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What India needs from the ‘Vigyan Puraskar’ awards and what it can get | Explained

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What India needs from the ‘Vigyan Puraskar’ awards and what it can get | Explained

Recently, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research announced the winners of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) awards for 2022. The announcement was highly anticipated not only due to the nearly year-long delay in declaring the results, but also because it came amid the government’s plans for a major revamp of the structure of science…

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What are scientists saying about the science budget? The Hindu asked five.

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What are scientists saying about the science budget? The Hindu asked five.

Budgets offer a mixed bag of goodies – so it is with science that has seen both promising and indifferent budgets over the years. As they look at the half-full (or half-empty) tumbler, some see encouraging initiatives, while others crunch the numbers and reveal a disheartening percentage of the GDP allocated for science. Some top…

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