India should increase investment in R&D to 2 per cent of GDP: Niti AayogNiti Aayog has urged India to boost research and development investment to two percent of GDP within five years. The report suggests restor...
18 May, 2026, 08.29 PM IST
Amaravati still under construction, but Quantum Valley project already luring deep tech startups, scientistsAmaravati, a new city in Andhra Pradesh, is becoming a hub for quantum computing. A technology park called Quantum Valley is attracting sci...
17 May, 2026, 09.10 AM IST
Japan’s LOTUS 2026 programme: Who can apply and how 1,000 Indian scholars can benefitJapan has opened applications for the LOTUS Programme 2026, offering 1,000 research positions to Indian Master’s, PhD scholars and research...
22 Apr, 2026, 01.34 PM IST
Cabinet nod for Biomedical Research Career Programme Phase-IIIGovernment approved Biomedical Research Career Programme Phase III. This program will train over 2,000 students and fellows. It aims to gen...
01 Oct, 2025, 06.59 PM IST
$100,000 H-1B fee under Trump hits Harvard, Stanford already facing funding freezePresident Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee is a warning to corporations, but it also threatens to financially burden US universities already ...
26 Sep, 2025, 02.47 PM IST
India, vaccine superpower; manufactures 60% of global supply: ICMR former chiefIndia's Thiruvananthapuram has become a vaccine superpower, producing 60 per cent of the world's vaccines, with significant contributions f...
11 Mar, 2025, 09.10 PM IST
Govt mulls mentorship of low-ranked varsity faculty by retired professors from top institutesThe government plans to engage retired scientists and professors as mentors for universities with lower rankings under the 'Prime Minister ...
10 Sep, 2024, 08.23 PM IST
NRF Bill: Industry SPV to identify tech gaps, drive & fund R&DAn SPV, consortia of Indian industry, is likely to be set up to take ownership of and drive the research agenda to meet specific technologi...
08 Jul, 2023, 09.04 AM IST
3 India-specific research schemes to be launchedThe schemes will be opened to both government and private institutes to ensure a level playing field and healthy competition.
10 Aug, 2018, 08.53 AM IST
Foreign students in US worry about their future: SurveyOn March 3, the Trump Administration announced suspension of expedited processing of H-1B visas for up to six months.
16 Mar, 2017, 06.08 PM IST
- Need attention on theoretical physics in India: Indian-American scientist
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) India needs focused attention to further the discipline of theoretical physics, where it is yet to match global stan...
23 Dec, 2016, 07.52 PM IST
Why scientists of Indian origin are leaving a better life and returning to IndiaSuch homecomings are driven partly by family compulsions, but now it is a flurry of incentives by the govt that has helped scientists reloc...
14 Aug, 2016, 06.57 PM IST
India becomes associate member of European science bodyScientific presentations were made by Nobel Laureates Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Ada E Yonath to mark the occasion.
04 Feb, 2016, 10.25 PM IST
Scientist Sanjeev Galande gets G D Birla awardGalande is a professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in Pune and is widely respected for his works in g...
01 Jul, 2015, 04.33 PM IST
Indian American doctor Subra Suresh honouredDr Subra Suresh has also been elected a fellow or honorary member of all the major materials research societies in the United States and In...
17 Oct, 2014, 10.39 PM IST
42 Indians win prestigious Endeavour scholarships to study in Australia"I congratulate all 42 recipients, who will be part of the next generation of academic leaders," The Australian High Commissioner to India,...
19 Dec, 2013, 07.28 PM IST
- Oz govt warned against shortfall of researchers
Australian government has been warned against the shortfall of good researchers in the country in the near future.
10 Jun, 2010, 12.51 PM IST