Scientific Research In India

Amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Friday informed that even if the third wave comes in the country, its intensity will be low.

Addressing the CII Lifesciences Conclave, the Principal Scientific Advisor to Centre K VijayRagahvan stressed the need for the industry and science agencies to work together. He noted that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought science agencies together in an extraordinary manner.

Ninety per cent of the country's students go to colleges and universities where there is little research done despite being so close to premier research institutes, and this has to be rectified, Principal Scientific Advisor to Centre said.

A study conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) indicates that the coronavirus could be detected up to 10 feet or 3.048 metres in the air around an infected individual, parliament was told Friday.

Google, on Monday, shared a Doodle to say “thank you” to all healthcare workers and members of the scientific community who have faced massive hurdles and raced against time to help us face the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The doodle shows the first letter of the word Google sending out a heart emoji to the last letter, that has been designed to re...

The genome sequencing tests being used in the hunt for the mutant strain of the coronavirus that has stoked widespread fears over greater transmissibility takes up to 24 hours, chief of India's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) told NDTV on Thursday. Addressing fears about the new virus variant, Dr Shekhar Mande also said that CO...

Slamming a recent Chinese research report which claimed that Covid-19 had origins in India or Bangladesh, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director-General Dr Shekhar C Mande on Tuesday said that the study was shoddily done and was riddled with errors.

Asserting that future will be shaped by societies that invest in science and innovation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday cited India's handling of COVID-19 to state that the country's scientific institutions are its "greatest assets" and have done "wonders" in tackling the disease.

Managing COVID-19 by allowing herd immunity to develop in low-risk populations while protecting the most vulnerable is "a dangerous fallacy unsupported by the scientific evidence," warn an international group of 80 researchers in an open letter.

As pharma companies around the world pour billions into scientific research in the hopes of developing a viable Covid vaccine, a BJP MP from Rajasthan has offered up some rather bizarre ideas for protection from the infectious virus

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research or CSIR is conducting a survey in its 38 laboratories and institutes across India to gauge the serological prevalence among its employees and also understand how long antibodies against COVID-19 remain active, officials said.

The NRDC is a PSU under the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research while the NAL is an institute under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.

The United Kingdom and India are deepening their existing scientific research collaboration with five new projects worth eight million pounds to tackle anti-microbial resistance (AMR) that could lead to important advances in the global fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes.

Pharmaceutical firm Cipla is all set to launch Favipiravir, developed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in a cost-effective process, for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, according to an official statement on Thursday.

The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) has launched Accelerate Vigyan, an inter-ministerial scheme in an effort to strengthen the scientific research base.

Amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Friday informed that even if the third wave comes in the country, its intensity will be low.

Addressing the CII Lifesciences Conclave, the Principal Scientific Advisor to Centre K VijayRagahvan stressed the need for the industry and science agencies to work together. He noted that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought science agencies together in an extraordinary manner.

Ninety per cent of the country's students go to colleges and universities where there is little research done despite being so close to premier research institutes, and this has to be rectified, Principal Scientific Advisor to Centre said.

A study conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) indicates that the coronavirus could be detected up to 10 feet or 3.048 metres in the air around an infected individual, parliament was told Friday.

Google, on Monday, shared a Doodle to say “thank you” to all healthcare workers and members of the scientific community who have faced massive hurdles and raced against time to help us face the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The doodle shows the first letter of the word Google sending out a heart emoji to the last letter, that has been designed to re...

The genome sequencing tests being used in the hunt for the mutant strain of the coronavirus that has stoked widespread fears over greater transmissibility takes up to 24 hours, chief of India's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) told NDTV on Thursday. Addressing fears about the new virus variant, Dr Shekhar Mande also said that CO...

Slamming a recent Chinese research report which claimed that Covid-19 had origins in India or Bangladesh, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director-General Dr Shekhar C Mande on Tuesday said that the study was shoddily done and was riddled with errors.

Asserting that future will be shaped by societies that invest in science and innovation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday cited India's handling of COVID-19 to state that the country's scientific institutions are its "greatest assets" and have done "wonders" in tackling the disease.

Managing COVID-19 by allowing herd immunity to develop in low-risk populations while protecting the most vulnerable is "a dangerous fallacy unsupported by the scientific evidence," warn an international group of 80 researchers in an open letter.

As pharma companies around the world pour billions into scientific research in the hopes of developing a viable Covid vaccine, a BJP MP from Rajasthan has offered up some rather bizarre ideas for protection from the infectious virus

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research or CSIR is conducting a survey in its 38 laboratories and institutes across India to gauge the serological prevalence among its employees and also understand how long antibodies against COVID-19 remain active, officials said.

The NRDC is a PSU under the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research while the NAL is an institute under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.

The United Kingdom and India are deepening their existing scientific research collaboration with five new projects worth eight million pounds to tackle anti-microbial resistance (AMR) that could lead to important advances in the global fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes.

Pharmaceutical firm Cipla is all set to launch Favipiravir, developed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in a cost-effective process, for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, according to an official statement on Thursday.

The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) has launched Accelerate Vigyan, an inter-ministerial scheme in an effort to strengthen the scientific research base.