We give them complete mentorship

IN a special programme to help industry, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has created Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Programme …

How the topmost scientific advisory body gradually slipped into oblivion

After the NDA came to power under Narendra Modi in 2014, the SAC-PM went defunct as the new government failed to reconstitute the council

India launches diagnostic kit that detects celiac disease in 20 minutes

Most of the diagnostic kits which are used presently are all imported from Europe and America and expensive

Bill Gates, Grand Challenges and Indian Science Congress

The Bill Gates Foundation has invited Indian innovators to send in their ideas that could change the world. But India needs more solutions to its …

‘Stem cells – more hype than hope’

Scientific community calls for more stringent regulation of basic stem cell research and clinical trials

Scientists’ panel calls for 10-year moratorium on GM field trials

Supreme Court-mandated expert committee recommends new tests in thorough overhaul of India’s regulatory regime

Probiotics market thrives sans regulations

Indian food safety authority yet to specify deadline for notifying regulations for food products containing 'friendly' microorganisms

New biotech missions to focus on drug resistance, fortified crops

Union minister launches Atal Jai Anusandhan Biotech Missions

Indian rotavirus vaccine found effective during clinical trial

Rotovac costs fifty times less than brands sold by global pharma companies