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TopicShiv Kumar Sharma

Topic: Shiv Kumar Sharma

Shiv Kumar Sharma was first musician to play santoor on lap. It wasn’t a background instrument

Shiv Kumar Sharma’s biographer Ina Puri writes that few know he provided tabla accompaniment to Ravi Shankar, Begum Akhtar before turning to the santoor.

How Shiv Kumar Sharma rocked Hindustani classical with ‘alien’ santoor

Santoor virtuoso Shiv Kumar Sharma, born on 13 January 1938 in Jammu, was revered for his unparalleled prowess of the complex instrument.

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After losing no.2 carmaker spot, Hyundai is betting big on the new Venue

Indian car buyers are just as tech-obsessed as their Chinese counterparts, and that obsession has taken precedence over handling and performance.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

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.