Hyderabad: Alternative to antibiotics found
Scientists identity anti-microbial protein in milk. The protein was found in the milk of mammals like Echidna which are found only in Australia and New Guinea. Hyderabad: A novel anti-microbial protein
Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR)
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Money talks
The 94th Indian Science Congress's focal theme stressed protection of the Earth from environmental degradation, natural and human-made disasters and the perils of pollution. But is the Indian science establishment geared to tackle such issues. Is it even interested? A look at how the Union ministry of science and technology disburses money compels an answer in the negative:<br> <br> l R&D expenditure has remained at around 0.8 per cent of GNP since the 1990s. At present it is 0.84 per cent: far below the target of 2 per cent of GNP<br>
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Anti malarial drug from shellfish
<font class="UCASE">green</font> mussels (<i>Perna viridis</i>), found commonly in the Goa seawater, can yield malaria drugs, say scientists. <br>
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CSIR becomes part of a global research team
india's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (csir) has joined hands with eight similar organisations to form the Global Research Alliance (gra) in New Delhi on January 21. Its main
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Committees vs committees
Can rubber stamps serve public interests?
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ACTION DEMANDED
A Public Interest Petition filed in the Delhi High Court seeks disciplinary action against G P Phondke, director of the National Institute of Science Communication, a part of the Council for
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STEALING POWER
The Supreme Court has ordered a high powered panel to probe charges of corruption against the the Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Board chairperson for power theft and swindling. Electricity
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PLEA AGAINST PROBE
The Tamil Nadu government has appealed before a divisional bench of the Madras High Court, seeking to set aside a single judge order for a CBI probe into the Tirupattur sandalwood smuggling
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Trouble over the Taj Mahal
NEERI submitted a report on the effect of air pollution on the Taj Mahal which was questioned by the Centre for Science and Environment. What followed is history
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We must move from the reverse to the forward gear
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar is the director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research CSIR and a former director of one of its constituent institutes, the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. The 53 year old chemical engineer and scien
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Pirates in the garden of India
To most Indians, turmeric or haldi is a part of growing up, a magic cure-all for the excesses of childhood. A classic "grandmother's remedy", the virulent yellow powder or paste has been applied to the