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Topic: biotechnology

R&D investment in Indian biotech tripled in 2021 to cross $1 billion, says govt report

Released by Union minister Jitendra Singh, 'India Bioeconomy Report 2022' says country's biotech sector attained $80 billion in value in 2021, 14.1% growth over 2020.

India will lose on agri-tech, experts tell PM, seek quicker approval for gene-edited plants

Experts associated with IAAG have written to PM Modi claiming approvals for gene-edited plants have been ‘inordinately delayed’ as the regulatory body has sought opinion of states.

Moderna shares fall from all-time high as euphoria around Covid vaccine data wears off

Moderna's shares, which nearly made an MIT professor a billionaire, began to slide after a report from the health publication Stat highlighted the early nature of the vaccine data.

MIT professor’s stake in biotech firm Moderna Inc on brink of topping $1 billion

Bob Langer’s 3.2% holding rose to $934.3 million Monday after the firm reported encouraging early trial results for an experimental Covid-19 vaccine.

Introducing biotech trees to help stop disappearing forests is easier said that done

Releasing genetically engineered trees into forests to counter threats to forest health represents a new frontier in biotechnology. 

The key to the future of biotechnology is you, and your body

As developments in technology and medicine race forward, our body data such as biomarkers and lifestyle logs could help accomplish advanced healthcare systems.

India is not just a premier vaccine manufacturer, it can develop new vaccines too

Dr Renu Swarup, secretary of the government’s Department of Biotechnology, talks about the state of Indian health technology and what the future holds.

Shekhar Mande, leading expert on DNA fingerprinting, to head scientific research in India

Mande has been appointed director general of CSIR, having served as director at the National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, since 2011.

The bajra that can fight India’s iron deficiency problem

Study shows consumption of biofortified bajra can improve learning and mental abilities among school-going children.

How gene-editing cures may become a bio-weapon nightmare

Biotechnologies like Crispr have the possibilities of dangerous applications which might turn our biological machinery against us. 

On Camera

India has to move on now. Engage with ‘Nooton Bangladesh’

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has, in a sense, tasted her own medicine. The International Crimes Tribunal, the special court she instituted for...

The day Dharmendra ‘died’

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.