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A sick European to 7,044 deaths: How influenza became notifiable disease in Delhi over a century agoInfluenza claimed over seven thousand lives in Delhi city during the 1918 pandemic. Archival records show the disease spread rapidly after ...
Girls just wanna have fun: The rise of women-only communitiesWomen in India are actively reclaiming leisure time through various initiatives. New communities are forming around hobbies, sports, and so...
AI can never take over human relationships, craft: Sabyasachi MukherjeeFashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee opened his new flagship store in New Delhi. He believes craftsmanship will outlast artificial intelli...
Mahatma Gandhi manuscript sells for record Rs 16.2 crore at Saffronart auctionMahatma Gandhi's reflections on truth and service sold for a record Rs 16.20 crore. This collection of 688 autographed messages was sent to...
Independence Day 2026: A 1968 gold ban that turned every Indian household into an underground vaultIn 1968, the Gold (Control) Act restricted gold ownership and capped jewellery purity at 14 karats to curb imports and conserve foreign exc...
Independence Day 2026: When the British built a 4,000-km wall across India to extort taxBritish authorities constructed an enormous hedge across India to enforce a salt tax. This living barrier aimed to prevent smuggling of che...
What makes the second edition of Vogue Wedding Atelier bigger than beforeVogue Wedding Atelier will return to New Delhi in August 2026. The event will feature over sixty brands across couture and luxury lifestyle...
Indian Museum joins hands with IIT-Kharagpur for use of 'AI-based restoration' of artefacts: GovtThe Indian Museum in Kolkata is using AI for artefact restoration and digital preservation. This initiative aligns with the vision of promo...
The fear before the grief: When goodbye begins long before it actually happensThe death of a parent is one of life's oldest certainties. Yet for many millennials and Gen Z adults, it is an all-consuming preoccupation....
The rise of India’s art collectives and how they are reshaping identity, access, and creative practiceAcross India, new art collectives are emerging, focusing on identity, heritage, and marginalized voices. Groups like The Confluence Collect...
The 'Boss Scam': I4C warns of cyber fraud targeting CEOs, firmsCybercriminals are employing a new 'Boss Scam' to defraud companies. Impersonating regulators, they send malicious files via email or Whats...
Know all about Bhagat Singh’s struggle in his very own cornerWith thousands of books, documents, journals and archival materials, including the socialist revolutionary’s jail records, the resource cen...
Railways to digitise its archival records of about 25 million pagesIn a decision taken last week, the Railway Board has begun what could be the largest digitisation of archives by any organisation in India.
The history of biology in India will soon get its own spaceAn archive space of 1,500-sq-ft to open up at old lab of Prof Obaid Siddiqi at the NCBS, Bengaluru.
Delhi Archives digitising, microfilming 4 crore records at a cost of Rs 25.4 croreDelhi Archives has a vast collection of Mughal firmans, maps, lithographs, photographs, property papers, jail records, declassified CID and...
Google has introduced a new panic mode in Android, here's what it means'Panic mode' is being introduced to give guaranteed protection from rogue applications.
When Nehru got request to start a new 'era' named after GandhiWhile the idea did not meet its desired objective, the letter carrying the proposal, however, ended up in the National Archives here.
Heritage Portal seeks sharing of Gandhi's records in LondonHe says these archival institutions "hold a wealth of records - textual, visual, and aural - on Gandhi and his life" in India and Britain.
National Archives to display archival gems to kick off 125th-year celebrationsRepository of some of oldest and rarest records this month-long exhibition will throw open National Archives' year-long calendar of activit...
Prasar Bharati to outsource digitising archives of DD, AIRThe selected archival recordings of AIR are regularly being uploaded on You Tube, which is accessible to people through the mobile specific...