Covid is an orphan virus and is using one strategy till such time comes when human beings, its only target so far, acquire an immune response strong enough to repel or keep it at bay.It has united a d...
As a result of the mushrooming of degree engineering colleges across India as well as West Bengal, at least 60 per cent engineering seats has remained vacant over the past few years. The fact that, du...
When a vice-chancellor told the Indian Science Congress last week that the Kauravas were test-tube babies, the usual expressions of shock were somewhat muted by a sense of déjà vu as well as a shrug...
The Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, will institute a distinguished alumnus award to raise funds for infrastructure development during its global alumni convention in F...
Sony BBC Earth is set to bring an anthology Not Rocket Science consisting of three science-based shows — Secrets of Everything, Factomania and Bang Goes the Theory — that will provide answers to a...
Pushkar is a PhD in political science (McGill University) and currently director of The International Centre Goa, Dona Paula. The views expressed here are personal...
Calcutta University has failed to increase the number of BTech seats because of infrastructure inadequacies. The university had received funds to develop infrastructure, though.Last week, the joint en...
Scientists have provided the strongest evidence yet for what American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow had declared 184 years ago — that “music is the universal language of mankind”.
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