ISW Desk

India is among the world’s most water-stressed countries, today. Per capita water available is set to decline to 1465 cubic meters by 2025 from 1544 cubic meters in 2011, according to a 2018 Niti Aayog study. With the country hurtling…
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The tenth edition of the National Science Film Festival of India (NSFFI) has come to an end with the announcement of awards under different categories.The chairman of the jury and eminent filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli announced the title of…
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Science communication is an integral part of our daily lives in modern times. Rapidly growing India needs more science communicators to let its people keep abreast of scientific and technological advancements. On the contrary, many science…
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In a significant boost in efforts to find better anti-cancer drugs, a team of Indian scientists has found a way to control the expression of cancer -inducing gene called cancer myelocytomatosis (c-myc), using a synthetic derivative of…
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The tenth edition of prestigious science film festival got off in a virtual mode. Vigyan Prasar, an autonomous agency under the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, has been organizing this festival as a part of its science…
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In a significant development in the area of ophthalmology, a team of New Delhi-based researchers has come out with a finding that shows the possibility for a cure for the progressively irreversible retinal degenerative disease which causes…
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Oropharyngeal cancer or tonsil cancer as it is known in common parlance is increasingly becoming a matter of grave concern. In 2018, a total of 92,887 new cases and 51,005 deaths due to the disease were reported across the world. India has…
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Throwing away cucumber peels after preparing your salad could be a past phenomenon. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have developed cellulose nanocrystals from cucumber peels with high cellulose content,…
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Dr Abhijit Mukherjee, Associate Professor, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics and the School of Environmental Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur), has been admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of…
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In parts of the Khurda and Nayagarh districts of Odisha, fluoride concentration in groundwater has been found to be high, posing a serious threat to human health. The region is a part of the Eastern Ghats, comprising deformed metamorphic…
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