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Blog for Science: No scientist to lead centenary celebrations!
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Sunday, January 27, 2013. No scientist to lead centenary celebrations! Manmohan Singh (Left) inaugurating the Indian Science Congress, 2013. Ince no one who has not studied science up to the graduate level. Can aspire to get even the primary membership of the Indian Science Congress Association. Prime minister Manmohan Singh, a non-science person,. As its general president in its centenary year is inexplicable. Does it mean that I. This looks even more odd in the context of the. While he splurged several...
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Blog for Science: December 2014
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Monday, December 22, 2014. Nobody gets Mars right on the first try. By Pallava Bagla and Subhadra Menon. There is a mystical allure that the red planet holds, perhaps mainly because it is the only planet that seems somewhat similar to Earth, urging us to often ask the question ‘is there life on Mars? Indian supersition linked with Mars. Early Mars was habitable, but that does not mean it was inhabited. Even if there is some microbial or nascent life hidden somewhere in the rocks and crevices, it has ...
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Blog for Science: September 2010
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010. Pallava Bagla gets David Perlman Award. A dedicated science journalist from India Pallava Bagla. Its echo rang during the Indo-US Nuclear Deal. When many politicians who were opposing the deal tooth and nail gave the argument that India’s thermo-nuclear test was not a complete success and India needed to do further tests for the sake of developing an effective nuclear deterrent against China. Hope the Government of India will honour him with Padma Shree. Links to this post.
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Blog for Science: May 2010
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Monday, May 31, 2010. Love is superior to Gotra;. Something else to say. Nobody has the right to give death sentence to a loving couple, no matter they marry within the Gotra. “Love is superior to Gotra”, says Prof Neera Bhalla Sarin of Jawahar Lal Nehru University of New Delhi. Today many especially from young generation do not even know what Gotra is. It is therefore natural that the controversy has puzzled so many. What does modern genetic science say on this issue? If two recessive genes, one from mo...
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Monday, December 22, 2014. Nobody gets Mars right on the first try. By Pallava Bagla and Subhadra Menon. There is a mystical allure that the red planet holds, perhaps mainly because it is the only planet that seems somewhat similar to Earth, urging us to often ask the question ‘is there life on Mars? Indian supersition linked with Mars. Early Mars was habitable, but that does not mean it was inhabited. Even if there is some microbial or nascent life hidden somewhere in the rocks and crevices, it has ...
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Blog for Science: January 2011
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011. Now is the Time to Revive Nalanda Spirit. India needs to revive Nalanda Tradition of learning if it again wants to become a scientific power. This is the key message Amartya Sen, a Nobel Laureate gave during his lecture to hundreds of delegates in the 98th Indian Science Congress being held at SRM University in Chennai. Sen said it was time to recollect the scientific tradition of old Nalanda. Need to Generate a New Indian Story. Indian Science Declined During Last 20 Years.
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Blog for Science: April 2015
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Friday, April 10, 2015. Solar Future of Air Travel. Finally after the hard work of a team of 80 engineers, the reliable ‘Solar Impulse-2’ could be developed. Several incredibly highly energy-efficient electric motors, lithium-polymer batteries, polyurethane insulating foam, LED landing lights, ultra-light carbon-fiber structures have been used to make an airplane which can remain in the air several days and nights together without fuel. What prompted the two pioneers? The Thinking of Bertrand Piccard.
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Friday, April 10, 2015. Solar Future of Air Travel. Finally after the hard work of a team of 80 engineers, the reliable ‘Solar Impulse-2’ could be developed. Several incredibly highly energy-efficient electric motors, lithium-polymer batteries, polyurethane insulating foam, LED landing lights, ultra-light carbon-fiber structures have been used to make an airplane which can remain in the air several days and nights together without fuel. What prompted the two pioneers? The Thinking of Bertrand Piccard.
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Blog for Science: April 2013
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013. No Money for Gas hydrate Research in India! By Dr PK Mukherjee. When methane gas after getting dissolved in water gets frozen due to low temperature and requisite pressure, it turns into ice. This ice buried under the sea sediments is known as gas hydrate and is seen as the future source of energy. The US, Japan and China have started programmes to tap this, but indolent Manmohan Singh government is showing no interest towards this enormous wealth in coastal areas. Heating the dep...
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