These Scientists Shaped India

I suggest we build a Vigyan Mandir (Temple of Science) with the ambience of a place of worship, so that it becomes a destination for pilgrims.We should embed on its walls bronze plaques describing......

Ethiopian man with monkeypox symptoms hospitalised in Bengaluru

An Ethiopian national with symptoms of monkeypox has been quarantined at a private hospital in Bengaluru, the Karnataka health department said. Image used only for representation. Photograph:......

'We underestimated the virus'

'By the time actual action began, it was already too late.''The virus was raging.' IMAGE: Inayat Ali offers prayers after performing the last rites of a person in Jabalpur, May 13, 2021.Inayat......

Sasikala, being treated for Covid, is stable, says hospital

Expelled All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader V K Sasikala, who is serving a jail term in a corruption case and has been hospitalised for COVID-19 is stable, according to......

'India needs out-of-the-box thinkers'

'Every educational institution should have incubating centres so that students will get exposed to entrepreneurship early.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the launch of the Start-Up India,......

Indian professors clear outsourcing test

Pankaj Sarma (name changed), associate professor with an Indian business school, earns Rs100,000 every month for evaluating papers written by students in the US. This is apart from his salary of Rs......

India Inc finds stem cells a healthy business

In March this year, Bangalore-based Stempeutics Research received clearance from the Drug Controller General of India to conduct human clinical trials to develop drugs using stem cells. With this,......

India's mushrooming medical cities

In August 1883, the quiet American city of Rochester came tumbling down under a tornado. As 24 people breathed their last, 40 others were left gasping for breath and medical care. The disaster......