{
  "id": 358068,
  "title": "P.M. Bhargava: The Indian man who saw tomorrow in a cell",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/p-m-bhargava-the-indian-man-who-saw-tomorrow-in-a-cell",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-09T06:49:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/pm-bhargava-the-indian-man-who-saw-tomorrow-in-a-cell/article71321847.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The 1973 oil crisis prompted P.M. Bhargava to write directly to Dr. Nayudamma, the new CSIR Director-General, warning that India could not afford to fall behind in biotechnology (ethanol as a biofuel took off in 70s led by Brazil). This led to a committee, and on April 1, 1977, CCMB was formed on paper, evolving from the Department of Biochemistry",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}