A happy accident in the laboratory has led to a breakthrough discovery that not only solved a problem that stood for more than half a century, but has major implica...
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Unearthed by Amedeo Maiuri in 1938, an Italian scholar, Pompeii Lakshmi is an ivory statuette that lays testimony to the intensity of Indo-Roman trade relations dat...
Way back in the 6th century BC, this finest of alloys being made was in the Chera Kingdom of Tamil Nadu, from where it spread far and wide. <...
NEW YORK: Jack Welch, who led General Electric through two decades of extraordinary corporate prosperity and became the most influential business m...
On Feb. 14, 1990, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft captured one of the most iconic photographs of the space age; to commemorate the moment's 30th anniversary, NA...
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An excerpt from ‘Mapping The Great Game: Explorers, Spies & Maps in Nineteenth-century Asia’, by Riaz Dean.
For over three decades, Malcha Mahal, a 14th-century hunting lodge in the middle of Delhi’s ridge forest, inhabited by the self-proclaimed royal family of O...
The author of a novel about Rajendra Chola delves into the provocation for an Indian kingdom to invade Indonesia in the 11th century.
Battles were fought, territories were drawn and re-drawn. An amateur historian has caught these shifts in a series of maps.
For the last few day, air pollution in New Delhi has been truly off the charts. The level of PM 2.5, tiny particles suspended in the air that can lodge in lungs and...
Considering how fast-paced the 21st century is, it is vital that everyone plays catch up. In the case of business especially, starting right and entering th...
Yes, copying Sonam Kapoor’s lehenga design is great, but have you ever tried emulating a real queen? They say, fashion is cyclical, so why not indulge in a ...
Nepal captain Paras Khadka beat the likes of Steve Smith, Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle with his historic century in a T20I against Singapore in tri-series which also...
Forests are quickly disappearing and if we don't act soon to regain the lost cover, we might soon bear the brunt. In the last quarter of 20th century, forest ...
The reconfiguration has been proposed “to deliver the vision of education enunciated in this policy and to prepare our students optimally in the 21st Centur...
What have the Romans ever done for us? Well, obviously the roads – the roads go without saying. How about guidance for how to live in the 21st century? That s...
Mount Agung became active again in 2017 after more than a half century of slumber following a major eruption in 1963.
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Solani Diwakar, while talking to a news agency, said that he went back to selling fruits because he had to pay his rent and take care of the expenses of his family ...
The alleyway at the centre of the crash was littered with debris from pieces of the plane's cabin along with personal goods from luggage, which were scattered a...
The migrant workers said they were informed that the train’s driver had lost his way because of some mix-up.
We have all read about how the magnetic field of the earth protects us from the solar radiation. However, according to reports, that magnetic field is now weakening...
Manisha Koirala was censured on Twitter after she tweeted in support of Nepal amid its border dispute with India.
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Caller-identification service provider, Truecaller on Wednesday announced that it has revamped its app completely for its Android and iOS users across the globe.
-- राजीव गांधी ने अर्थव्यवस्था के सेक्टर्स को खोला. -- 1988 में की गई उनकी चीन यात्रा ऐतिहासिक थी. ...
There is no doubt that India and Pakistan have produced notable billionaires even as family businesses have passed down from generation to generation. However, Indi...
Robin Uthappa, in his entire international career, has bowled only three balls. Even as two of them were in ODI cricket, the other was during the 2007 T20 World C...
KEY HIGHLIGHTS -- '5 feet Shiva Linga, 7 pillars of black touchstone, 6 pillars of red sandstone and broken i...
The bill was approved by unanimous consent and would require companies to certify that they are not under the control of a foreign government.
Outside the New Delhi Railway station on Tuesday, there was a steady flow of passengers — students, migrants and professionals from within and outside Delhi &...
Researchers revealed that being online & offline lines almost always gets blurred. With your easy access to work, you end up working more than your counterpart ...
The Aarogya Setu app was made mandatory after a Union Ministry of Home Affairs missive, following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with chief ministers....
Jogi was admitted in Shree Narayana Hospital on May 9 after he suffered a cardiac and respiratory arrest. As per doctors, a sweet tamarind seed had got stuck in J...
The 2020 Hyundai i20 N could get the Kia Ceed GT’s 1.6-litre turbo-petrol engine, or even a detuned version of the i30 N’s 2.0-litre mill, with a powe...
Speaking at a virtual farewell hosted by the Supreme Court Bar Association, Justice Gupta said that the Bar “should... be totally independent and members of t...
State government says it will boost investment; experts term it an attack on fundamental rights
We all are using hand sanitizers much more than ever before. Proper handwashing and using sanitizer whenever washing hands is not possible, can save all of us from ...