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Passport row highlights India's larger citizenship documentation challengeA remark by an External Affairs Ministry official on Passport Seva Divas that a passport is "a travel document, not a document of citizensh...
In 1930, a chemist was testing a rubbery polymer found it hardened the wrong way, and PVC moved into pipes, raincoats, and recordsA chemist named Waldo Semon sought rubber but found a stubborn polymer. His accidental discovery led to flexible PVC. This material, once d...
PM Modi’s high stakes push for sovereign AI faces reality checkIndia is striving to build its own artificial intelligence capabilities, aiming for self-reliance and global export. However, the nation fa...
How Donald Trump's Ukraine aid cuts undermine justice for Russian war crimesUS funding cuts are impacting Ukraine's pursuit of justice for war crimes. Organizations documenting atrocities face reduced capacity. This...
A Massive crack beneath africa could create Earth’s newest oceanNew research reveals Africa is breaking apart faster than previously thought, with the East African Rift System entering a critical 'neckin...
India, Trinidad sign 8 MoUs during Jaishankar's visitIndia and Trinidad and Tobago have strengthened ties with eight new agreements. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's visit saw pacts si...
India-Trinidad archival pact to help diaspora trace ancestral roots: JaishankarExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar announced an archival cooperation agreement between India and Trinidad and Tobago. This pact will as...
Life feeling unfair? This Karnataka boy lost his father early, walked miles for education, studied by a lamp, & still built a legacy India will never forgetSir M. Visvesvaraya's journey from humble beginnings in Muddenahalli to becoming a renowned engineer and statesman exemplifies patience and...
In 1898, Marie Curie spent years handling glowing materials by hand and changed modern physics foreverMarie Curie and her husband Pierre discovered polonium and radium in 1898. Their work changed physics, showing atoms were not stable. Radio...
In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak Noticed Hobbyists Struggling to Use Bare Circuit Boards: That “Let’s Ship a Ready-to-Use Computer” Decision Established the Foundation for AppleBefore the mid-1970s, computers were complex kits for hobbyists. Jobs and Wozniak revolutionized this by addressing usability. A Byte Shop ...
Soon Gandhi, Vajpayee to come alive in AI avatar at PM Museum in DelhiVisitors to Delhi's Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya will soon interact with AI avatars of Mahatma Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This initiati...
Indo-Lankan bonding through celebrated architectCelebrating the 75th anniversary of Indo-Lanka Diplomatic Relations, this event celebrates the Cultural Exchange Programme between India an...
View: The new India demands that the not-so-veiled Eurocentrism and American-centrism undergo rigorous scrutinyEventually, a new purpose-designed, state-of-the-art facility will be constructed alongside the present historic building. Manuscripts, doc...
A vista for the future: Central Vista spending isn’t hurting other priorities. And iconic buildings won’t be demolishedBuilt in times when even window air conditioning and telephone were considered luxuries, digital age was decades away and space was plentif...
National Archives a heritage building, won't be demolished; National Museum to be shiftedThe redevelopment of the Central Vista - the nation's power corridor in Delhi - envisages a triangular Parliament building next to the exis...
National Archives of India set to get a digital makeover of its vast repositoryRight now scholars looking for material have to visit the archives and request for a document to be retrieved, a process that can take from...
Reserve Bank of India to issue new Rs Five and Rs Ten coinsOn the design of new Rs 5 coin, the RBI said the coin's face will bear an image depicting centre facade of Allahabad High Court Building em...
Gandhi assassination: Disclose action on Kapur report, says CICThe transparency watchdog transferred an RTI application seeking records related to the assassination of Gandhi on January 30, 1948, subseq...
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.
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...