New Delhi: After Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh faced agitating students at Tata Institute of Social Sciences protesting against the clearance to the Jaitapur nuclear power plant, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India has promised to make a presentation to the faculty and students at the Mumbai campus.
NPCIL has also set up a committee under the head of the Bombay Natural History
MUMBAI: As students of the Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) walked up to the podium to get their medals during the 71st convocation ceremony from the chief guest, they handed him pocket-sized anti-nuclear placards in return.
For, the chief guest was Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh and the students were staging a silent protest against the Jaitapur nuclear power plant in Maharash
LUCKNOW: The production of pulses in the country has been hit by a pest called pod borer. The common pest which attacks all pulses, chick pea, pigeon pea, gram, groundnut and lentils is a cause of worry for farmers in several states.
LUCKNOW: The ambitious groundwater recharge project to be undertaken in the state capital is all set to undergo a scrutiny of Hyderabad-based National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), countrys top scientific institution engaged in assessment of groundwater and its associated parameters in the country.
To be undertaken by the state and Central groundwater department, the project under whic
CUTTACK: Even as agriculture in the State is faced with a serious problem of low productivity and profitability, the Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI) here is set to bring out a slew of high-yielding cross-bred aromatic rice varieties in the next few years.
With Geographical Indication Tagging (GITag) prohibiting basmati rice cultivation in non-designated areas like Orissa, the focus is on
Research universities are complex institutions with multiple academic and societal roles. They are both national institutions that contribute to culture, technology and society, and international institutions that link to global intellectual and scientific trends.
Astronomers said on Tuesday they believed the first galaxies formed just 200 million years after the Big Bang, a finding that challenges assumptions of how the universe grew from infancy into childhood.
Defence Food Research Laboratory aims to make the next generation of foods healthier and tastier
Stress-relieving biscuits and anti-fatigue food bars will soon appear on more supermarket shelves as scientists at the Mysore-based Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) commercialise food technology created for the armed forces.
Boston: A Silicon Valley startup, founded by an Indian-American entrepreneur, plans to mine the moon and is in the process of building robotic rovers that will search the lunar surface for precious metals and rare metallic elements.
Moon Express Inc or MoonEx, co-founded by Naveen Jain, is building the robotic rovers alongside scientists at Nasa
