July 08, 2026 11:52 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Dalal Street bleeds! Sensex tanks over 1,600 points after Trump declares Iran ceasefire 'over' | 'It's over': Trump says on ceasefire with Iran | PM Modi visits 1,000-year-old Prambanan Temple in Indonesia, shares majestic aerial view of the holy site | Baruipur minor rape-murder case: Key accused Pravash Mondal killed in encounter | 'We have been cheated': Egypt coach slams refereeing after Argentina match sparks controversy | From 0-2 to victory! Argentina stage miraculous comeback amid referee drama to crush Egypt's World Cup dream | Amid outrage over Baruipur, another minor girl allegedly raped in West Bengal | Kerala rain fury: 2 dead, 10 feared trapped as massive Wayanad landslide triggers rescue race | Rick Scott revives Bin Laden issue, questions Pakistan's credibility as Iran mediator | Mbappé vs Paraguayan Senator: Ugly World Cup spat spirals into international controversy

PM visits Institute for Stem Cell Research, interacts with scientists

| | Feb 18, 2015, at 11:41 pm
Bengaluru, Feb 18 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday visited the Institute for Stem Cell Research at the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bengaluru.
He visited the Stem Cell Laboratory where scientists explained the research being conducted there. 
 
Later, the Prime Minister interacted with young scientists for over half an hour. 
 
The subjects discussed included research on traditional Indian medicine, progress being made towards finding a cure for sickle cell anaemia using gene therapy, wildlife conservation through gene banks, and the `Make in India` initiative. 
 
Modi urged the scientists to interact with schoolchildren and motivate them to build careers in this field. 
 
Union Ministers DV Sadananda Gowda and Ananth Kumar were present on the occasion. 
 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.