New NCERT textbooks: Mughals, Delhi Sultanate dropped; 'sacred geography', Maha Kumbh addedClass 7 NCERT textbooks have undergone significant revisions, omitting references to the Mughals and Delhi Sultanate while introducing chap...
Nalanda University History: India's 1600-year-old Ivy League-like institution, the world's oldest, with teachers like AryabhataNalanda University History: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a new campus at Nalanda University, echoing its historic legacy dating...
Cannot forget situation of country before 2014: PM Modi in Bihar's NawadaPrime Minister Narendra Modi criticized the Congress, asserting that what India has achieved in the last decade surpasses what was accompli...
Did Krishna resist Jarasandha's hegemony?The tension between Krishna and Kamsa is a case in point. Krishna embodies the nomadic cowherds. Kamsa is described as the dictator of Math...
Google pays tribute to India's most beloved street food, pani-puri, with brilliant interactive DoodleAlthough the beloved snack has drawn the ire of hypochondriacs and health enthusiasts, it has continued to survive and even thrive on the s...
So, here's how we saw our rulers, see them, and will see themMuch before the advent of photographs, selfies and now AI avatars, portraiture of the kings and emperors had their own aesthetic – and poli...
Action flick Bimbisara: When and where can you watch the movie on OTT?Bimbisara, the monarch of the 5th-century Magadha empire, arrives in the current world via time travel and wants to conquer it. The monarch...
View: Big Tech's increasing influence in finance is an opportunity for banks, not a threatIn the span of a decade, Alexander subdued Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt and the Persian Empire. Like the Macedonian, Big Tech has evinced a ra...
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Greek historians called Alexander’s Indian foe Porus. According to their record, he stood seven feet tall and commanded an army of 30,000 s...
Lesson for corporate world from Chanakya about talented enemiesIf we really valued Chanakya over and above his strategies, and also accepted Chanakya’s ability not to bear grudges and use talent from ev...
Coal India set to boost supplies by at least 15 million tonnes annuallyThe additional supply will be enough to fuel almost 4,000 MW of power plants through the year, which will rise as more coal is transported,...
Bihar: BJP includes Jitan Ram Manjhi’s name in credit rolls in a bid to dilute PM Modi's roleMarking a shift in strategy for remaining three phases of elections, BJP is including Jitan Ram Manjhi’s name in the credit rolls.
Hinduja Foundation unveils the priceless Lance Dane Coin CollectionThese coins were sourced by Lance Dane, an officer of the Royal British Army, and the private viewing this week is being called the "Lance ...
Bihar Museum to be inaugurated on July 30The 530-crore museum is coming up in the nearly 13 acres area off Bailey Road here, for which six colonial-era bungalows (no 2 through no 7...
Ultimate AtheistA great deal was written about Jarasandha, the King of Magadha, and his refusal to accept Krishna as an incarnation or a god.
Duck talesIn Indian aesthetics, the bird symbolises conjugal fidelity. Legend has it that Chakravaka birds are reborn lovers who had committed the 's...
Divine deedsPsychologists have validated that it is often the giver, rather than the recipient, who reaps the biggest psychological/spiritual gains fro...