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Monday, October 6, 2025
TopicScience in India

Topic: science in India

‘Is there a nebula that smells like beer?’ No question was too silly at Pint of Science, Delhi

‘Pint of Science will explore other cities across India. We already have an overwhelming interest from many other cities,’ said Debarati Chatterjee, director of Pint of Science.

Chenab bridge a ‘game-changer’ & US press ‘sowing discord between India, China,’ reports global media

Global media also talks about impact of climate change in India against backdrop of Wayanad landslides & how an art gallery in Bengaluru is bringing science into the public space.

Why the Mughals did not fail India in science: A critique of Eurocentric study of history

Scientific inventions in the West cannot be hailed by blaming the Mughal state. An empire has to be compared with an empire.

From Akbar’s court to Baghdad, Muslims laid foundation for scientific education and curiosity

In ‘The Scientific Muslim’, Mohammad Aslam Parvaiz writes on the rise and fall of scientific temperement in Islam.

Scientists fighting fake news want ‘outlandish’ engineering book pulled out

Book for budding engineers claims an Indian sage invented planes 5,000 years before Wright brothers, and gravity was a Vedic-era discovery too.

Don’t expect govt to promote scientific temper, scientists must take science to Indians

It doesn’t cost a lot of money to publish a great science magazine online. Making good video-based science programmes is not as expensive as you think.

On Camera

Indian Left is obsessed with Latin America. Rahul Gandhi’s visit not surprising

If you are a trained ‘intellectual’ from JNU, Jadavpur, as well as TISS, then Latin America, its intellectual contributions, and its centrality in the worldwide fight against ugly capitalism are not to be downplayed.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Army chief’s big warning to Pakistan: Stop sponsoring terrorism if you want to exist geographically

Amid continued concerns over cross-border terrorism, General Upendra Dwivedi further warned the neighbour that India will not show restraint if there is an Op Sindoor 2.0.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.