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The ideologues cometh for the IITs
In July 2019, when the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched its Chandrayaan 2 mission, the spiritual guru Jaggi Vasudev was present in the control centre, along with other dignitaries, getting a close view of the launch from a balcony. … Continue reading
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Tagged Chandrayaan 2, IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, Jaggi Vasudev, M Jagadesh Kumar, Meera Nanda, Skyroot Aerospace, University Grants Commission, Vedic calendar
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A question about India’s new science prizes
really deserving candidates In a meeting chaired by Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla on September 16 and attended by senior members of the various science departments of the national government (DST, DBT, etc.), the Union government eliminated hundreds of awards … Continue reading
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Tagged Ajay Bhalla, Appa Rao Podile, Brian Skinner, Gagandeep Kang, M Jagadesh Kumar, prestige bias, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rakesh Mishra, science prize
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