During the National Anthem rendering ceremony at Prithvi Bhawan, New Delhi, on 13 August 2021, Hon'ble Union Minister of S&T Dr Jitendra Singh released the August 2021 special issue of Science Reporter on India approaching 75 years of S&T progress. Hon'ble Minister released the magazine in the presence of Dr K. VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India; Dr Shekhar C. Mande, Secretary, Department of Scientific & Industrial Research and Director-General, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research; Dr Renu Swarup, Secretary Department of Biotechnology; and Dr Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology.