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All India People’s Science Network condemns the “hasty regulatory approval”
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All India People’s Science Network condemns the “hasty regulatory approval”
Joining the criticism of the government’s green light to COVID-19 vaccines, the All India People’s Science Network (AIPSN), a federation of popular science movements across the country, condemned the “hasty regulatory approval.”
In a statement, the AIPSN said that while it lauded the efforts of Indian scientists in developing indigenous vaccines in less than a year, the government and the Central Drugs and Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) had “.. seriously damaged these hopes, and also undermined confidence in Covaxin and other vaccines against Covid-19, in particular concerning Covaxin, due to lack of evidence and unsatisfactory scientific basis, non-transparency and concerns around possible political pressure..
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Farm law finds support from top academicians across India
December 23, 2020
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The act gives complete autonomy to the farmers to trade their products where they want and with whoever they want, say experts
Top academicians from across India’s leading science and management institutes have come out in ‘support’ of the government’s agriculture and farm law that is currently facing stiff resistance from Punjab based farmers.
A letter dated December 14 written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received consent from 50 professors in science and management institutions. A few professors who spoke to
Business Line confirmed the letter and showed emails as proof of their consent. Those who have consented includes professors from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai, Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, National Institute of Science Education and Research, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Techno
Centre s Moves to Alter Status Quo Worry IITs and IIMs
While IITs have expressed an inability to introduce BTech courses in Indian languages immediately, the education ministry has moved to erode the autonomy of IIMs.
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New Delhi: Moves by the Centre to alter status quo at the IITs and IIMs have caused consternation among stakeholders of the premier institutions, according to reports.
At the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), teachers and officials are “worried” about the decision to introduce BTech programmes in Indian languages from the next academic year.
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