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Science should reach society with integrity and transparency: Soumya Swaminathan

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Science should reach society with integrity and transparency: Soumya Swaminathan

Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said that while India celebrates scientific excellence, it alone is not enough and that our science must also become increasingly relevant. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The challenge before scientists and researchers is to ensure that science reaches society with “integrity, transparency and compassion”, said Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chairperson of the…

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Origins of COVID still unclear, but climate is driving new viral threats, says top scientist Soumya Swaminathan

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Origins of COVID still unclear, but climate is driving new viral threats, says top scientist Soumya Swaminathan

Soumya Swaminathan | Photo Credit: File Photo The jury is still out on the origin of the SARS‑CoV‑2 virus, although several hypotheses exist, including the possibility that the virus may have jumped from a secondary animal host, former World Health Organisation (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said here on Wednesday. “We did not receive the…

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Key initiatives honoured with M.S. Swaminathan Award for Environmental Protection

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Key initiatives honoured with M.S. Swaminathan Award for Environmental Protection

Satyakam Arya, (2nd left) Managing Director and CEO of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) presenting 31st edition of Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Environmental Protection 2025 award to N. Devakumar Sahala Samrudha from Mysuru and Veerappan from Cuddalore along RTN Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chairperson, MSSRF, C.K. Ranganathan, Founder of CavinKare group and RTN Balaji Sreenivasan, President Rotary…

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Soumya Swaminathan on Trump’s Funding Remarks

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Soumya Swaminathan on Trump’s Funding Remarks

Hyderabad: Former chief scientist of the World Health Organisation, Soumya Swaminathan on Saturday said the US opting out of WHO would not be good for anyone including that country and contributions to the global health watchdog depends on the GDPs of respective countries. Hoping that the US, which has so much technical and scientific expertise,…

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Can use genomic labs set up during pandemic to measure antimicrobial resistance: Soumya Swaminathan

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Can use genomic labs set up during pandemic to measure antimicrobial resistance: Soumya Swaminathan

Soumya Swaminathan | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ Tamil Nadu could use the genomic testing laboratories set up during the COVID-19 pandemic to measure the level of antimicrobial resistance by analysing effluents from pharmaceutical companies and hospitals, said Soumya Swaminathan, chairperson of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. At the inauguration of the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)…

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