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Intel spinout Articul8 eyes $50 million for India heritage AI ventureArticul8, a spin-off from Intel, is raising $30-50 million to establish an India-based AI entity focused on traditional knowledge systems l...- Word of the Day: AlogotrophyWord of the Day: Alogotrophy may be one of the rarest words in the English language, yet its meaning feels strikingly relevant to modern li...
- Word of the Day: AcersecomicWord of the Day: Language is more than a tool for communication; it also serves as a form of cultural memory. Words like “acersecomic” pres...
- Ever wondered how erasers actually work? The answer might surprise youPencil marks disappear thanks to molecular science and heat. Graphite sticks to paper via weak forces. Erasers lift graphite due to stronge...
- Word of the Day: ScripturientWord of the day: Rare words endure because they express experiences that ordinary language often struggles to capture. While modern vocabul...
- Quote of the Day by Aristotle: 'The safest way of not being very miserable is…'-Father of Political Science's timeless lesson on excellence, effort and destinyAristotle, the legendary philosopher of ancient Greece, asserted that greatness is the result of purposeful action rather than mere luck. I...
- In the 1750s, well diggers broke into a buried Roman Villa near Herculaneum: What looked like charcoal turned out to be ancient booksEighteenth-century workers in Herculaneum unearthed a unique Roman library preserved by the 79 CE Vesuvius eruption. These carbonized papyr...
- In 1945, Egyptian villagers digging beside the cliffs of Nag Hammadi uncovered leather-bound books: The accidental find transformed the study of GnosticismAmidst the arid expanse of the Egyptian desert, a serendipitous find in 1945 revealed hidden scrolls within a clay vessel. These codices pr...
- The world’s oldest known star map was hidden beneath reused book pages for centuries before scientists finally recovered itScientists have uncovered ancient astronomical texts hidden beneath medieval writings. Using advanced X-ray technology, researchers found f...
- ‘Pretending not to care is not maturity’: IITian-turned-ISKCON monk Gauranga Das on building healthy relationshipsGauranga Das, an ISKCON monk, highlights how nonchalance damages relationships. He explains that pretending not to care is a sign of immatu...
- In 1947, a Bedouin Shepherd Boy Searched for a Lost Goat in a Desert Cave: A Shattering Sound Revealed the Dead Sea ScrollsA chance discovery by a Bedouin shepherd in 1947 led to the unearthing of the Dead Sea Scrolls, a collection of ancient manuscripts found i...
- Samrat Samprati Museum's message important for world facing instability & unrest: PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Samrat Samprati Museum in Gujarat, highlighting its message of peace and non-violence amidst g...
- A Missing Page From One of History’s Most Famous Manuscripts Has Been FoundA missing piece of the famous Archimedes Palimpsest has been found. This ancient Greek document, scraped clean in the Middle Ages, holds wr...
- Word of the day: PalimpsestToday's Word of the Day: Palimpsest is a manuscript page that has been written on more than once, or anything that shows evidence of earlie...
- PM Modi launches portal to digitise ancient manuscriptsPrime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 'Gyan Bharatam' portal, a digital repository to preserve and disseminate ancient Indian manuscrip...
- Rare manuscripts bring alive India's wide historical connect across AsiaA recent exhibition in New Delhi showcased South Asian manuscripts, highlighting their journey across Asia over two millennia. The exhibiti...
- Rare manuscript that depicts Jesus Christ's childhood decoded, say researchers in GermanyA manuscript depicting Jesus Christ's childhood has been decoded by researchers in Germany.
- Like reading old Indian literature & scripts? Try this Bengaluru courseThe one-year course revolves around the study of history and literature, and deciphering historical manuscripts.
- Ancient Indian text pushes back history of zero by 500 yearsThe numbers appear in an ancient Indian text called the Bakhshali manuscript, which consists of 70 leaves of birch bark, filled with mathem...
- From Palm leaves to Computers - ancient medical scripts turn digitalThe idea of cataloguing India's medical manuscripts was born at a seminar organised by the National Mission for Manuscripts and hosted by F...
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