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Jacob P Koshy

ARTICLES BY JACOB P KOSHY

According to a study last year by the Union housing ministry, there’s a shortage of nearly 18.7 million dwelling units in urban India and 43.6 million such units in rural areas while the percentage of people in need of a house from among the economically weaker sections was 56.2%. Photo: Mint (Mint)

Building multi-storey buildings without cement and bricks

1 min read . 02 Jul 2013

An additional `449.71 crore per year would be spent on creating these posts, but that would be “more than offset” by the expected increase in revenues, finance minister P. Chidambaram said. Photo: PTI (PTI )

Cabinet clears I-T department restructuring

1 min read . 24 May 2013

The US scientist Roger Glass. Glass and M.K. Bhan got back with a glimmer of a road map for an affordable vaccine made in the country that could cut in half the 100,000-odd infant, diarrhoeal deaths in India. The work would stretch out over the rest of their careers and involve at least 10 research institutions across the world. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint (Ramesh Pathania/Mint)

The making of Rotavac

10 min read . 21 May 2013

Independent experts said that 60% efficacy was a promising enough result to go ahead with developing a vaccine, provided there were no additional side effects. Photo: Priyanka Parshar/Mint (Priyanka Parshar/Mint)

Scientists closer to developing indigenous vaccine for diarrhoea

3 min read . 14 May 2013

The advantage with the revamped cryogenic engine is that all different parts of the engine can be addressed separately, says Isro chairman K. Radhakrishnan. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint (Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint)

Isro’s redesigned cryogenic engine faces test in January

2 min read . 09 Apr 2013

Being simultaneously able to improve yields as well as the nutrient availability, especially for India’s women and children—among the world’s most malnourished, according to several international reports—would be a cost-effective method to address India’s nutrition needs, experts said. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint (Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

Govt to link ‘bio-fortified’ crops to Food Security Mission

3 min read . 02 Mar 2013

A file photo of President Pranab Mukherjee. In a break from tradition because this is its centennial year, President Mukherjee will open the Congress. Photo: Hindustan Times (Hindustan Times)

Is the annual Indian Science Congress losing its relevance?

3 min read . 02 Jan 2013

Following protests by activist groups and farmers, several states banned trials of GM crops. This followed a moratorium on the release of GM brinjal imposed in 2010 by Jairam Ramesh, who was environment minister at the time. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint (Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint)

Scientists present joint front on GM crops

2 min read . 05 Nov 2012

Losing out on a Nobel Prize

2 min read . 08 Oct 2012

CSIR study to track causes, mechanism of type 2 diabetes

2 min read . 21 Sep 2012

Stepping up: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator at CERN in Geneva. India has contributed equipment worth $25 million as part of the LHC. Photo: Bloomberg

India to seek associate membership of CERN

2 min read . 29 Aug 2012

Govt introduces energy efficiency norms for industry

1 min read . 31 Mar 2012

‘Faster than light’ may be a possibility?

2 min read . 23 Sep 2011

Environment ministry to decide on Lavasa Hill City Wednesday

1 min read . 14 Dec 2010

Monsoon below average, yet reservoirs full

1 min read . 31 Jul 2009

Waste management: The biorefinery at GSML will be equipped to produce ethanol from bagasse, the fibre left after the juice has been squeezed out of sugar cane, though the technology is still at a prel

CSIR, Godavari Sugar to set up India’s first sugar cane biorefinery

6 min read . 01 Sep 2008