CSIR announces the winners of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize for 2019

The prize carries a cash component of Rs 5 lakh and is awarded for outstanding research, both fundamental applied

IICT Scientist to be awarded CRSI Bronze Medal

Srihari Pabbaraja has been awarded for his contributions on the total synthesis of natural products and method development for new chemical entities

Prime Minister confers Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes

Narendra Modi conferred the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s prestigious prizes for 2016, 2017 and 2018 at Vigyan Bhawan in …

CSIR lab to organise nationwide summer research training programme

The programme’s objective is to ameliorate the stagnancy created in the national academic scenario due to the COVID-19 pandemic 

D Srinivasa Reddy takes over as Director CSIR-IICT

Reddy will also hold the additional charge of the post of director of CSIR-IIIM, Jammu and director, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow

Study highlights need to avoid landscape changes near forest areas

Presence of plantations and livestock significantly increased parasite diversity in wildlife owing to possible spillover, find researchers

Naturally repelling

Given the global upsurge in the demand for organic mosquito repellents, companies are launching products made from natural oils

FSSAI recognises new precision iodine value analyser

Iodine value is conventionally determined using manual titration; but the method takes a longer time and is costly

India opposes patent application by British company

Earlier, an attempt by Colgate-Palmolive to use patent on a mouthwash was also foiled

Currency notes are repository of antibiotic-resistant germs

Habits like keeping notes under the rugs, inside socks and shoes or using fingers with saliva to lubricate the hand for counting notes lead …

Cipla set to launch repurposed drug Favipiravir for COVID-19: CSIR

An off-patent anti-viral, Favipiravir was originally discovered by Fujifilm group, Japan and has shown promise in treatment of COVID-19

Himachal farmers have an affair with flowers

Farmers in Himachal Pradesh are ditching traditional food crops to grow aromatic plants that offer higher and assured returns

AVRA Technology Award–2021 presented to Bharat Biotech chairman

Need to create an ecosystem where India innovates and not copies, says awardee Krishna M Ella

India bears world’s highest health, economic burden due to lead poisoning: Centre

Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh have highest average blood lead levels, a CSIR and Niti Aayog …

CSIR-CMERI transfers COVID related technologies for commercial production

Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, transferred technologies related to COVID-19 to three private-sector enterprises.

Indian genome sequences: 32 variations found unique

Results from the extensive computation analysis of 1,029 sequenced genomes from India were published earlier this week

SERB calls for applications under ‘Accelerate Vigyan’ scheme

Accelerate Vigyan strives to provide a big push to high-end scientific research, prepare scientific workforce

CSIR announces Young Scientist Award 2020

The award will be given to seven scientists working in different institutions of CSIR

Doda to host lavender festival

Down To Earth last year reported on Jammu’s 'purple revolution’

Indian scientists hit novel formulation for cost-effective and thermo-stable Insulin

Fibrilliation lead to loss of effective quantum of insulin

Now glucose monitoring through saliva too

This device can work inside the body without using any external electrical energy

Indian scientists decipher how Salmonella survives in human cells

Salmonella is the causative agent of typhoid and gastroentritis

New polyhouse technology to help cultivate off-season crops

India takes cue from China; to mine rare-earths

Will add two research vessels for the mining