A renewed commitment to our civilisational principles on National Science Day would reaffirm our collective resolve to ensure that knowledge serves humanity in good faith.
A nation that boasts of the world’s fourth-largest economy has been unable to bag a single Nobel Prize for nearly a decade, and has remained dry of any in sciences since independence.
Countries in Europe have taken swift action on the perceived brain drain from the US. Emmanuel Macron extended an open invitation to the best brains to relocate to France.
Once mentor to Oppenheimer, Born, who fled Nazi Germany, came to India on CV Raman's invitation. The bungalow he lived in when he taught at IISc now houses the university's registrar.
In today's Mann Ki Baat episode, PM Narendra Modi remembered scientist Dr CV Raman on National Science Day, which is celebrated every year on 28 Febrauary.
Using techniques devised by C.V. Raman, the team has created a laser using a carrot, which is important because it answers the call for eco-friendly devices.
CV Raman made the ground-breaking discovery called Raman Effect — the change in wavelength of light that occurs when a light beam is deflected by molecules.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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