Remembering Dhirendra Sharma, quintessential dissenter and academic-activist

June 21, 2024 admin

A photograph of Dhirendra Sharma (right) holding hands with A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement With the passing away of Professor Dhirendra Sharma (1932-2024) in Dehradun this week, a highly contested and sensational chapter in the history of nuclear technology development in India has ended. Prof. Sharma was the first intellectual to publicly…

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Scientists abandon Twitter as the platform’s landscape changes

August 27, 2023 admin

An illustrative photograph showing the new Twitter logo rebranded as X (L) and the previous bird logo reflected in smartphone screens, July 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP A survey conducted recently by the journal Nature found that researchers are leaving the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), a place they used frequently…

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