Tag Archives: India
Ram temple at science ‘festival’
The Surya Tilak project had courted controversy in the past with Trinamool Congress’s Mahua Moitra flagging it on social media in November 2021. The CSIR officials, however, defended the project arguing the scientific calculations that went into making the system. … Continue reading
Posted in Op-eds, Science
Tagged Ayodhya, Bharatiya Janata Party, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of Science and Technology, India, India International Science Festival, Indian Science Congress, Ram temple, Ram temple consecration, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, religion, Surya Tilak, Vijnana Bharati
Comments Off on Ram temple at science ‘festival’
Overview of science journalism in India, for WiD
Wissenschaft im Dialog is hosting “a special series about the role of science communication and science journalism in various countries”. I wrote the India edition Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Arwen Cross, Esther Kähler, Germany, India, science journalism, WIssenschaft im Dialog, wissenschaftskommunikation
Comments Off on Overview of science journalism in India, for WiD
Curious Bends – commoner panthers, space diplomacy, big data sells big cars and more
Curious Bends is a weekly newsletter about science, tech., data and India. Akshat Rathi and I curate it. You can subscribe to it here. If have feedback, suggestions, or would just generally like to get in touch, just email us. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Big Data, black leopards, child marriage, female genital mutilation, genetic modification, India, newsletter, SAARC satellite, science news
Comments Off on Curious Bends – commoner panthers, space diplomacy, big data sells big cars and more
Hearing test, radiation-resistant cells, sign language and more
Curious Bends is a weekly newsletter about science, tech., data and India. Akshat Rathi and I curate it. You can subscribe to it here. If have feedback, suggestions, or would just generally like to get in touch, just email us. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged auditory brainstem response, BRICS, civil aviation, India, newsletter, radiation, science news, sign language
Comments Off on Hearing test, radiation-resistant cells, sign language and more
No country for new journalism
Through an oped in Nieman Lab, Ken Doctor makes a timely case for explanatory – or explainer – journalism being far from a passing fad. Across the many factors that he argues contribute to its rise and persistence in western markets, there is evidence that he believes explainer journalism’s historical basis is more relevant than its technological one, most simply by virtue of having been necessitated by traditional journalism no longer connecting the dots well enough. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged business models, explainers, history, India, journalism, mainstream media, news, purchasing power, regional media, regionalism, technology, The Hindu, The New York Times, Upshot
Comments Off on No country for new journalism
Finding quake shelters, breaking bad in Punjab, rice-wheat divide & more
Curious Bends is a weekly newsletter about science, tech., data and India. Akshat Rathi and I curate it. You can subscribe to it here. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged agrochemicals, drug mafia, green revolution, India, newsletter, quake shelters, rice consumption, science news
Comments Off on Finding quake shelters, breaking bad in Punjab, rice-wheat divide & more
Delhi’s pollution, faked data, AIDS epidemic and more
Curious Bends is a weekly newsletter about science, tech., data and India. Akshat Rathi and I curate it. You can subscribe to it here. If have feedback, suggestions, or would just generally like to get in touch, just email us. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged India, newsletter, science news
Comments Off on Delhi’s pollution, faked data, AIDS epidemic and more
R&D in China and India
“A great deal of the debate over globalization of knowledge economies has focused on China and India. One reason has been their rapid, sustained economic growth. The Chinese economy has averaged a growth rate of 9-10 percent for nearly two … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged China, Current Science, decentralization, GDP, India, peer review, plagiarism, private sector investment, publish or perish, R&D, scientific misconduct, scientific publishing, scientific research
Comments Off on R&D in China and India
An Indian supercomputer by 2017. Umm…
This is a tricky question. And for background, here’s the tweet from IBN Live that caught my eye. RT @ibnliveTech: India plans fastest supercomputer by 2017 http://t.co/rRtjl4Gd — News18 (@CNNnews18) September 16, 2012 (If you didn’t read the IBN piece, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged computing power, India, Kapil Sibal, PARAM, public investment, Sequoia, supercomputers
Comments Off on An Indian supercomputer by 2017. Umm…
Fizzed-out futures
Initiatives are arising to plug holes in the Indian education system, or so they claim. Many are ambitious, some even overreaching, but they also exist in the company of those that are honest. However, the cause for concern is that … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged creativity, education, entrepreneurial, ideation, India, initiative, institutions, originality
Comments Off on Fizzed-out futures