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In 1871, a farmer left five cows on a remote island, 130 years later, scientists studied their DNA and found something that stunned themFive cows left on Amsterdam Island in 1871 became a feral herd of 2,000, a remarkable survival story. A 2024 genetic study revealed their m...- Anand Mahindra reminds India of Janaki Ammal, the Kerala scientist who made the country a leading sugarcane producerDr Janaki Ammal, a pioneering botanist, transformed India’s sugarcane industry through her groundbreaking hybrid cross-breeding techniques....
- Anand Mahindra honours the forgotten female scientist who made India's identity sweeter. 'Slipped into footnotes of our history'India’s agricultural progress owes much to Dr. Janaki Ammal, a pioneering botanist whose work transformed the country’s sugarcane industry....
- Padma Parade: From L Subramaniam to Ravichandran Ashwin & Osamu Suzuki, India honours trailblazers; check full listPresident Droupadi Murmu conferred the prestigious Padma Awards at Rashtrapati Bhavan, honoring 71 individuals for their exceptional contri...
- He walked...and the earth turned green: The life and legacy of MS SwaminathanGeneticist MS Swaminathan who led India’s push in the 1960s to become grain surplus, promoting the use of hybrid varieties and chemical fer...
- Agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan passes away at 98; PM Modi recalls his 'groundbreaking agri-work that transformed millions of lives'Swaminathan, who was also hailed as the ‘Father Of Economic Ecology’ by the United Nations, was one of the chief architects of protecting I...
- PM Modi meets prominent scientists in South Africa, exchange views on disease screening and future of energyPrime Minister Narendra Modi met a noted geneticist and a rocket scientist in South Africa and exchanged views with them on disease screeni...
- Actual Covid infections in India 17 times higher than reported: BHU studyAccording to government data, nearly 4.5 crore people in India have been infected with COVID-19 so far. However, the study published in the...
- Indian Ambassador meets US presidential advisor on science; discusses boosting cooperation in the fieldDuring the meeting on Friday, the discussions focused on key sectors including healthcare, technology, space, earth and ocean science, ener...
- Newly discovered frog species named after renowned plant geneticist
- A new ray of hope: Creating jobs in agritech spaceThe often intersecting technologies present a unique opportunity in the agritech space to create jobs in different segments - ranging from ...
- Homing in on home of human beingsScientists have traced the common roots of the banyan tree of humanity.
- All non-Africans descended from a single migration out of AfricaNew York, Sep 22 (IANS) Studying hundreds of new genomes from across the globe, researchers, one of them of Indian-origin, have found compe...
- 90% Indian universities have outdated curriculum: CNR RaoWe talk about increasing funds, increasing infrastructure but there is no improvement in the content we are teaching in our hi-tech classro...
- Indian-origin Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan to head Royal Society in UKIndia-born Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has been confirmed as president elect of Britain's prestigious Royal Society.
- Can Indian geneticists revive Asiatic cheetah?A few days back when scientists inched closer to reviving an Australian frog species that has been extinct for the last 30 years, they also...
- Hollywood is still difficult for Indian actors: SendhilSendhil Ramamurthy, who will next be seen in Gurinder Chaddha's upcoming film 'It's a Wonderful Afterlife', feels it is still difficult for...
- "Waterproof" rice to tackle crop loss in India"Waterproof" versions of popular varieties of rice, which can withstand 2 weeks of complete submergence, have successfully passed tests in ...
- Country's first international sperm bank in Mumbai soonIndia's first international sperm bank will be set up in the city but will not be exporting frozen sperms.
- Basmati export adulteration leaves bad taste in mouthFor five years,Indian traders have been passing off a lesser quality rice, CSR 30, as the world’s finest long-grained, aromatic rice, Basma...
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