File picture of West Bengal Congress leader Pradip Bhattacharya. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Senior West Bengal Congress leader Pradip Bhattacharya has stirred a hornet’s nest by saying the party is still atoning for the expulsion of Trinamool Congress chairperson and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. “The Congress is still atoning for expelling Mamata Banerjee. I … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has picked a leading Covid lockdown sceptic Jay Bhattacharya to be the next director of a key US public health agency. Trump said he had selected the Stanford University-trained physician and economist to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world’s biggest government-funded biomedical research entity. Bhattacharya became the face … Read more
Santanu Bhattacharya assuming the office of the Director of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), in Tirupati on Wednesday. His predecessor K.N. Ganesh is also seen. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Santanu Bhattacharya, a professor of organic chemistry at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, took charge as Director of Indian Institute of … Read more