The allocation for outreach programmes by the planetarium saw a dip after 2022. From Rs 29-31 lakh, it went down to Rs 16 lakh in the year 2023-24, and then just Rs 11 lakh in 2024-25.
The dig in Zehampora, Baramulla is being led by a small army of archaeologists from the Department of Central Asian Studies at Kashmir University — where archaeology was introduced as a formal discipline only in 2017.
The world has a shared interest in helping Afghan farmers move on from poppy. But time and again, it has abandoned them and the young Afghans killed by the poisonous harvest to their fate.
Viral X posts by a French expat and former Jet Airways CEO Sanjiv Kapoor have set off fresh outrage over Gurugram’s festering waste crisis. It affects rich and poor alike—‘We are surrounded by filth.’
The Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium is making real change on the ground, enabling astronomy research. Its Research Education Advancement Programme has produced over 150 PhDs.
Dialogue between American India watchers and Indian strategic community is broken. It is marked by ‘hot takes’ rather than a sustained conversation that bridges understanding gaps.
The investment did not merely restore the structure. It redefined how Bihar perceives science and astronomy, says Project Director Dr. Anant Kumar, proudly emphasing the state is also the land of Aryabhatta.
Only prominent names who faced Lokpal probes are TMC MP Mahua Moitra & JMM chief Shibu Soren, whereas there are no details on 3 complaints against PM Modi, 1 already rejected.
Whether the Iran-Israel ceasefire is only a matter of convenience driven by domestic compulsions and mutual exhaustion or indeed a step toward lasting peace remains to be seen.
The totalitarian states indeed are never tired of claiming a legal basis for their action and are too eager to make use of conventional legal institutions to further their ends, said Justice HR Khanna in 1980.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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