The Valley of Words Festival in Dehradun will take place from 25-26 October, celebrating the silver jubilee of the Himalayan state with historian Shekhar Pathak delivering the keynote address.
The graduation ceremony for Jadunath Sarkar fellows took place at Delhi’s IIC. It was attended by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and economist Dr. Shamika Ravi.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched 'Waiting for Shiva: Unearthing the Truth of Kashi’s Gyan Vapi', whose author Vikram Sampath said 'shrines fell, shrines rose but Hindus of Kashi never gave up'.
Author Patrick Olivelle's book, 'Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King', locates history within legends and mythologies by tracing the Buddhist king's intellectual journey.
Indian Americans who have written 'Ten Heads of Ravana' aim to decolonise the Indian mindset. Why do they not send their children to Sanskrit schools in India but to prestigious universities in US?
Historians including Romila Thapar & Jayati Ghosh, have condemned NCERT move of dropping topics like history of Mughal courts, 2002 Gujarat riots and more, terming it 'divisive'.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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