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Tuesday, April 28, 2026
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Topic: Digitisation

India is racing to decode its ancient manuscripts & medical texts. AI is helping—but only so far

From OCR data extraction to language models, technology is unlocking access, with Gyan Bharatam Mission prioritising digitisation—but interpretation remains a deeply human challenge.

AAP govt forced Delhi school teachers to buy tablets. 60,000 still waiting for reimbursement

The teachers' association in Delhi has been running from pillar to post and filling forms and petitions for the promised reimbursements, with little success.

17 institutions will help govt digitise ancient manuscripts—who they are, how it will work

Under the government’s flagship Gyan Bharatam programme, 17 institutions will help preserve and promote India's rich intellectual heritage.

Prof Shanker Thapa brings Nepal’s rare manuscripts to Delhi. ‘Tradition came from India’

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.

Gyan Bharatam portal will digitise thousands of years of knowledge, curb piracy: PM Modi

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.’

How Centre’s NAKSHA scheme will overhaul outdated urban land records, with drones & digital maps

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.

Girish Karnad to Sai Paranjpye, why Indian icons have donated to Ashoka University’s archive

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.

Hamilton Studios is racing to save Mumbai’s post-Partition faces. UK archivists are helping

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.’

It’s now ‘big shovels’ over ‘big oil’—critical minerals are the international economy’s new staple

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.

Gandhi’s horoscope to Mountbatten Partition papers: Race to digitise National Archives

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.

On Camera

Buddha comes home to Ladakh exposition: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

The Government of India recognises Ladakh as one of the most important living centres of Buddhist culture in the world. We are committed to safeguarding its unique cultural traditions.

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.