Tag Archives: Jitendra Singh

Williams’s success is… ours?

Posted on March 20, 2025 by

A day before NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore were to return onboard a SpaceX crew capsule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi published a letter in which he said he had inquired after her when he met U.S. President Donald … Continue reading →

Posted in Op-eds, Science | Tagged Barry Wilmore, Bharatiya Janata Party, Donald Trump, Gaganyaan, Jitendra Singh, Jyotiraditya Scindia, NASA, Piyush Goyal, Sakshi Malik, Sunita Williams, Vinesh Phogat | Comments Off

A lotus for Modi, with love from Manipur

Posted on August 20, 2023 by

This bit of news is so chock full of metaphors that I’m almost laughing out loud. Annotated excerpts from ‘CSIR’s new lotus variety ‘Namoh 108’ a ‘grand gift’ to PM Modi: Science Minister‘, The Hindu, August 19, 2023: It’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Scicomm | Tagged Bharatiya Janata Party, Genetic Sequencing, Jitendra Singh, Manipur, Naga chilli, Namoh 108, National Botanical Research Institute, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, The Hindu | Comments Off

‘Aatmanirbharta through science’

Posted on February 27, 2022 by

The Week magazine distinguished itself last year by picking Indian Council of Medical Research chief Balram Bhargava as its ‘person of the year’ for 2021. And now, ahead of National Science Day tomorrow, The Week has conducted an “exclusive” interview with science minister … Continue reading →

Posted in Scicomm, Science | Tagged integrated science, Jitendra Singh, National Science Day, National Science Week, The Week | Comments Off