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Pakistani university introduces Sanskrit course for first time since Partition; Mahabharat, Gita also on the cardsIn a first since Partition, a Pakistani university has introduced a Sanskrit course, according to The Tribune. Lahore University of Managem...
"Pakistan connected to India's history": Congress' Husain Dalwai on Pak university introducing Sanskrit courseCongress leader Husain Dalwai welcomed Pakistan's Lahore University of Management Sciences introducing a Sanskrit course, stating Pakistan'...
When Ram met Raavan in Karachi: Ramayana takes the centre-stage in Pakistan for the first time everIn a historic moment for South Asian theatre, Ramayana premiered in Pakistan at the Arts Council of Karachi, directed by Yogeshwar Karera. ...
"Why are you wasting time on a quack?": Pawan Khera hits out at Nishikant Dubey for questioning Indira Gandhi over Shimla AgreementPawan Khera called Nishikant Dubey a "quack" and urged the media not to pay attention to him. Taking a dig at Nishikant Dubey, the Congress...
Amrita Sher-Gil's Lahore mansion may get transformed into a museumIn connection with her 82nd death anniversary on Tuesday, the Hungarian embassy in collaboration with the Punjab University College of Art ...
View: India vs Bharat an issue for Modi & G20; will the name go the way of Turkey?India's name change to Bharat: India, the host nation of this year's Group of 20, or G20 summit, had sent invitations with the name Bharat....
India, Israel share similar challenges from radicalism, terrorism: JaishankarIndia has been facing major threats emanating from across the border from Pakistan and Israel is also surrounded by hostile neighbours. Ind...
This researcher is retracing Hiuen Tsang’s 16,000-km journey to rediscover lost Buddhist sites and monumentsFor nearly 4 months, Deepak Anand walked 15-20 km daily.
India must assert in the SCO institution given its stake in the regionThe SCO represents 42% of the world’s population, 22% of the land area and 20% of global GDP. Its goal, when it began two decades ago in Ju...
Dressing up demands: Evolution of robes and how they represented different purposesAs Indians started setting up their own institutions of higher education, they also tried to Indianise their academic robes. In 1919 at the...
2019 polls: So what should liberals do now?The battle for a democratic India is far from lost. It is waiting to be joined.
Ancient Indian text pushes back history of zero by 500 yearsThe numbers appear in an ancient Indian text called the Bakhshali manuscript, which consists of 70 leaves of birch bark, filled with mathem...
BJP and RSS counter what they call pseudo-secularism with pseudo-nationalismWhile India became a nation in the modern sense only in 1947, it had a millennia old civilisational unity that both preceded British rule a...
Pakistan expert helping non-English speaking Indians access web in local scriptsThe 22-member panel working on Indian language domain names — called the Neo-Brahmi panel — will make domain names available in 21 Indian l...
One year of Modi government: How the PM scored 77.5 out of 100The centralized structure addresses concerns stemming from weak bench strength, and resulted in ministers improving performance.
UN declares June 21 as 'International Day of Yoga'It is also for the first time that such an initiative has been proposed and implemented by any country in the UN body in less than 90 days.
PM Narendra Modi's US visit: Eight highlightsModi not only met Obama, but also sought to invite investment from prominent CEOs & urged Indian-Americans to play a role in India's growth.
MPs plead for promotion of all languagesDuring Zero Hour, Prabhunath Singh said the government, should make a statement assuring that Bhojpuri would be accorded the official langu...
Narayana Murthy funding translation of Indian classics by Harvard University Press“I would love for future generations to read and appreciate Kalidasa’s Shakuntalam as much as they may appreciate Hamlet,” said Rohan Murty.
Security lessons from history & geographyIndia should help Pakistan and Afghanistan find ways to move towards a healthier economy, a more stable and stronger polity and a freer soc...