West, ummah’s lost conscience
WHEN historians write about the period we are living in, they would feel — they must feel — compelled to call it an era where international law became meaningless, where…
Senate panel seeks report on rightsizing in science ministry
A parliamentary body on Tuesday demanded a detailed report on the impact of rightsizing, including the status of vacancies, departmental closures, and employee reassignments, in the science and technology ministry. The…
The science of sanctions
Last month, the US imposed sanctions on 26 firms based in Pakistan, Iran, and China. These blacklisted entities are alleged to be supporting weapons and drone development. These recent sanctions…
Act of conscience
“If the pain has often been unbearable and the revelations shocking to all of us, it is because they indeed bring us the beginnings of a common understanding of what…
Man of conscience
ON Sunday, June 13, 1971, the New York Times carried a groundbreaking report across three columns at the top of its front page under a rather mundane headline, ‘Vietnam Archive:…
The science of progress
Many exciting developments in the fields of science and technology are rapidly transforming the landscape of those countries that are investing in research and development. Many of these innovations are…
Amazing science
In 2020, the Nobel Prize in chemistry was jointly awarded to two women – Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna – for their work on CRISPR-Cas9, a method to edit…
