Of Kauravas, stem cells and other baloney at Indian Science Congress

'We had hundreds of Kauravas from one mother because of stem cell research and test tube baby technology', said Andhra University vice-chancellor G Nageswara Rao

Indian Science Congress, a premier scientific organisation of India was in the news for wrong reasons this month. A delegate of speakers made some utterly unscientific and ahistorical remarks with unfounded claims and audaciously mixed science with mythology at the 106th edition in January.
 

Some chancellors and scientists vocalised their pseudo-scientific beliefs about Indian history and world science without fear of ridicule and disgust. 
 

On January 4th at Indian Science Congress session, Andhra University vice-chancellor G Nageswara Rao made an absurd assertion that "Kauravas from Mahabharata were born due to stem cell and test tube technologies and India possessed this