The department of science and technology (DST) has launched a major initiative to provide opportunities to women scientists and technologists, especially those who have been forced to take breaks in t

With the inauguration of the first Women’s Science Congress (WSC) running an-hour-and-a-half behind schedule, a group of leading women scientists angrily informed Dr S.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s honouring of the Koraput tribals at the 99th Indian Science Congress for their conservation of climate resilient rice and pulses has helped place this backward communit

With the theme of the 99th Science Congress being “Science and Technology for Inclusive Innovation — Role of Women,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his inaugural speech highlighted the lack of job o

India’s foremost dam expert, Prof. T. Shivaji Rao, believes the 116-year old Mullaperiyar dam has overlived its life and the only solution for both Tamil Nadu and Kerala is to agree to build a new dam located 300 metres downstream of the present one.

Renowned biologist and former vice-chairman of the National Knowledge Commission, Dr Pushpa Bhargava, has written a strongly-worded letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against the proposed Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill describing it as “unethical and unconstitutional and lacking in scientific sense”.

In a bid to ensure greater accountability, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has decided to conduct an annual tiger census from 2012 in all 39 tiger reserves of the country.
This will continue in tandem with the ongoing practice of conducting the tiger census every four years.

Environmentalists have come out in strong support of minister for petroleum and natural gas S. Jaipal Reddy’s proposal to impose a 15 per cent duty on all diesel-run passenger vehicles.

Human-elephant conflict is on the rise. A report prepared by the Elephant Task Force estimated that roughy 400 people in India were killed every year by around 26,000 elephants in the wild in India.

A Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of the functioning of India’s 39 tiger reserves has come down heavily on India’s premier Corbett Tiger Reserve (TR), which due to its high-profile nature should have set a benchmark for tiger conservation.