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Thursday, October 30, 2025
TopicGoddess Annapurna

Topic: goddess Annapurna

Indian restaurants abroad now chase Modi govt’s Annapurna stars, not Michelin

‘Desi’ restaurants selling Indian food abroad can now get the Annapurna Certificate from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations for promoting India’s culinary traditions. In 2023, 6 out of 120 restaurants won the award.

Tracing history, significance of stolen idol of Annapurna that Yogi installed in Varanasi today

Statue was smuggled out of India by Norman MacKenzie, a Canadian lawyer and arts patron, in 1913. It was handed to Indian envoy to Canada last year but pandemic delayed its return.

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Russia’s super-missile test shows a new, expensive technological race—with dire outcomes

The test raises a question. Why have Russian nuclear strategists now invested in the Burevestnik, when the US abandoned nuclear ramjet propulsion in 1964?

Karnataka, Telangana, TN, Maharashtra power 40% of services output, pan-India growth uneven—NITI Aayog

Report on India's services sector examines state-level dynamics, maps disparities and suggests ways to tap into the sector’s potential.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

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.