The Birth of Indian Scientific Institutions.
It is a well-known fact that the British came to India as traders through the East India Company in the…
The Lancet sinks to a new low
The ‘About’ tab of The Lancet magazine declares on its website: “The Lancet is an independent, international weekly general medical journal founded in 1823…
Upavas or fasting along with yoga and meditation have central position in the Hindu way of life. This helps in…
TECH TALK/BANDICOOT
Adding Dignity to the Life of Sanitation Workers Sanitation workers across the nation are working on the frontlines during the…
Can Reality be Represented in Dual Aspects?
The world of Physics saw a quantum revolution that quite literally saw a quantum leap, breaking asunder centuries’ old ideas…
Dr Vikram Sarabhai, the Father of the Indian space programme, started working towards rocketry in 1961. He recruited talented scientists…
It was in 1895 that a young scientist by the name of Jagadish Chandra Bose first demonstrated that radio waves…
LIVING LEGEND: Prof Jayant Vishnu Narlikar
What we see in the Universe remains the same irrespective of what, when and where we see! This is the…
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao, born on June 30, 1934, turns 87 this year. Recently, he was announced as the recipient…
The Scientist Who Built ISRO Brick by Brick
In its relatively short life history and with legendary small budgets compared to western counterparts, the Indian Space Research Organisation…














