Lawyers in Pakistan are gearing up to resist the appointment of Ayesha Malik, currently a judge in Lahore High Court, to the Supreme Court
He Taught India How to Laugh at Itself: Reflections on Johnny Walker's Birth Centenary
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Empowering Grandmothers in India and Africa: Sanjit 'Bunker' Roy, a Life of Relentless Rural Empowerment
Between 2005 and 2011, 140 African women, most of them grandmothers, traveled to Tilonia from villages in Africa to be trained as solar engineers. None of the women could read or write, nor could speak Hindi. So, they were taught using sign language and colour codes during their six-month-long training. By the time they finished the course and returned to their African villages they were qualified to install, maintain, and operate household, solar-powered lighting systems
Monetizing Folklore in Bangladesh's Modern Cultural Economy
Today, Bangladesh's young game designers and animators are going back to their roots. They are creating immersive gaming worlds that are based upon the mud, magic and monsoon of the Bengal Delta. By transforming their oral storytelling traditions into structured digital intellectual property rights, these studios are developing cross-media franchises.
Revisiting a Bend in the Ganges: Ancient Indian City Offers an Eternal Lesson
Eventually, Kashi became a civilisational capital of India. Poets, saints, scholars, musicians, artisans, and even ordinary citizens helped shape the city. For millennia, seekers and scholars travelled from far and wide in search of knowledge, learning, and even emancipation. Its modern institutions carry that legacy forward.
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India overtakes China as largest source country for international students
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Neena Gupta of Kolkata wins Ramanujan Prize 2021: 'More women are now pursuing maths'
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Durga Puja in Kolkata now on UNESCO's Intangible Heritage List
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India’s award-winning film ‘Chhichhore‘ to be shown in China
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Women to the fore: Over 177,000 women apply for admission into India's National Defence Academy
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Word of the day: Shashi Tharoor takes swipe at India's ruling BJP
India's opposition Congress party MP Shashi Tharoor, known for his mastery of the English language and his use of big words whose meanings are not commonly understood, took aim at the ruling BJP for allegedly charging people with sedition as “its leadership suffers from allodoxaphobia.”
Miss India is Miss Universe 2021 - after 21 years
"I believed in myself and that is why I am standing here today." With this winning answer, Harnaaz Sandhu, 21, representing India at the 70th Miss Universe 2021, held in Eilat, Israel, became Miss Universe 2021, 21 years after a Miss India won the last Miss Universe title in 2000
Indian doctors do 'breathing lung transplant' in Hyderabad
India has become one of a handful of nations where a "breathing lung transplant" can be conducted
