It is also the last mission under the chairmanship of Kiran Kumar, who is expected to retire next week after a career spanning 42 years.

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Last year, cotton farmers lost money because the monsoon took a break soon after arrival, their seedlings wilted, and they had to sow the s...

Manjul Bhargava is the first Indian-origin winner of the Fields Medal, the highest honour for a mathematician.

Learning to control these pathways is not easy because they keep talking to each other, and there is no reliable way to find out whether on...

It is likely that technology companies have underestimated their challenges, and that not much is possible without substantial technology b...

Scientists keep advancing solar technology, and these advances will keep bringing the prices down. The advances are coming in every conceiv...

Increasing investments is not easy and will take time. But the government can make a good start if it focuses on a few things that need no ...

India spends only 0.9% of its GDP on R&D, placing it at the bottom on the list of major R&D spenders. Israel is the highest spender at 4.4%.

A paper by Seralini, which Jairam Ramesh cited to slam GM crops, has been withdrawn by the journal. What does this mean?

From discovering financial fraud to healthcare support, some of the cutting-edge technologies are developed by young ventures.

China moved six spots down to 35, Russia down six spots to 62, Brazil down 17 spots to 64, and India moved four spots down to 66.

The pound 1-mn global prize also aims at making sure engineering remains an attractive proposition for young people, says Murthy.

Most of these studies, summarised in the controversial 2010 book Shallows by Nicholas Car, say prolonged web surfing make people incapable ...

Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer has given Qi Lu plenty of resources. Lu's job is to develop Microsoft's search engine Bing as a serious competit...