Women’s role in science technology jobs takes centre stage at Indian event
The role of women in science has been the focus of attention at an event in India as the government and industry work to provide more opportunities for female scientists.
At the 99th Indian Science Congress in Calcutta the theme was about inclusive [...]
NIT Students look to invent the World’s Cheapest Car
A group of National Institute of Technology (NIT) students are working on the innovative car using only scraps, to build a 2 stroke petrol car.
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In one of the most rarest achievement in the auto mobile history the [...]
Big quake, little destruction
Two large earthquakes, with magnitudes of 8.6 and 8.2, struck off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on April 11. Unlike the magnitude 9.1 quake that struck the region in December 2004, these tremors did not trigger a deadly [...]
‘South Indian doctors should come north’ working in north: Health Minister
CHANDIGARH: For Ashok G S, who received his MD degree in anaesthesia at the 32nd convocation ceremony in PGIMER, Chandigarh, on Saturday, home came all the way to the institute as his father Sunder, 63, and mother Ramila, 57, came along with [...]
Who killed Baby Falak?
The two-year-old died a horrible death because the system did not care enough to want her to live.
A child died and we collectively mourn. She was just two years old. And she fought bravely, but the tubes and wires connecting her to life support [...]
Indians’ growing healthcare expenses concern WHO – Times of India
The World Health Organization (WHO) is worried about Indians’ high out-of-pocket (OOP) expenses to buy medicines.
WHO says, 3.2% Indians will fall below the poverty line because of high medical bills. About 70% of Indians spend their [...]
Changes in the Air: Levi Strauss Tries to Minimize Water Use
From the cotton field in rural India to the local rag bin, a typical pair of blue jeans consumes 919 gallons of water during its life cycle, Levi Strauss & Company says, or enough to fill about 15 spa-size bathtubs. That includes the water [...]
Premature babies at risk of heart disease
A new research led by an Indian-origin scientist has found that young adults who are born prematurely show multiple biological signs of risks to future health.
The study of 48 volunteers aged 18-27 found that those who were born at 33 weeks [...]
The day Buddha smiled at Pokhran
Former Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman and one of the guiding lights behind India’s first nuclear test, Homi Nusserwanji Sethna, helped India conduct its first nuclear test way back in 1974.
A pillar of Indias nuclear programme, Sethna’s [...]
Dr Homi Nusserwanji Sethna: Pokhran-I scientist
A nationalist who was wary of the US, a no-nonsense man and a bold and quick decision-maker. This is how colleagues described 86-year-old Homi Nusserwanji Sethna, the man behind India’s first peaceful nuclear test in Pokhran in 1974 that [...]
