Pankaj advani wins 21 titles Pankaj Advani on Sunday extended his World title count to 21 by winning the long and short formats of the IBSF World billiards championship titles for a record fourth time here. He defeated compatrait B. Bhaskar 1500-299. While Advani has always won the timed version of the long format, the […]
Read More13th East Asia Summit in Singapore The 18-country EAS – which groups all 10 Asean members plus Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Russia and the United States It was Prime Minister Modi’s 5th East Asia Summit. India has been participating in the East Asia Summit since its inception in 2005.
Read MoreThe impact of World War I on India The war linked India to global events in profound ways with far-reaching consequences On the morning of 26 September, 1914, the Castilia and the Mongara sailed into Marseilles. On board the British India Company ships was the Lahore Division of the British India Corps. An article in The […]
Read MoreSix professors win Infosys Prize 2018 for science and research Six eminent professors have been awarded the Infosys Prize 2018 across different categories of science and research, the software major’s science foundation announced on Tuesday. The annual award includes a pure gold medal, a citation and a prize purse worth $100,000 (or its equivalent in Indian rupees), […]
Read MoreThe bloodshed that was the Russian Revolution Communism reached its hideous depths in Russia under Joseph Stalin, but it was rotten right from day one We know that Communism has led to some of the worst crimes against humanity. Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong were monsters, killing millions of their own countrymen. But they were […]
Read More2018 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation The renewal of the early 20th-century Shijo-cho Ofune-hoko Float Machiya has received the Award of Excellence in this year’s UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. Ten projects from five countries – Australia, China, India, Japan and Thailand – have been recognized by an international Jury of conservation experts […]
Read MoreIndia’s contribution in WWI प्रथम विश्व युद्ध: 74,000 भारतीय हुए शहीद, अब दुनिया याद कर रही उनकी वीरता को प्रथम विश्व युद्ध में अविभाजित भारत प्रत्यक्ष तौर पर भले ही शामिल नहीं था, लेकिन युद्ध में बड़ी भूमिका जरूर निभाई थी। ब्रिटिश प्रधानमंत्री थेरेजा मे ने पिछले सप्ताह ब्रिटिश संसद में भारतीय सैनिकों की शहादत […]
Read MoreTribute to a great unifier & the maker of modern India The first half of 1947 was a critical period in India’s history. The end of colonial rule was certain and so was India’s partition but what was uncertain was whether there would be more than one division. Prices were rising, food […]
Read Moreखाड़ी देशों में कमाने गए हिंदुस्तानी वहां से अपनी गाढ़ी कमाई का जो हिस्सा घर भेजते हैं, उसकी चर्चा हमेशा होती है। लेकिन इसकी जो कीमत उन्हें चुकानी पड़ती है, उस पर अमूमन किसी का ध्यान नहीं जाता। हाल ही में आरटीआई के तहत हासिल की गई सूचनाओं के विश्लेषण से जो चित्र सामने आ […]
Read MoreBest wishes for Deepawali 2018 यही है ज़िन्दगी कुछ ख़्वाब चन्द उम्मीदें इन्हीं खिलौनों से तुम भी बहल सको तो चलो हर इक सफ़र को है महफ़ूस रास्तों की तलाश हिफ़ाज़तों की रिवायत बदल सको तो चलो कहीं नहीं कोई सूरज, धुआँ धुआँ है फ़िज़ा ख़ुद अपने आप से बाहर निकल सको तो चलो यही […]
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