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......

Remembering Homi Bhabha

On Dr Homi J Bhabha's 110th birth anniversary, Dr K S Parthasarathy shares some personal memories of the legendary nuclear scientist. Photograph: Kind courtesy Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha/Facebook......

What's giving India's nuclear scientists jitters?

Scientists are puzzled by what caused the mysterious nuclear leak at the Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant in Gujarat last year, reveals Pallava Bagla. In a highly guarded Indian nuclear reactor......

Modi@2: Hits and misses in science and tech

'Well begun is half done, today there are more hits than misses by the Modi government in its support towards science in India,' says Pallava Bagla. Modi@2 Is the glass of science half-full or......

Government bans food imports from Japan

Almost a month after Japan was devastated by a high-intensity earthquake, followed by radiation from nuclear reactors, the government has banned import of food articles from that country with......

2nd airport: Cidco still eyes Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai remains the best possible site for the metropolis' proposed new airport and the suggested alternatives of Wada, Ansoli and Kalyan have bigger negatives, the City and Industrial......

'You just cannot do without IIT-ians'

Former IIT-ian and corporate head honcho Nabankur Gupta feels IIT is the only recognised and sustainable Indian brand. Speaking on the Pan-IIT Global Conference to be held in Mumbai in the third......

JRD Tata: A life extraordinary

The year 2004 is significant for the Tata Group, asit marks the 100th birth anniversary of JRD Tata and Naval Tata and the death centenary of Jmsetji Tata.For two generations and more JRD......