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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Some schools feel NCERT’s deletions in math, science textbooks will affect learning. Here’s how they’re coping

School teachers, principals believe students’ grasp of fundamental concepts will be affected. As a result, some are sticking to the old course while others are offering remedial classes.

LS Shashidhara, brilliant geneticist and NCBS director, puts science next to social welfare

Shashidhara wants to focus on applied and translational research in collaboration with multiple institutes to ensure a tangible outcome of immediate utility.

Modern science, Sanskrit roots — Oxford doctor’s book on sun’s orbit and rhinoplasty

The question that panellists tried to answer was — Can we reconcile scriptures and modern science? Dr Gupta's Science and Scriptures book shows how.

Rare 7kg meteorite found in Antarctica, one of five new space rocks discovered

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

‘Is it a bird? Is it a dinosaur? It’s both. 120 mn-yr-old fossil sheds light on how birds evolved’

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Should lab-grown brain cells have rights? They have sentience, play ‘pong’, research shows

If sentient, these lab-grown neurons are capable of suffering—perhaps through feeling pain or other avoidable discomfort.

38% Americans think US is ‘losing ground’ on scientific advancements since Covid, finds study

Conducted by Pew Research Centre, the survey also found that only 14% US citizens thought the country was excelling in scientific achievements.

Snapshot of a starburst — Webb telescope captures image of entwined galaxies forming new stars

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Partial solar eclipse today — when to watch and which Indian cities will witness it

The eclipse is visible for most people across the country, provided visibility is clear, and should be viewed only with safe solar viewing glasses or handheld viewers.

Opposed to genetically modified crops until 2015, Ethiopia approves GM potato and maize trials

GM potato is resistant to the devastating fungal disease late blight, while GM maize is drought-resistant. Ethiopia is also also holding trials of GM enset (a type of banana).

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.