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India-based neutrino oblivion

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Analysis Science ASHA workers Challakere science city COVID-19 pandemic Department of Atomic Energy India-based Neutrino Observatory Institute of Mathematical Sciences Kamioka Naba K Mondal Nandita Jayaraj Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector Takaaki Kajita The Hindu

In a conversation with science journalist Nandita Jayaraj, physicist and Nobel laureate Takaaki Kajita touched on the dismal anti-parallels between the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) and the J…

On India's new 'Vigyan Puraskar' awards

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Op-eds Science Bhatnagar Award Department of Atomic Energy Department of Biotechnology Department of Science and Technology Department of Space Khader Vali Dudekula Millennium Plaque of Honour Ministry of Agriculture Ministry of Animal Husbandry Ministry of Environment PIO Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar The Hindu women in STEM

The Government of India has replaced the 300 or so awards for scientists it used to give out until this year with the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP), a set of four awards with 56 laureates, The Hindu…

The INO story

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Uncategorized Department of Atomic Energy India-based Neutrino Observatory Inter-Institutional Centre for High Energy Physics Iron Calorimeter Madras High Court National green Tribunal particle physics Poovulagin Nanbargal solar neutrino problem Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board theta-13 Vaiko

The INO's is a great story but stands unfortunately to become a depressing parable at the moment – the biggest bug yet in a spider's web spun of bureaucracy and misinformation.…

Physics Nobel rewards neutrino work, but has sting in the tail for India

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Uncategorized Arthur B. McDonald Bruno Pontecorvo Department of Atomic Energy IceCUBE neutrino observatory India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) Institute of Mathematical Sciences Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) Kolar Gold Fields neutrino mass hierarchy neutrino oscillations neutrinos Physics Nobel Standard Model Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector Takaaki Kajita

As neutrino astronomy comes of age, the Nobel Foundation has decided to award Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald with the physics prize for 2015 for their discovery of neutrino oscillations – a pro…