Science in India (and other discussions)

[BesFpaRurdy]

Raagadevan, thanks for your posts! I especially liked the article "Are we undermining our scientific temper?" - interesting article, thanks very much! Please continue with your input!! And if you can, invite others also!!

I have to admit, I don't have any personal knowledge or experience of Sci/Tech research, whether in India or anywhere else. But I'd like to learn!!

[raagadevan]

Raagadevan, thanks for your posts! I especially liked the article "Are we undermining our scientific temper?" - interesting article, thanks very much! Please continue with your input!! And if you can, invite others also!!

I have to admit, I don't have any personal knowledge or experience of Sci/Tech research, whether in India or anywhere else. But I'd like to learn!!

Thank you WriterV! I too do not have any direct involvement in scientific research but always had a fascination for various branches of science. When I come across news items (like the one I am posting below) where ignorant folks make pseudoscientific claims about everything under (and around!) the sun, I try to post them here. We need some comic relief in life once in a while!

[raagadevan]

Speaking Sanskrit keeps diabetes, cholesterol at bay, claims BJP MP Ganesh Singh, quoting U.S.-based academic institution

PTI/The Hindu - December 13, 2019

BJP MP Ganesh Singh on Thursday claimed that as per a research done by a U.S.-based academic institution, speaking Sanskrit language on a daily basis boosts the nervous system and keeps diabetes and cholesterol at bay... Participating in a debate on the Sanskrit universities bill, he also claimed that according to a research by U.S. space research organisation NASA, if computer programming is done in Sanskrit, it will be flawless... More than 97% of the languages in the world, including few Islamic languages, are based on Sanskrit, Mr. Singh said.

[raagadevan]

Indian cows’ milk is rich in gold, claims Modi ally

The Times, UK:

Cow’s milk may be falling out of fashion in the West but India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party can’t get enough of it. Dilip Ghosh, the BJP president in West Bengal, told a rally this week: “Desi cows have a hump on their back. When sunlight falls on the hump it produces gold. That is why the milk of desi cow is yellowish, lightly golden. It contains gold.”

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i...ally-9dtgpq3hz

India Today:

https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-n...904-2019-11-05

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"A framework for mission-oriented innovation policy roadmapping for the SDGs: The case of plastic-free oceans"

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"A Nature India special on engineering research around COVID-19"

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"Clusters and Innovation Districts: Lessons from the United States Experience" - December 2017 (.pdf, 1.1 MB)

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"LESSONS FROM THE US - Innovation Policy" - March 2017 (.pdf, 941 KB)

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