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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
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PM Modi modifies Shastri’s ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ slogan to include ‘Jai Anusandhan’

Referring to the scientific progress in the country, Prime Minister Modi said that it was through science that India was transforming its present and securing its future.

Remembering Vikram Sarabhai, a man of science, lover of arts, student of space

Vikram Sarabhai, the father of India’s space programme, died this day 52 years ago.

Explosion at Indian Institute of Science kills 1, injures 3 in Bengaluru

Four technicians of a private company were carrying out an experiment when the explosion occurred suddenly at around 2.20 pm, police said.

Indo-French math whiz & ‘original’ economist among winners of Infosys science prize

The Infosys Science Foundation prizes seek to recognise stalwarts of the science and academia community for their contribution to the growth of the IT sector in India.

Celebrated IISc professor told to step down following sexual harassment charges

Professor Giridhar Madras was accused by one of his former students of making “sexually coloured” remarks and harassing her with late-night phone calls.

IISc probe of professor brings #MeToo lens on India’s ‘secretive’ science community

IISc is probing a celebrated scientist over a complaint of sexual harassment. But it may not be an isolated incident in science community.

IIT-Bombay tops first QS India University Rankings, IISc Bengaluru second

QS has launched its first India-specific rankings, in which 7 of the top 10 are IITs. Universities of Hyderabad & Delhi also feature in the 10.

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.

Why the physics community has lost interest in breakthrough discovery

There’s deep scepticism about an IISc duo’s claims of achieving superconductivity at room temperature owing to their silence on the study.

Calling Baker Street! IISc duo’s ‘power breakthrough’ has kicked up a Sherlockian mystery

If proved true, the discovery of the researchers could well be one of the biggest moments of modern science.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.