BRICS+ agriculture beyond borders: Trade and resilience for a food-secure worldWith India’s leadership and BRICS+ cooperation, agriculture can become not only a source of food, but a foundation for resilience, prosperi...
09 Jun, 2026, 10.49 AM IST
Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...
08 Jun, 2026, 07.45 PM IST
Open to 4-5 acquisitions, but at sensible valuations: Ameera Shah, promoter and executive chairperson, Metropolis HealthcareMetropolis Healthcare is set for its next growth phase. The diagnostic chain will focus on genomics and specialty diagnostics. Strategic ac...
15 May, 2026, 12.41 AM IST
Human evolution is still happening, and faster than we thoughtA groundbreaking study published in Nature reveals that human evolution has not slowed down but has accelerated, particularly since the adv...
08 May, 2026, 05.36 PM IST
The real Jurassic Park is happening: Woolly mammoths are returning and that's not even the biggest news — here's what else is comingExtinct animals coming back: Scientists are pursuing de-extinction, aiming to bring back species like the woolly mammoth and bluebuck. The ...
03 May, 2026, 11.35 PM IST
Agri revolution or regulatory blind spot? Genome-edited rice crops stir debateA group of experts cautions that the lack of specific rules for genome-edited crops may hurt transparency, while the government says that e...
10 May, 2025, 09.55 AM IST
India’s first genome-edited rice varieties will boost rice yields by 20-30%, reduce water consumption: Shivraj Singh ChouhanUnion Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that these genome-edited rice varieties are expected to help achieve the target of bo...
05 May, 2025, 03.55 PM IST
Agri minister Chouhan unveils first genome-edited rice varieties, yield to rise up to 30%Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched two genome-edited rice varieties, DRR Dhan 100 (Kamala) and Pusa DST Rice 1, developed ...
04 May, 2025, 02.30 PM IST
CRISPR, brighter than AI: India must invest in innovation, ethical use of this transformative gene-editing toolIndia has the chance to lead in CRISPR technology by driving ethical gene editing innovations in healthcare, agriculture, and environmental...
12 Mar, 2025, 10.58 PM IST
Can extinct species be brought back to life? Scientists look to solve the riddleScientists seem to have made some progress in attempting to resurrect a flightless bird dodo, which had gone extinct since the 17th century.
02 Feb, 2023, 09.02 PM IST
Government releases guidelines to speed up development of plant varieties, reduce time of approvalThe Department of Biotechnology said these standard operating procedures (SOPs) shall be applicable to all organizations involved in resear...
27 Oct, 2022, 08.32 PM IST
View: Genome editing and lessons for IndiaIn the CRISPR system, a specific region in the bacterial genome collects small DNA snippets of the invading phage between repeat-spacer arr...
26 Nov, 2020, 09.56 AM IST
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer A. Doudna for developing genome-editing methodThey are only the sixth and seventh women in history to receive the Nobel in Chemistry.
07 Oct, 2020, 04.10 PM IST
Quantum Leap: Gene editing could prove to be a game-changerA Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, claimed last year that he had created the world’s first gene-edited babies using Crispr, to make them resi...
28 Dec, 2019, 11.20 PM IST
- US scientists correct DNA in lab-grown human embryos
New York, July 27 (IANS) In a first in the US, scientists using the 'CRISPR' genome-editing technique, have successfully corrected the DNA ...
27 Jul, 2017, 02.12 PM IST
- CRISPR gene tool can cause unintended flaws in genome
New York, May 30 (IANS) The CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology can introduce hundreds of unintended mutations into the genome, warns a new...
30 May, 2017, 11.25 AM IST
Scientists successfully modify human immune cells in labUsing a popular genome-editing system, scientists have for the first time devised a new strategy to precisely modify human T-cells, also ca...
28 Jul, 2015, 04.07 PM IST