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Video: Remembering the launch of India’s first indigenously made satellite, Aryabhata
Named after the Gupta-era mathematician-astronomer, the satellite was heralded as India’s giant leap into the space age.
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Video: An untrained linguist travelled across India to document more than a thousand dying languages
The census of India says the country is losing its languages. But Ganesh Devy and his People's Linguistic Survey of India seem to think otherwise.
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Video: Did the idli originate within or outside the Indian subcontinent?
The dish is first mentioned in a 10th century Kannada text but could actually have been invented much earlier by Indonesian chefs under the Chola empire.
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Trending
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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In Mathura, Muslims say they were denied their vote. No complaints in Hindu areas
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Mumbai school principal told to resign after being targeted by Hindutva website
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Video: How Nokia’s signature ringtone was created from the work of a 19th century Spanish guitarist
Long after Francisco Tárrega died, a snippet from his solo ‘Gran Vals’ was revived in the most unexpected way.
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Video: Why Kerala has chosen the jackfruit as its official fruit
Despite being high in nutrition and drought resistant, it has remained an underutilised crop.
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Video: No, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly’s DNA did not change in space
There’s a difference between genes and gene expressions.
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Video
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Video: A brief history of autocorrect
The first version of autocorrect, as we know it today, used a pre-programmed table of everyday typos and replaced them with the most popular suggestion.
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Video: In Mumbai, surgeons removed the world’s largest brain tumour
31-year-old shopkeeper Santlas Pal came to Mumbai's BYL Nair hospital earlier this month, with a brain tumour almost as large as his own head.
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Video: More than 70 years after independence, Elephanta Island finally has permanent power supply
It is home to around 1,200 people, engaged in fishing, farming and tourism activities, who managed their lives so far with diesel generators.
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The Reel
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Start the week with a film: A divorce from hell in ‘The War of the Roses’
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Video: The Indian who pioneered fiber optics and missed winning the Nobel remains an unsung hero
Narinder Singh Kapany managed to transmit images over a bundle of optic fibers as early as 1953.
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Video: Protocol? Canada PM Justin Trudeau’s youngest son Hadrien couldn’t care less
Whether in New Delhi or Ahmedabad, the three-year-old lit up drab diplomatic moments with his unrestrained goofiness.
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Video: Why did the British construct a 1,700-km plant hedge cutting across the breadth of India?
Each mile of the hedge required at least 250 tons of organic matter and had as many as 12,000 men guarding it at different points.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar bowl Punjab Kings to crucial win over Chennai Super Kings
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Badminton, Thomas Cup 2024: India finish second in Group C following loss to Indonesia
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Fitness watch: Project launched in England to study causes of ACL injuries in women’s football
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IPL 2024: Bowlers, Marcus Stoinis help Lucknow Super Giants beat Mumbai Indians
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India tour of Bangladesh: Radha Yadav, D Hemalatha propel visitors to win in rain-marred second T20I