'You are ruining an entire generation'

'We are calling companies to set up assembly plants for mobile phones while all the components are imported.''Only the last turn of the screwdriver is done here. And you call it self-reliance,......

German man gets 217 Covid vaccinations without side effects

Researchers have examined a man in Germany who claims to have received 217 vaccinations against COVID-19 and found that his immune system was fully functional. Until now, it has been unclear what......

AIIMS-Like Centre For Animals In Delhi

Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   In a major development, the Centre, for the first time, has initiated a draft proposal for setting up an All India Institute of Medical Sciences......

More boys diagnosed with cancer than girls in India: Lancet study

More boys than girls with cancer in India are being diagnosed with the disease and the probable cause for this is gender bias in society, according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology.......

How sunflowers may help India meet solar energy target

Pallava Bagla explains the connection between the sunflower mystery and the 'rotatable solar trees' India plans to develop. One of the oldest scientific mysteries of the plant world as to what......

Govt to withdraw UPA drug regulatory bill, draft new rules

India is one of the largest manufacturers of pharmaceutical products in the world with the annual production valued at over Rs 2 lakh crore. The government on Wednesday decided to withdraw a UPA......

How this start-up saves lives

The company has been developing donor-derived stem cell platforms for regenerative medicine and drug discovery applications.   Image: Subhadra Dravida, founder, Transcell Biologics.  ......

Infosys co-founder to launch app chronicling Indian IT

After his retirement from Infosys last year, Gopalakrishnan has been active in philanthropy, science and technology Infosys co-founder and former CEO & MD Kris Gopalakrishnan will launch a mobile......

Review: Kalimannu's intentions are noble, but...

The film may have worked better as a documentary, writes Paresh C Palicha. You are enveloped in foreboding with the very first shot of director Blessy's Kalimannu. No, it is not because of the......

First look: Lisa Ray is cancer free

There's good news for Lisa Ray. Ten months after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, the Canadian bornactress says she is cancer free, has enjoyed being bald, and is ready to embrace her......