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Oct 25, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Nandita Jayaraj |Peter Ronald deSouza |Vaishna Roy
It is not easy for a scientist, especially a woman scientist, in India to be vocal about causes such as caste and gender without the label of “activist” shadowing her “scientist” identity. Rohini Godbole was one of the few who managed to walk the tightrope between these two identities with grit and grace. Born in 1952, Rohini was raised in a family of empowered women.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Nandita Jayaraj
Ratan Tata's Rs 10,000 crore will lists Shantanu Naidu as a beneficiary. Here’s what he stands to inheritRatan Tata, the esteemed former chairman and chairman emeritus of the Tata Group, passed away on October 9 at the age of 86 in Mumbai. Following his …
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Sep 7, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Nandita Jayaraj |Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay |Vaishna Roy
Efim Zelmanov grew up in the erstwhile Soviet Union, at a time when scientists were considered demigods. They were his childhood heroes. When he was 35, Zelmanov immigrated to the US. By 39 he had won a Fields Medal (considered mathematics’ equivalent of the Nobel Prize); and by 47, he became the youngest mathematician to be inducted into the US National Academy of Sciences.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
htsyndication.com | Nandita Jayaraj
India, Aug. 24 -- On August 14, 2024, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the current outbreak of mpox as a public health emergency of international concern.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
hindustantimes.com | Nandita Jayaraj
On August 14, 2024, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the current outbreak of mpox as a public health emergency of international concern.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
india.mongabay.com | Nandita Jayaraj
Lakshmi Swaminathan’s book, ‘A Call to Return: A Journey with Didi Contractor’, chronicles her time learning from the architect Didi Contractor, known for her ecologically-sensitive architecture. Contractor’s building style emphasised the use of locally available natural materials like mud, bamboo, and stone. She designed labour-intensive structures that utilised natural light and airflow.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
htsyndication.com | Nandita Jayaraj
India, July 24 -- Indians will soon have access to a new drug that targets obesity and diabetes, two diseases, which are widely prevalent among our population. The national drug regulation body, Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), has reportedly authorised the use of the drug, tirzapatide, for treatment of diabetes. The use of tirzapatide for chronic weight management is still under review.
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Jul 13, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Nandita Jayaraj
If the obstacle-ridden India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) ever becomes a reality, it will be one of the largest basic science projects in the country. Nobel laureate and neutrino researcher Takaaki Kajita is convinced that the proposed underground laboratory is still worth fighting for. Neutrinos are abundant particles that may be relevant to our understanding of the origin of matter in the universe.
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Jul 13, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Nandita Jayaraj
If the obstacle-ridden India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) ever becomes a reality, it will be one of the largest basic science projects in the country. Nobel laureate and neutrino researcher Takaaki Kajita is convinced that the proposed underground laboratory is still worth fighting for. Neutrinos are abundant particles that may be relevant to our understanding of the origin of matter in the universe.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Vaishna Roy |Furqan Qamar |Nandita Jayaraj |Anand Mishra
It all began when perfect scores were handed out to an unnaturally large number of students in the NEET exam this year. As parents and other students raised a red flag, out tumbled so many dirty skeletons that the already tenuous structure of the grand “one nation, one examination” scheme is now threatening to buckle entirely.
