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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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‘Ajeeb Daastaans’ review: One episode in the Netflix anthology film is worth the price of the rest
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Not Hindutva, not cut money: Biggest reason for BJP’s rise in Bengal might be rigged panchayat polls
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As India is battered by severe Covid-19 second wave, where is Narendra Modi and his government?
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A century after Nikola Tesla’s failed experiment, 5G may realise his dream of wireless electricity
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Migrant workers have learnt their lesson from last year’s lockdown, but state governments have not
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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: Video of New York Police Department’s ‘robot dog’ walking alongside officers sparks outrage
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Eco India, Episode 104: How organic sanitary napkins are promoting menstrual hygiene in Gujarat
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Covid-19: Photojournalist reports 45 pyres burning simultaneously in Bhopal crematorium
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Watch: Rail passengers dash to the exit when asked to take Covid-19 tests at a Bihar station
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Watch: Eight-year-old Vaishnavi Gupta of Panchkula whirls her hula hoop 190 times a minute
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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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Tribute: Vivekh’s comedy captured the imagination of the urban youth
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‘Horror was my playground’: What it meant to be a member of the Ramsay film clan
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The final edition of the Rising Gardens festival has films about solidarity between women
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IFFLA 2021 programme includes ‘Fire in the Mountains’, ‘Biriyaani’, ‘Koozhangal’ and ‘Seththumaan’
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‘Ajeeb Daastaans’ review: One episode in the Netflix anthology film is worth the price of the rest
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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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Watch: Mirabai Chanu wins bronze at Asian Weightlifting C’ship, sets world record in clean and jerk
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Monte Carlo Masters: Andrey Rublev beats Casper Ruud, sets up final against Stefanos Tsitsipas
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Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton earns 99th career pole at Emilia Romagna GP, Sergio Perez to start second
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Wrestling Asian C’ships: Ravi Dahiya retains title, Bajrang Punia withdraws from final due to injury
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Billie Jean King Cup: Ankita Raina goes down to Anastasija Sevastova as India lose Playoffs tie