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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicAncient Greece

Topic: Ancient Greece

Working out to music is a 2,000-year-old habit—Ancient Greeks & Romans had playlists too

In one vase painting from the 5th century BCE, a group of athletes trains while a musician plays the aulos, a type of ancient pipe instrument.

Phryge, the friendly Paris Olympics 2024 mascot, has a history dating back to Greece & Rome

The Phrygian symbol upon which the mascot is based has a fraught global history that challenges the narrative of freedom and unity the Olympics and its French hosts want to tell.

Ancient Greek democracy kept ‘ruthless narcissists’ at bay. Here’s what world can learn from it

The ancient Athenians were very aware of the danger of unsuitable personalities attaining power.

On Camera

How the Bagram airbase from the 1950s is geopolitically significant in the 21st century

Days after Trump lay claim to the Bagram base, Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan “firmly opposed the reestablishment of military bases in and around Afghanistan by the countries responsible for the current situation”.

Mumbai’s been driving India’s data centre market, but water shortage, power demand pose risks

According to a report by Macquarie, India’s data centre market is estimated to double by 2027. India currently has 1.4 gigawatts of operational data centre capacity.

Navy Chief calls for collective solutions to maritime challenges in ‘complex & dynamic’ Indo-Pacific

At 11th edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue in New Delhi, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said there are three major currents shaping this maritime 'dynaxity'.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.