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Ministry of Science and Technology (India)

Diaspora meet in Singapore highlights business opportunities in India

By Nirmala George. Singapore, Singapore, 10:30 PM IST Overseas Indians from more than 20 countries Saturday ended a three-day meet in Singapore pledging to take advantage of new opportunities in trade and investment offered by...

Congress demands Asnotikar’s dismissal

Dileep Arjun Naik was murdered four years ago Minister’s mother is also an accused in the case Bangalore: In a serious setback to the fledgling Bharatiya Janata Party Government, several senior Congress leaders on Friday...

Education bill clears fund hurdles

After almost five years of having drafted the Right to Education Bill in 2003 and six years after Parliament had made free and compulsory education a fundamental right for all children, the Right to Education Bill, 2008 is...

No new terror law, but elbow room for police

India will not go for a new anti-terror law but tweak the existing 1967 vintage Unlawful Activities Prevention Act to give the police more time to interrogate terrorists, investigate terrorist attacks and track emails, reports...

Alkali Metals to hit bourses for financing its 3rd plant

Hyderabad, Oct. 6 Alkali Metals Ltd is entering capital market with offer of 25,50,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each at a price band of Rs 90-105 to part fund the setting up of a new manufacturing base in Jawaharal Nehru Pharma...

New stars in the biotech sky

The Department of Biotechnology is about to award Star status to 58 colleges across the country. Start young: Biotechnology has been recognised as a sunrise sector, one which students can taken an interest in even at the school...

Performance-based incentive scheme now on a voluntary basis

New Delhi: The department of science and technology (DST) that took the lead in formulating a performance-related incentive scheme for research organizations it funds, now plans to implement the scheme on a voluntary basis...

State to set up 50 industrial clusters for Rs. 500 crore

ENCOURAGEMENT: G. Santhanam, Industries Commissioner, hands over a loan cheque to a machine shop entrepreneur in Tiruchi on Wednesday. To his right is S. Nagarajan, Deputy General Manager, Canara Bank, Circle Office. —Photo: R....

S&T Ministry submits status report on IPR management

The Ministry of Science and Technology on Friday submitted a status note to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on implementation of the recommendations of expert group on intellectual property and technology...

Solar-powered cycle rickshaws launched

Solar-powered cycle rickshaws, Soleckshaw, built by a leading science laboratory, was on Friday rolled out in the national capital. Also known as the green rikshaw for being environment-friendly, a soleckshaw weighs 210 kg,...

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