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  PM Modi needs good advisors, says Bharat Ratna awardee CNR Rao

  India | January 10, 2016 13:53 IST

  Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi needs the right scientific advice to turn his vision to reality and should also start mission-mode projects, feels India's Bharat Ratna-winning scientist CNR Rao.In an interview, he speaks on Modi's

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  90% of Indian varsities have outdated curriculum: CNR Rao

  India | November 06, 2015 7:48 IST

  New Delhi: Eminent scientist and Bharat Ratna awardee CNR Rao believes that 90 per cent of the universities and higher educational institutions in the country have outdated curriculum, keeping them from making into the top

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  2 killed in Mumbai rains: Top 5 News Headlines!

  India | June 19, 2015 21:50 IST

  Rains halt Mumbai, 2 killed, rail commuters hit hardMumbai:  Heavy rains pummelled Mumbai and its suburbs in which two persons died of electrocution and bringing normal life to a grinding halt today with several areas

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  CNR Rao gets Japan's highest civilian award

  India | June 19, 2015 20:51 IST

  New Delhi: Eminent scientist and recipient of Bharat Ratna CNR Rao was on Friday conferred Japan's highest civilian award for promoting academic interchange and mutual understanding in science and technology between the two countries.He was

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  CNR Rao conferred with Japan's highest civilian award

  India | May 02, 2015 6:48 IST

  Bengaluru: Eminent scientist CNR Rao was conferred with Japan's highest civilian award for his outstanding contributions to science and Indo-Japanese science coperation.The Emperor of Japan conferred the country's highest award, the Order of the Rising

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  Modi govt has not come out with anything on science, says C N R Rao

  India | February 09, 2015 23:00 IST

  Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is talking “too much” on development but his government has not come out with anything on science so far, Bharat Ratna and renowned scientist C N R Rao today said

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  PM's scientific advisor questions timing of Baru's book

  Politics | April 21, 2014 14:37 IST

  Nainital: Ascribing political motive to the memoirs of Sanjay Baru which claim that Manmohan Singh had little control over his ministers, his Scientific Advisor C N R Rao said the allegation was “baseless” and an

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  ISRO seeking Lord Balaji's blessings is superstition:C N R Rao

  India | November 23, 2013 21:32 IST

  Bangalore: Bharat Ratna-designate Prof. C N R Rao terms ISRO's long-time practice of seeking the divine blessings in Tirupathi before its space missions an act of superstition he does not believe in.“Yes”, he replied when

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  Competing demands result in shortchange in some sectors: Finance Minister

  November 19, 2013 23:52 IST

  Mumbai: Against the backdrop of Bharat Ratna nominee CNR Rao's outburst over inadequate funding for science, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said competing demands from various departments do result in some sector getting short-changed.“If the

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  Bharat Ratna CNR Rao calls politicians idiots

  India | November 17, 2013 21:48 IST

  Bangalore: Venting out the dissatisfaction in the scientific community over "inadequate" funding, Bharat Ratna awardee and eminent scientist CNR Rao today had an angry outburst as he called politicians "idiots" for giving them "so little".Addressing

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  Know Bharat Ratna C.N.R Rao, scientist par excellence

  India | November 17, 2013 6:48 IST

  Bangalore: Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao, 79, who was Saturday conferred the country's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, has been chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh since 2005.The Bangalore-born Rao

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  Sonia congratulates Tendulkar on being conferred Bharat Ratna

  India | November 16, 2013 20:55 IST

  New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today congratulated Sachin Tendulkar on being chosen for the Bharat Ratna, describing him as an youth icon and a role model for sportspersons.“Sachin is one of the greatest youth