Dr Singh said India holds a unique advantage in genomic research due to its large and diverse population with more than 4,000–5,000 distinct communities.

Dr Singh highlighted India’s unique advantage in genomic research due to its large and genetically diverse population.

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Minister of State in PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space Dr. Jitendra Singh ...

In January 2025, the government of India announced the completion of the GenomeIndia Project, which entailed sequencing the genomes of 10,000 Indians across 83 communities. The project, launched in ...

Today, we can sequence the entire genome of an individual for a few hundred pounds. Artificial intelligence (AI) has further ...

In a high-security data centre in northern India, genetic blueprints from 10,000 individuals across 83 ethnic groups are stored under layers of encryption. This vast dataset, collected through the ...

Overcoming water and food stress will be a big challenge for India as it becomes a Viksit Bharat. As India charts its path ...

The Academies will work with several Indian and international groups to plan a workshop which will follow on from a previous workshop, focusing on biosecurity concerns posed by genome editing ...

India's population is genetically one of the most diverse in the world, yet it remains underrepresented in global datasets. In a study publishing in the Cell Press journal Cell, researchers analyzed ...

Indian researchers are engineering a new kind of agriculture. Tools and techniques like CRISPR and breeding chambers are showing a glimmer of hope for a future where agriculture will have to be far ...