New Delhi: A group of Indian scientists has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, objecting to the exclusion of Israel from the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics that concluded in Mumbai last month. While the IOAA is an international event hosted by a group of countries, the letter dated 26 August stated that it was the current president of the body, Aniket Sule of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, who was responsible for “embarrassing the government of India”.

The letter, signed by the likes of JNU V-C Santishree Pandit, IISER Bhopal Director Gobardhan Das, and IIT Kanpur Director Manindra Agrawal, calls for strict action against professors named in the letter for pushing a “selective political resolution targeting Israel”.

The decision of the inte

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