Metascience: Building India’s Capacity to Study Its Own Science System

17 Sep 2026

Context: The U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released ‘Science: A New Golden Age’, presenting a renewed vision for American science and drawing on the legacy of Vannevar Bush’s 1945 report, ‘Science: The Endless Frontier’.The repo...

AI-Generated Works and Copyright: The Question of Authorship

03 Sep 2026

Context: The Indian Copyright Office rejected American computer scientist Stephen Thaler’s application to register copyright for an AI-generated artwork titled A Recent Entrance to Paradise.The artwork was generated autonomously by DABUS (Device...

Indian Standard Time (IST): India’s Push for a Uniform Time Framework

03 Sep 2026

Context: The Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026, notified by the Union Consumer Affairs Ministry on August 27, 2026, make Indian Standard Time (IST) the legally enforceable reference for official and commercial purposes.Time-dependent...