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SSB 2020 Prize awarded to 2 IIT B professors | Photo Credit: Representative Image The 2020 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology was awarded to 10 teachers from across the country on Saturday. This award has been given to teachers for their important contributions in the field of …

Manmohan Singh was Prime Minister for 10 years until Congress was decimated by the BJP in 2014. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Manmohan Singh on his birthday today and wished him a long and healthy life. “Birthday wishes to Dr. Manmohan Singh Ji. I pray to Almighty that …

The names of 12 scientists who received the country’s highest scientific award, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for 2020, were announced during the founding day of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Saturday. The award is given to Indian scientists under the age of 45 for outstanding …

The Indian Council of Medical Research approved another coronavirus RT-PCR diagnostic kit made in India for use. Dubbed the GlobalTM Diagnostic Kit, it has been developed by Equine Biotech, a startup founded by a faculty member of the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc). The test takes about an hour and …

A woman reacts when a healthcare worker tries to collect her swab sample to test for Covid-19, in Hyderabad on September 23, 2020 (AFP). The British magazine stressed that India has the fastest growing Covid-19 outbreak in the world in absolute numbers, adding that not relying on science despite a …

Two weeks later, when a second pair of Covid-affected siblings, both in their 20s, also turned up in the Netherlands, geneticists were called in to investigate. What they discovered was a pathway that leads from severe cases, genetic variations, and gender differences to a loss of immune function that may …

Around 10 countries have contacted the Ministry of Education to show their willingness to implement India’s new National Education Policy (NEP), Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said on Friday. He spoke during a webinar on “NEP 2020 – The Brighter Future of Education” hosted by ASSOCHAM. “About 10 countries …

MUMBAI: In what is perceived as yet another obstacle to international students in the United States, Triumph The administration has published a proposed rule that will limit the duration of student visas to four years and, in some cases, limited to two years. While international students can apply for visa …

Jammu and Kashmir police said on Friday that DNA samples from the three youths mistakenly shot in an encounter in July matched their relatives in Rajouri and that further investigations are underway. The military admitted last week that the powers conferred by the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) were …

When two brothers fell seriously ill from Covid-19 around the same time in March, their doctors were baffled. They were both young (29 and 31 years old) and healthy. However, within days they were unable to breathe on their own and, tragically, one of them died. Two weeks later, when …