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Anti-softening science for the state
The group of ministers (GoM) report on “government communication” has recommended that the government promote “soft topics” in the media like “yoga” and “tigers”. We can only speculate what this means, and that shouldn’t be hard. The overall spirit of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bharatiya Janata Party, COVID-19 pandemic, free press, Gautam Adani, government communication report, Group of Ministers report, independent media, Mukesh Ambani, neglected tropical diseases, Patanjali Ayurved, Principal Scientific Adviser, research and development, S.S. Bhatnagar Award, science journalism, soft topics, tigers, vaccine apartheid, vaccine nationalism, yoga
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‘Poverty first, Mars next’ is a non-idea
The government has mismanaged scientific research to the point of the people thinking its only goals are to alleviate poverty. Continue reading
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Tagged autonomy, bureaucracy, engineering, GM crops, grants allocation, nuclear physics, research and development, Research Funding Organisation, Science in India, telecommunication
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