Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

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CSIR touts dubious 'Ayurveda' product for diabetes

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Analysis Science Ayurveda Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Diabe-250 drug patent Indian Institute of Integrated Mecicine Innoveda Biological Solutions α-glucosidase inhibitors Ministry of AYUSH nutritional supplement Salacia type 2 diabetes

At 6 am on September 13, the CSIR handle on X.com published the following post about an "anti-diabetic medicine" called either "Daiba 250" or "Diabe 250", developed at th…

Ram temple at science 'festival'

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Op-eds Science Ayodhya Bharatiya Janata Party Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Department of Science and Technology India India International Science Festival Indian Science Congress Ram temple Ram temple consecration Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh religion Surya Tilak Vijnana Bharati

The Surya Tilak project had courted controversy in the past with Trinamool Congress's Mahua Moitra flagging it on social media in November 2021. The CSIR officials, however, defended the project a…

The March for Science, ed. 2018

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Science Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Department of Science and Technology Economic Survey gross expenditure on research and development K VijayRaghavan March for Science pseudoscience Sundar Sarukkai Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

K. VijayRaghavan, India’s new principal scientific advisor to the Government of India, has brought a lot of hope with him into the role as a result of his illustrious career as a biologist and former…