ISW Desk

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) launched in 2006 to ensure livelihood security of rural people can also help India meet its target to create additional carbon sink to the extent of 2.5 to 3 billion…
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Newer and better treatments could soon be on the anvil for leukemia and other blood-related disorders with researchers developing a new model that could give a better insight into the molecular mechanism behind their development. Every…
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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, have developed a new class of super-hydrophobic cotton composite with Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) that promise marine oil-spill clean-up in near future. This is a…
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Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India, Prof. K Vijay Raghavan has called for reforms in the space of ease of doing science, regulation, university functioning in research, and industry-academia linkages and stressed the need to…
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In a rare discovery, researchers have found evidence of a new species of an extinct group of sharks called hybodont from the deserts of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.  They found the teeth of the shark species in ancient rocks that were dated…
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HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a virus that attacks the body's immune system. HIV causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) and interferes with the body's ability to fight infections. About HIV AIDS, it is believed that…
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Dr. K Sivan, Chairman, ISRO, who is also the Secretary, Department of Space, has said that India's growing space sector has immense opportunities for industry and start-up companies, and the Indian industry will continue to play an…
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Design has an enormous impact on human lives and is a vehicle for the social and economic progress of any country. Design is now central to all the knowledge application activities of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. Keeping…
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In a development that could help strengthen the fight against COVID-19, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)’s Nagpur-based National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has transferred the know-how for a…
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The Indian Institute of Technology-Jodhpur has launched a new initiative to conserve and restore the Thar Desert, its minerals and medicines, and its flora and fauna by carrying out ecosystem phenomics through a trans-disciplinary framework…
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