The Dutch king apologizes for his country's role in slavery on 150th anniversary of abolitionThe king's speech followed Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's apology late last year for the country's role in the slave trade and slavery. ...
01 Jul, 2023, 11.37 PM IST
How to spend 36 hours in Rotterdam, the NetherlandsLong the busiest port in Europe, Rotterdam is a multicultural hub of global commerce and avant-garde architecture. (Pritzker Prize-winning ...
27 May, 2023, 02.42 PM IST
How a 75-year-old map triggered a treasure hunt in a Dutch hamletThe map dating from WWII, shows a location where Nazis stored looted treasure.
03 Feb, 2023, 05.37 PM IST
Netherlands PM apologises for 250 years of slaveryThe apology comes amid a wider reconsideration of the country's colonial past, including efforts to return looted art, and its current stru...
20 Dec, 2022, 01.08 AM IST
Who is Judith Leyster, the Dutch painter honoured by Google Doodle?Google Doodle honoured the 17th century Dutch painter Judith Leyster in recognition of her artwork and paintings that she made.
19 Dec, 2022, 11.55 PM IST
The lost Nazi tapes: The Eichmann trial has a chilling sequelSixty yrs after the Nazi war criminal's execution, recordings of his confessions will be aired.
24 Jul, 2022, 10.33 AM IST
MacKenzie Scott's leap into philanthropy began 3 yrs ago & has already exceeded $12 bn in grants. This is how she did itA privileged child, she left a Connecticut boarding school after her family declared bankruptcy.
21 Apr, 2022, 01.59 PM IST
An art sleuth from Chennai is taking on traffickers in a $10 billion black marketWith encyclopedic command of the material, Kumar hunts for distinguishing marks on antiques, matching archival photographs with offerings i...
20 Apr, 2022, 04.56 PM IST
MoD announcement over war records declassification evokes mixed feelings; experts battle it outMilitary strategists and civilian researchers benefit from independently analysing political exchanges or military actions preceding or dur...
09 Jul, 2021, 10.59 AM IST
Cosmos Malabaricus highlighting Kerala's history based on 17th-century Dutch records to be launchedThe objective of the “Cosmos Malabaricus” (CM) project is to make already digitised Dutch archival material accessible to the widest possib...
28 Nov, 2020, 12.53 PM IST
'Intangible heritage': Exploring the cultural significance of smellsSmell is not just a sensory perception, it is also a social and cultural phenomenon. Yet, the poor nose has had a rough ride in the western...
23 Apr, 2017, 12.13 AM IST
Translate foreign documents for better understanding of India: Historian Surendra GopalProfessor Surendra Gopal today urged the Centre to set up a committee to authorise translation of a few documents related to the country's ...
10 Mar, 2016, 04.59 PM IST
Face-mapping reveals Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose may have been with Lal Bahadur Shastri at Tashkent in 1966Citing the report, the team of researchers has urged PM Narendra Modi to press Russian President Vladimir Putin for disclosure of the truth...
13 Dec, 2015, 12.03 PM IST
What made Scotland agree to a merger with England 300 years ago? Prospects of growing rich in IndiaThe East India Company was then rapidly expanding its control in India and perhaps this persuaded Scottish leaders they needed their own co...
14 Sep, 2014, 12.49 PM IST