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Ajmer’s hidden engine: From steam locomotives to Vande Bharat — inside the 150-year-old railway workshop quietly powering the city’s growth since 1876- A legendary river that shaped ancient empires and civilizations may have just revealed its past
- In 1906, archaeologists clearing the ruins of Hattusa uncovered thousands of clay tablets: And a lost Hittite empire finally found its voice
- FIFA World Cup GROUP I: 24 years later, France and Senegal meet againFootball fans gear up for the World Cup. France, a top contender, seeks a third championship. Norway enters the tournament with star strike...08 Jun, 2026, 11.51 PM IST
- ‘They don’t eat lettuce’: Youtuber explores a misunderstood community protecting 7,000-year-old tradition in northern IraqA new documentary by Sonny Side introduces the Yazidi people, an ancient religious minority. The film explores their unique faith, traditio...21 May, 2026, 02.12 PM IST
- When the Waters Receded… A 3,400-Year-Old Mystery SurfacedSevere drought in northern Iraq exposed a 3,400-year-old Bronze Age city, Kemune, submerged by the Mosul Dam. Archaeologists documented for...01 Mar, 2026, 11.02 PM IST
- Chakra-vriddhi: Why economists call it the eighth wonder and how people feared it as a force that could destroy livesIn India, interest was called vriddhi, meaning growth. When this growth itself was allowed to grow, the word used was chakra-vriddhi, circu...22 Nov, 2025, 12.02 AM IST
- The first ancient Egyptian genome is here, and it changes everything we knowScientists have unlocked the genetic code of an ancient Egyptian man. He lived near the pyramids around 4,500 years ago. The analysis revea...27 Jul, 2025, 02.54 AM IST
- Humanity's preoccupation with the supernatural extends back to ancient MesopotamiaA fascination with the afterlife and other worlds is not new: ghost stories from all over the world prove it's been part of the human exper...15 Nov, 2023, 07.02 PM IST
- The Ahimsa seal of the IndusLong before horses existed in the world of commerce, at the time pyramids were being built in Egypt, and ziggurats in Mesopotamia, there ex...29 Apr, 2023, 12.29 AM IST
- Netflix series Ancient Apocalypse: All you need to know about presenter Graham HancockGraham Hancock: The Netflix series Ancient Apocalypse explores the prehistory of humans. It focuses on how Graham Hancock records his trave...13 Nov, 2022, 02.59 PM IST
- On 'Sharqat Day', homage paid to 114th Mahrattas for their supreme sacrifice in World War IIn this particular action, the unit won two Distinguished Service Orders, four Military Cross, six Indian Order of Merit, 16 Indian Disting...29 Oct, 2022, 07.18 PM IST
- What lapis lazuli tells about the power establishment in ancient India?Power in ancient India was established not by the accumulation of material wealth, but by the aesthetic denial of material development.19 Feb, 2022, 12.03 AM IST
- Award-winning author Subhadra Sen Gupta's posthumous book on stories about our originThe author passed away this year due to Covid-19.02 Nov, 2021, 09.20 AM IST
- An epochal point by a meghalayan stalagmiteThe prime minister’s 100-year timeframe is very farsighted indeed by those standards.19 Jul, 2018, 10.58 PM IST
- ASI unearths ‘first-ever’ evidence of chariots in Copper-Bronze ageThe excavation, which began in March, has also unearthed eight burial sites and several artefacts. The three chariots found in burial pits ...06 Jun, 2018, 12.16 PM IST
- Indus civilisation did not develop around flowing river: ScientistsThe Indus or Harappan Civilisation was a Bronze Age society that developed from 5,300 to 3,300 years ago, at about the same time as urban c...29 Nov, 2017, 06.27 PM IST
- All the sines of a new father of trianglesAncient Indian and Chinese mathematicians who also independently arrived at the same conclusions make up the other points of this triangula...26 Aug, 2017, 10.53 AM IST
- Indian wins NASA contest to name Mercury craterThe names were selected by the public outreach team for the spacecraft out of thousands of submissions to an open competition.14 May, 2015, 03.55 PM IST
- Stuart P Milne, HSBC India CEO : An impatient manager, a thoughtful leaderUnlike bankers who hopped from one marque name to the other for a few dollars more, Milne, 52, has stuck to HSBC for three decades.27 Jun, 2012, 04.35 AM IST
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