The President of India today presented National Technological Awards at a function held in Vigyan Bhawan to mark the National Technology Day 2013. National Technology Day is celebrated on 11th May [...]
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The rupee is the common name for the currencies of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives, Indonesia (as the rupiah), and formerly those of Burma and Afghanistan. Here [...]
Explorers claim they have evidence of a 2500-year-old planned city—complete with water reservoirs, roads, seals and coins—buried in Chhattisgarh, a discovery that is being billed as the nation’s biggest archaeological [...]
Indians have some of the most amazing World Records to their credit. We will explore them in a series of articles featuring 5 incredible records in each post . Let’s [...]
President Shri Pranab Mukherjee conferred the first ever Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony, 2012 on Sitar Maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar at Rashtrapati Bhawan on 7th March. Since Pandit Ravi Shankar [...]
The Indian Astronomical Observatory(IAO), the high-altitude station of Indian Institute of Astrophysics(IIA) is situated at an altitude of 4500 metres above mean sea level to the north of Western Himalayas. [...]
Yakshagana is a popular folk theatre form of Karnataka with a long history of nearly four hundred years. It is a unique harmony of musical tradition, eye-catching costumes, and [...]
While putting together an article about the i-slate introduced by Ms Pingali Rajeswari through her ViDal Foundation, I came to know that she is a descendant of Pingali Venkayya, the [...]
India is one of the best examples of diversification. In India each and every part represents its own culture and tradition, different languages, different lifestyle. India is also diverse in [...]
Sudharma is the only daily newspaper published in Sanskrit. Kalale Nadadur Varadaraja Iyengar, a Sanskrit scholar, launched this paper in the year 1970 with a goal of propagating the language. [...]
One cannot say exactly when and how music came into existence. However, history of Indian music can be broadly divided into three periods: Ancient , Medieval and Modern . Ancient [...]
Did you know why tiger was adopted as our national animal? As per the latest Country level assessment undertaken during 2010, the wild population of tigers in the country has [...]
Ankiyā Nāt is a form of religious theatre created by Śankaradeva. Srimanta Shankardeva (1449–1568) was a 15th-16th century Assamese saint-scholar, playwright, social-religious reformer and a colossal figure in the cultural [...]
Standardization is intrinsic to life and we see its many manifestations in nature and life around us. Standardization encourages improvement in the quality of life and makes major contributions to [...]
After taking you through the cellular jail and Ross island in Andaman Diaries -1, here I take you through some more adventures at Andamans. Day 2 & 3: While our [...]
Kila Raipur Sports Festival, popularly known as Rural Olympic, is held annually in Kila Raipur (near Ludhiana), in Punjab.It is a 4 day competition held for major Punjabi rural sports, [...]
The 25th of January is observed as the “National Voters’ Day”, throughout the country.The punch line for this event is “Proud to be a Voter-Ready to Vote”. The theme behind [...]
Anandwan is a beautiful village carved from barren land by crippled social outcasts. Anandwan is the realization of the dream of one man- Muralidhar Devidas “Baba” Amte and the [...]
With Delhi celebrating it’s 100th year as the national capital, we decided to bring to you a special feature on the History of Delhi. Hope you find it interesting. Delhi [...]
Goa is India’s most common beachfront vacation location and a good place for a vibrant Christmas celebration. Vacationers from around the world gather in Goa on Xmas. Though Xmas is [...]
