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25 Dec

International Science Film Festival of India comes to close

The News Horizon0 CommentsEntertainment, ScienceCSIR, DBT, DST, MoES, NISTADS, NSFFI-2020, science films, SF-2020, Vigyan Bharti, Vigyan Prasar

New Delhi : A total of 20 films have bagged awards at the International Science Film Festival of India (ISFFI) 2020, which was held as part of the sixth India International Science Festival 2020 held from December 22-25. Six films bagged the awards for the international categories and 14 for the national categories. In the international categories, the award winners include a film in English titled `The Insect Rescuer’, produced by ZDF and directed by Andreas Ewels of Germany (Best of Festival Award on the theme “Science for self-reliant India and/or Science for global welfare”); and a film in Persian…

25 Dec

Bringing science and films together

The News Horizon0 CommentsEntertainment, ScienceCSIR, DBT, DST, IISF-2020, MoES, NISTADS, NSFFI-2020, science films, Vigyan Bharti, Vigyan Prasar

New Delhi : Film star, Amitabh Bachchan, today, appreciated the efforts being made by the Union Ministry of Science and Technology to help take science to the common man through various means including films, television programmes and other modes of communication. In a video address to the concluding session of India International Science Film Festival organised as part of the sixth India International Science Festival, he noted that science and technology had an important role to play in the socio-economic development of a country and emphasised that there was a need to impart knowledge and disseminate information on science and…