VIT team wins Rs 10 lakh grant to participate in US competition

A team from Vellore Institute of Technology has been selected and given a grant of Rs 10 lakh by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, to participate in iGEM- an annual event and a competition on synthetic biology and its interdisciplinary fields in MIT, Boston, USA.

#MeToo: MJ Akbar tenders resignation?

Ever since the first accusation of sexual harrasment against Akbar was brought to the fore on 8 October, critics and opposition parties have been demanding his ouster from the government.