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Centre launches nationwide survey to map India’s manuscript heritage under Gyan Bharatam MissionIndia's Ministry of Culture begins a nationwide survey to map its manuscript heritage. This initiative aims to create a comprehensive digit...16 Mar, 2026, 03.28 PM IST- 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...01 Mar, 2026, 11.07 AM IST
- Over 7.5 lakh manuscripts digitised under Gyan Bharatam; 45 centres onboarded: GovtOver 7.5 lakh manuscripts have been digitised, with 1.29 lakh now accessible on a dedicated portal through the Gyan Bharatam initiative. Th...02 Feb, 2026, 07.43 PM IST
- 'Lalu wants his son as CM, Sonia wants her son as PM': Amit Shah’s sharp jibe comes with promises of metro, AIIMS and airport for BiharUnion Home Minister Amit Shah attacked the INDIA bloc in Bihar, accusing Lalu Prasad Yadav and Sonia Gandhi of dynastic politics. He labele...29 Oct, 2025, 04.06 PM IST
- Country going through era of cultural renaissance: Culture Minister Gajendra Singh ShekhawatUnion Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat announced India is experiencing a cultural renaissance and introduced the Gyan Bharatam Mis...11 Sep, 2025, 12.23 PM IST
- Centre earns Rs 279 crore from scrap disposal during ongoing cleanliness campaignThe Centre has generated Rs 279 crore from scrap disposal during a cleanliness campaign led by the Department of Administrative Reforms. Th...28 Oct, 2024, 08.08 PM IST
- Traditional wisdom: How India’s repository of jnana is lying unread and unstudiedGrandparents as repositories and disseminators of traditional wisdom within families is a disappearing phenomenon. Not merely because 'nucl...21 Sep, 2024, 12.57 AM IST
- Sudha-Narayana Murthy's Trust gives Rs 7.5 Cr for research on rare books in Sanskrit & PrakritInfosys founder NR Narayana Murthy and his wife Sudha Murty's family nonprofit, the Murty Trust, has announced a grant of Rs 7.5 crore to t...09 Dec, 2022, 05.14 PM IST
- When a watermark & historian's 'spidey sense' unearthed forged Galileo treasureThe treasured manuscript "is in fact a 20th-century forgery."11 Sep, 2022, 12.07 PM IST
- World Giraffe Day 2022: Why is it observed on June 21, significance and importanceWorld Giraffe Day is celebrated today the world over to remind humans that the tallest animal in the world is around but sadly their number...21 Jun, 2022, 06.22 PM IST
- 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.21 Aug, 2019, 10.01 AM IST
- Ancient Egyptian scribes mixed copper in inks: StudyLondon, Nov 11 (IANS) The black ink used by Egyptian scribes to write on 2,000-year-old papyri fragments also contained copper, an element ...11 Nov, 2017, 02.32 PM IST
- RBI seeks technical expertise to preserve archival documentsThe work involves scientific repairing, removing "all the enemies" from the documents (such as iron pins, needles, cello and brown tapes), ...05 Nov, 2017, 12.25 PM IST
- India, France sign MoU on preserving written heritageUnder the MoU, the two countries would collaborate in preserving, identifying and publicising written heritage and iconographies heritage, ...28 Oct, 2015, 07.09 PM IST
- Prince Charles, wife on 4-day visit to Kerala from tomorrowThe Royal couple, on their maiden visit to the state, will be reaching Kochi after completing their visits to Dehradun, New Delhi, Mumbai a...10 Nov, 2013, 12.16 PM IST
- Advani flags off Chouhan's 'Jan Ashirvad Yatra'Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Thursday flagged-off the 'Jan Ashirvad Yatra' of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.28 Aug, 2008, 02.39 PM IST
- World takes a leaf out of National Library’s bookAsia’s largest repository of books is building global bridges.05 Jan, 2007, 03.47 AM IST
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