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Topic: Museums

Going to the museum is good for health — a Canadian association just proved it

Contact with artwork can lower blood pressure, heart rate, and the cortisol secreted in saliva. Such changes reflect a reduction in stress.

Going to the museum is good for health — a Canadian association just proved it

Contact with artwork can lower blood pressure, heart rate, and the cortisol secreted in saliva. Such changes reflect a reduction in stress.

US ambassador to inaugurate ‘Hump WWII’ museum in Arunachal showing unique aircraft remnants

US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti will inaugurate the museum at Pasighat Wednesday. The route was known as 'The Hump' because of the altitude of the Eastern Himalayas.

Sitharaman lays foundation stone for ‘Iconic Site Museum’ at ancient burial site in Tamil Nadu

Museum to come up at Adichanallur, about 1 km from the site where toughened glass has been used to cover trenches, displaying excavation in situ.

Belgium’s AfricaMuseum has a dark colonial past—but the country is confronting this history

The AfricaMuseum’s forerunner was initiated in 1897 by the Belgian king Leopold II, a colonial ‘human zoo’ within the Brussels World’s Fair.

A torn petticoat, Phulkari, art — Delhi’s Partition Museum pays poignant homage to displaced lives

The soon-to-be-opened Partition Museum, set in Delhi’s Dara Shikoh Library, tells stories of pain, hope, and courage through artefacts, photos, letters, and oral histories.

Mumbai meets Van Gogh 360—’lovely’, ‘gimmicky’, ‘underwhelming’, ‘powerpoint’

Van Gogh 360° is an immersive 3D exhibition of 300 paintings of the 19th century Dutch artist that has made its India debut with its first stop in Mumbai.

‘Story of ignited minds, history and innovation’ — Bengaluru gets new tech & innovation museum

The museum, a Karnataka govt project, is still in planning stage. It will cover Bengaluru’s journey from an important commercial hub in 16th century to an IT centre in the 21st. 

Surgical strike, Article 370, DeMo — all this & more at PM museum’s upcoming Modi gallery

Gallery will be open for public viewing in January 2023. Other major decisions to find place are abolition of triple talaq, construction of Ram temple, & handling of Covid.

9 cameras on you, empty boxes and a Little Red Book—The Tibet Museum in India is must-visit

From witness paintings to sampa-grinders, the Tibet Museum in McLeod Ganj is the clearest example of ‘the personal is the political’.

On Camera

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.