Nepal scholar Shanker Thapa handed over digitised copies of over 1,200 Buddhist Sanskrit manuscripts to IIC’s international research division. He had to coax many out of people’s shrines.
PM Modi launched the Gyan Bharatam portal, an AI-driven national repository for manuscripts, at Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan on Friday. ‘It’s like time travel.’
Karnataka, Maharashtra & Gujarat have effective urban land records systems, but most cities struggle with old data & many agencies. A plan to digitise land records in 150 cities will help untangle the web.
Ashoka University’s archive is India’s first within a private university. It’s slowly becoming a favourite destination for eminent personalities looking to preserve their legacies.
Maharajas to mugshots, one of India’s oldest photo studios is reinventing itself & digitising over 20,000 artefacts from 1947-1967. ‘Fail to preserve history and narratives can be misappropriated.’
The transition to renewable energy, digitalisation of the economy and pressure to keep pace with developments in cutting-edge technology all hinge on a select few minerals.
An estimated 15% (4.5 crore pages) of the archives are in fragile condition and have turned black due to moisture and fungus, making it necessary to digitise them.
At D.P. Kohli Memorial Lecture on agency's Raising Day, CJI says special CBI courts merely ‘new avatars’ of existing courts, adds that quick disposal of cases need of the hour.
In the UK, it has been estimated that 65% women and 44% men have clothing that they are yet to wear, while one survey found that many women consider garments worn once or twice as ‘old’
CIET has designed learning content — both virtual & augmented — for math, science, hindi, & environmental sciences for various grades. However, challenges in implementation remain.
In May 1974, RSS chief Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras spoke at a lecture series in Pune about caste-based discrimination and social equality within the Hindu fold.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.
What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.
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