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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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Topic: Sanskrit

Sanskrit has a Lithuanian sister. Words, phrases, acts of worship

The lecture series organised by the Ministry of External Affairs and the Embassy of Lithuania showed that India and Lithuania are very close when it comes to their culture, language, and ways of thinking.

‘Burden, impractical’: Why NDA-led Nagaland & Mizoram oppose Sanskrit in school, what other states say

States express opinion on NEP in submissions to Centre’s committee on developing a new NCERT curriculum, which is headed by former ISRO chairman K. Kasturirangan.

Doniger, Truschke, Pollock didn’t ‘kill’ Sanskrit. Brahmins did

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?

‘Not just jyotish or teacher’: How Central Sanskrit University is prepping students for job market

With 8 schools and 29 departments, CSU at Janakpuri, Delhi, has over 7,000 students enrolled for various programmes. It is one of 12 Sanskrit higher education institutions in India.

Certificate courses on Indian holy sites, Vedic maths — UGC plan to boost foreign student intake

UGC has released guidelines listing 46 courses, which will be divided into five units, each spread over 60 hours, and can be taught in hybrid mode.

Aarti-performing robots are replacing Hindu priests, stirring religion vs AI debate

Some devotees & priests feel that this represents a new horizon in human innovation while others worry that using robots to replace practitioners is a bad omen.

Rishi Rajpopat cracked Panini’s puzzle but not many cheering his ‘miraculous’ work

Rishi Rajpopat recalled the process behind his gruelling research. It involved a month-long break, cooking, swimming, and praying.

Modern science, Sanskrit roots — Oxford doctor’s book on sun’s orbit and rhinoplasty

The question that panellists tried to answer was — Can we reconcile scriptures and modern science? Dr Gupta's Science and Scriptures book shows how.

Indian scholar at Cambridge solves 2,500-yr-old Sanskrit algorithm problem in Panini’s text

Ashtadhyayi, which comprises rules to derive or form new words from root words, often has conflicting rules. Scholar finds way to resolve rule conflicts in the text as Panini intended.

Varanasi’s mini-Tamil Nadus live in mutts, family shivalayas and stories of saints

Centuries-old cultural connection between Varanasi and Tamil Nadu has resurfaced in public conversations since PM Modi inaugurated the Kashi Tamil Sangamam at BHU recently.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.