28 Oct, 2017, 12.30 PM IST
View: Why universal basic income isn't universal or basicNew human jobs will develop in the 21st century, but these will demand high levels of expertise and therefore not solve the problems of uns...
05 Jun, 2017, 02.18 PM IST
Training 'quacks' could help counter doctor shortage: StudyIncidentally, the 2001 census had found that only 19% of 'doctors' in rural areas had an MBBS degree. That situation is said to have change...
12 Oct, 2016, 11.34 AM IST
Ritesh Jain’s what I read this week: Loans for people with no credit history & a world without workA new app has been created which builds credit scores for borrowers using data. It helps one understand the creditworthiness of people with...
24 Sep, 2016, 02.47 PM IST
Swachh Bharat finds special mention in Jim O'Neill's report on war against superbugsNeill, better known as the man who invented the Bric moniker for Brazil, Russia, India and China, is leading a mission to tackle antimicrob...
05 Apr, 2016, 02.31 PM IST
Ban on cow slaughter in Maharashtra: Why Indian consumers should insist on buffalo milk & carabeefAll that is needed is for Indian consumers to learn from the Philippines and to celebrate the values of our native buffaloes by insisting o...
08 Mar, 2015, 02.47 AM IST
Startups delivering sterling and innovative healthcare productsStartups and small companies, backed by an upcoming research ecosystem, are delivering some sterling innovations. Most of their devices are...
14 Aug, 2014, 04.13 AM IST
Honour Norman Borlaug on his centenary by approving GM cropsBorlaug was an outspoken supporter of GM crops. He blasted anti-GM activists as alarmists ignorant of nature and spreading falsehoods based...
06 Aug, 2014, 04.57 AM IST
- Biodiversity loss will wipe out cures: Experts
The world risks wiping out a huge amount of future antibiotics and disease cures if it fails to reverse the rapid extinction of thousands o...
23 Apr, 2008, 12.54 PM IST