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Group of scientists seeks President's intervention to withdraw proposed LDAR

The proposed Lakshadweep Development Authority Regulation of 2021 is highly problematic and will work against existing legal provisions that safeguard the resilience of Lakshadweep's ecology,......

China, Pakistan have more nukes than India: Report

According to the report, Russia tops the table with 6,375 warheads, followed by the United States with 5,800, and the United Kingdom with 215 warheads. India enriched its nuclear arsenal by adding......

Meet the Indian delegates in US prez race

Republican Party stalwart Narender Reddy, from Georgia, has been elected as alternate-delegate-at-large to the GOP National Convention in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, which will be held from......

Aadhaar is based on unscientific thinking, fallible biometric data

Biometric authentication is based on the unscientific and questionable assumption that there are parts of human body that do not age, wither and decay with the passage of time, says Gopal Krishna.......

India has never pursued an offensive bio weapons programme

In 2003, the United States Congressional Research Service asserted that there is a danger that India may develop a bio weapons programme. It claimed that 'India is believed to have an active......

NBA to file case against developers of BT Brinjal

The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) is all set to file the country's firstever bio-piracy criminal case against companies involved in developing BT Brinjal by using its local variety, a top......

'India loses 2000 patents every year in US'

India was losing at least 2000 patents every year in the United States and Europe on traditional formulations as 'our knowledge on these has never been documented,' Union Minister of State for......

Biotech Bill: Sweeping powers, glaring omissions

The biotech regulatory Bill gags dissent and takes away the power of states without providing any safeguards to farmers and consumers, says Latha Jishnu. Shortcuts always lead to problems, and......

Full text of the BRICS declaration in Sanya

Leaders of BRICS -- China, Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa -- issued a joint declaration at the conclusion of the BRICS Summit in Sanya (China) on Thursday.The joint declaration lists the......

Innovation: Where has India succeeded and failed

Part I: Can India produce billion-dollar innovations?Part II: How India can innovate like the USIn the third of this four-part series, Arindam Banerji discusses how can India start......

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Group of scientists seeks President's intervention to withdraw proposed LDAR

China, Pakistan have more nukes than India: Report

Meet the Indian delegates in US prez race

Aadhaar is based on unscientific thinking, fallible biometric data

India has never pursued an offensive bio weapons programme

NBA to file case against developers of BT Brinjal

'India loses 2000 patents every year in US'

Biotech Bill: Sweeping powers, glaring omissions

Full text of the BRICS declaration in Sanya

Innovation: Where has India succeeded and failed

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