Bio-E3 policy will usher in bio-revolution in India: Jitendra SinghThe government's Bio-E3 policy aims to position India as a global bio-economy leader, similar to the IT revolution in the West. Launched la...
Presence of women directors in active companies grew three-fold in last 10 years: Nirmala SitharamanWomen are also rising on the corporate ladder and in the startup and financial technology space, about 18 per cent of 111 unicorns (valued ...
Imposition of emergency had plunged the world's largest democracy into darkness, says VP Jagdeep DhankarRecalling the dark days of an emergency, Dhankhar asserted that the days of emergency will never be seen again as the constitutional democr...
Why CSIR scientists are turning up at work in wrinkled clothes every MondayBy going to office in unironed clothes one day every week, scientists at CSIR seek to iron out the glitches in the big climate fight plan b...
Indian scientists develop tobacco variety with 50% less nicotine, aiming for 70% reductionThis CSIR scientist said innovation was inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's suggestion to create a less harmful tobacco variety. The...
Union minister Jitendra Singh moots unique identity to monitor startupsThe minister proposed that an exercise could be undertaken to assess whether the startups could be identified by a "Unique ID" for effectiv...
India to be model of global science, tech and innovation by 2047: CSIR chiefKalaiselvi, the first woman director general of CSIR, established by the government in 1942, was in Bhopal to participate in the 8th India ...
PM Narendra Modi to chair CSIR Society meeting on SaturdayThe meeting would also see participation from Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, 13 secretaries of Union ministries, including all ...
'Indian' cervical cancer vaccine to hit market soonSingh said Covid-19 had raised awareness about preventive healthcare and the development of vaccines like the one against cervical cancer w...
Cervical cancer vaccine to be launched in few months at affordable price: SII CEO Adar PoonawallaPoonawalla told reporters on the sidelines of the event, "The cervical cancer vaccine will be affordable and would be available in the rang...
Nallathamby Kalaiselvi becomes first woman director general of CSIRKalaiselvi has risen through the ranks in CSIR and had broken the proverbial glass ceiling by becoming the first woman scientist to head th...
Lok Sabha polls: V Narayanasamy declares assets worth Rs 6.17 croreAssets in the name of his late wife N Kalaiselvi is yet to be partitioned among the legal heirs, Narayanasamy, who is seeking re-election o...