This scheme is a prominent move that well-aligns with the government’s development agenda and positions the science community at the forefront.

The monsoon of 2025 left a path of devastation. The mountains of the Western Himalayas have crumbled into rivers of mud, causing huge ecological and economic losses. These floods have severed lives and livelihoods in the affected areas.

Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Founder Director of NIPGR Prof. Asis Datta, also an eminent biotechnologist, shares his life’s journey, opinion about Biotechnology and its influence on Indian agriculture.

Organ-on-chip technology offers immense opportunities not only in drug discovery research but also in toxicity studies, biochemical analysis, pathogenesis, and disease management.

Rohan grinned, imagining the future: a world where instant deliveries weren’t fantasy, but ordinary. Schools, hospitals, homes, all connected by invisible threads of innovation. And beneath it all, the magnetic hum of progress whispered, one pod at a time.

The use of tools like SARAT-2 is a “welcome development” given the many challenges the Indian maritime sector faces because of rising cyclonic storms, unpredictable weather, and increasing traffic on the seas.

Dunes are natural buffers against storm surges, flooding, and coastal erosion. They absorb wave energy and protect inland areas from the devastating extreme weather events.

Thirty-four years had passed since its discovery. Even now, the wing bears the bird’s identity, a testament to its place in the avian world. Its name is etched in ornithological history as the Nechisar Nightjar.

Some insects can negatively impact human health; many insects benefit agriculture, property and human health.

Neuromorphic computing can potentially aid in developing autonomous, decentralised, and adaptive farming.