M G K Menon: A leader who wore many hats

Menon is known for his pioneering scientific contributions to nuclear emulsion techniques, elucidation of the properties of strange particles, …

Obituary: Pushpa Mitra Bhargava, a conscientious scientist and advocate of scientific temper

In the death of Dr Pushpa Mittra Bhargava, India has lost one of the most vocal advocates of scientific temper and rationality in India

Agencies funding climate research to hunt for weather weapons: scientist

Expert worried about who would control climate-altering technologies if they prove to be effective

Natural cotton gets brown hue

Indian scientists develop a variety of coloured cotton, characterised by stability of lint colour, spinnable fibre quality and a fairly good yield

Sacred lotus may hold secret of longevity

Study reveals its genetic makeup helps it combat environmental stress, retain seed viability

101 suicides in two months; is Marathwada the new Vidarbha?

Most suicides among orchard farmers, say observers