Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
India's own Bt cotton is set for commercial release. The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), the apex body for granting clearances to genetically modified crops, in its meeting on May 2, granted permission for the commercial release of Bikaner Narma (BN) Bt variety, developed by Nagpur's Central Institute for Cotton …
In his 1992 book How the World Was One, Sir Arthur C Clarke described a dream he once had: one day, cnn founder (and then owner) Ted Turner is offered the post of the President of the world, but he turns it down politely
The Union Ministry of Science and Technology is forcing through a controversial act which seeks to regulate rights over government-funded research. Many feel that Public Funded R&D; (Protection, Utilization and Regulation of Intellectual Property) Bill, 2007, will benefit the private sector more than the public. The ministry feels the benefits …
Philip Morris has ended a controversial 8-year-old program that supported research at dozens of U.S. universities. The tobacco company's decision removes a major factor behind a recent decision by the University of California (UC) to monitor the flow of such support into the 10-campus system.
on november 9, papers in Punjab ran stories about a study exposing high levels of pesticides in blood samples of people in the state. Pesticides were also on the agenda that day at a symposium at the Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana. But the "experts' gathered at the meet were …
Climate change is predicted to impact India's natural resource base, including water resources, forestry and agriculture, through changes in precipitation, temperatures, monsoon timings, and extreme events. Climate change in India may pose additional stresses on ecological and socioeconomic systems that already face tremendous pressures from rapid urbanisation, industrialisation and economic …
only Bihar experienced floods this year. Other places suffered water logging. The statement on the recent deluge in large parts of the country might have been dismissed as ludicrous verbiage, had it not been that of the Indian Meteorological Department's spokesperson. Ludicrous it still is. But dismiss it, we cannot. …
A Greenpeace report on May 18 accused oil major ExxonMobil of aiding research against the impacts of climate change. "ExxonMobil is still giving grants to research organisations that question the science of climate change,' says the report. The company gave about us $23 million to such groups from 1998 to …
the European Union (eu) has come up with new funds to promote the best ideas in science and technology. The first ever pan-European research body, the European Research Council, will dole out cash regardless of location or institution within eu. It aims for excellence and to "bring the Nobel prizes …
The Union ministry of science and technology (most) has circulated the draft of a bill on intellectual property rights that seeks to give government-funded universities and research institutions the power to patent innovations. This power was vested with the union government. Though, most claims it will give benefit-sharing access to …
In an autobiographical piece, Professor Amulya K N Reddy described himself as a "socially responsible scientist' and a "maverick'. This self-description fitted him to the cue. Prof, as he was known to those who worked closely with him at the Indian Institute of Science (iis c ), Bangalore, and the …
using cotton gin residue: US researchers have found the waste generated when cotton is ginned (seeds separated from fibre) can yield valuable products. They have developed manufacturing processes to extract specific chemicals and make two products
A pesticide has got two factions of Kenyan scientists sneering at each other. Divisions have arisen between two of the country's premier research organisations
How important is it for a laboratory to go for accreditation? Accreditation is extremely essential as it is a question of standardisation. Standards for labs were set as late as December 1999. Before, there were only guidelines. The present iso 17025 addresses technical competency; training requirements; equipment maintenance; calibration traceability …
India's plan to open its fourth poison information centre has run into problems over non-fulfilment of basic criteria. A World Health Organisation (who) team recently inspected the Industrial Toxicology Research Centre (itrc) in Lucknow, where the unit will be based, and raised a few objections. Ideally, a poison information centre …
The National Geophysical Research Institute (ngri), Hyderabad, has procured an instrument that can measure the absolute gravity at any location with great accuracy. The absolute gravimeter (ag) has been purchased from us firm Micro G Solutions for Rs 1.8 crore. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and Department of …
