Dr Narender Sehgal

Writer, author, editor, and science communicator

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Eid Mubarak, everone!

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@narottamsahoo @SciComm_India @iiscbangalore @IndiaDST Congratulations, Hope you take IIS to new heights!

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@kpurkayastha I partly agree. But, consensus does help in better and faster actualisation and implementation on the ground.

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Opposition questions this thing, that thing, everything that the government does, or does not! That's real democracy.

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Happy Independence Day to all my American friends and relations. Wishing you faster riddance from the Covid menace, and from a few others, that seem to be no less dangerous.

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@IndiaDST @narottamsahoo @PrinSciAdvOff @Ashutos61 @guptaakhilesh63 @spf_in @gubbilabs @irockstarsocial @ChagunBasha @PIB_India Dr Akhilesh Gupta, Head of #STIP2020 Secretariat and Advisor, DST: On invitation, I had written a critique of STIP2013, for "आविष्कार" (दिसम्बर 2013 अंक)। May like to have a look for what its worth, while formulating #STIP2020!

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No known cure. Yet, Corona victims are getting released from hospitals after "recovery"! What is the average recovery period? Has it been decreasing or increasing, starting with the early days? How does it compare, in States, and other countries?
@drharshvardhan @aiims_newdelhi

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सभी भारतीयों को ईद मुबारक। सभी के लिए इस शुभ अवसर पर अच्छे (कॅरोना-मुक्त) स्वास्थ्य, और लॉक डाउन में कम से कम समस्याओं, की कामना करता हूं।

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@drharshvardhan, congratulations on your impending appointment as Chairman of WHO's Executive Board, on May 22. It is of course a great honour for you, but more so for our country!

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We could be, socially, miles away from a person sitting next to us -- intellectually, educationally, economically...! So, what is this "social distancing" in (feet or meters) we hear so much about during these Corona times? It is physical distance that we ought to be emphasizing!

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@DrPayalPandit1 @narottamsahoo @InfoGujcost @JatinBPandya03 Ditto! Wish I had him as my physics teacher!

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We Indians need to learn to "dirty our two hands" more and more often! Making use of our head and hands together--the most abundantly available equipment--to me, constitutes technological temper, something we need to work harder on developing and promoting. Happy Technology Day!

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@narendramodi, Indian #CMs, #HealthMinister Concerned that even individuals with no symptoms are being found Corona positive! Systematic testing of essential service providers --
medics, vendors, deliverymen, utility and municipal workers etc -- is a must!

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Those providing essential services during the present lockdown, ought to be (priority) tested at regular intervals, for the Corona viral infection, to ensure that they do not inadvertently become carriers.

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आज विज्ञान दिवस पर अधिक से अधिक लोगों की सोच, उनके मन और मस्तिष्क में विज्ञान विधि प्रविष्ट हो, घर कर जाए। वे अपने दिन प्रतिदिन के जीवन में इसका अधिकाधिक प्रयोग करें। यही कामना करता हूँ।

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Once again, #NationalSciencDay is NOT a "commemoration of any event (#RamanEffect)", for It could have easily been November 7, birthday of #CVRaman, instead of 28 February! It's an occasion to take stock of what we achieved during the year past, and where we're headed next!

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Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary Do exercise your right to vote tomorrow, if you are in Delhi. I surely will!

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I want to reiterate the following after seeing a newspaper headline.

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In #elections, I have often wanted to vote against (meaning minus one vote), rather than 'for' a candidate. Alas, that option is unavailable now. This should change; it will give us better chances of voting out those with ongoing criminal cases in courts!
#electioncommissionindia

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Our examinations, more often than not, appear to be intent on finding out what a student has not learnt, or is unable to download, and reproduce, from his/her memory at 3G, 4G or higher speeds. In turn, the teaching and tuitions prepare him/her accordingly.

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यदि हम परीक्षाओं को कुछ इस प्रकार से डिज़ाइन करें कि यह पता चल सके कि छात्र ने ऐसा क्या क्या सीखा जिसे वह अपने जीवन में उपयोग कर स्वयं लाभान्वित हो सके, या दूसरों को लाभ पहुंचा सके, तो छात्रों के पढ़ने, सीखने, और शिक्षकों के पढ़ाने, सिखाने के तौर तरीके एकदम बदल जाएंगे।