Rajeev Sharma

Of Shiva and shankh: Indian Science Congress faces flak for falling into mythology trap, again

The 103rd Indian Science Congress received widespread condemnation for two papers being presented on Lord Shiva as an environmentalist and the health benefits of blowing the conch.

Scientists can recognise bad science, they don’t need intellectuals to show them

The problem with the criticism that the Indian science congress has been attracting over the past two years is that most of it is not coming from scientists. It’s fueled mainly by non-scientists and a hyperactive media, which sees controversy in every page of our ancient texts. There is a lot of science in old Indian scriptures and digging it out need not always be pseudoscience.

Body of lawyer found behind Tis Hazari court in Delhi, police arrest two men

The dead body of a lawyer was found on Friday outside an eatery behind the Tis Hazari court in New Delhi.