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Sumit Sarkar: Engaged scholarship, ways of historical thinking, an enduring legacy
Scholar of modern India with a path breaking approach to research and his discipline, historian Sumit Sarkar transformed how modern Indian history was understood, bringing ordinary people and their experiences to the centre of historical scholarship
Bad news for those still looking for gold in cow milk
Govt ‘admits’ no conclusive information available on difference in quality of milk of foreign breeds and indigenous cattle
Fund crunch to delay adding breakfast under Mid-Day Meal scheme
In August last year, the Centre had approved National Education Policy’s provide breakfast in addition to lunch in government schools.
Two Chief Ministers, one vision: Ram Rajya
UP CM Adityanath says secularism biggest threat to India's tradition on global stage; Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal says Ram Rajya is the best
Swiss Vote for Burqa Ban and Its Reaction among Indian Muslims
The established theologians of Islam around the world have debunked the untenable theological justifications around the full-face veil of all forms
MEITY blocked over 9,000 accounts and websites in 2020
This was sudden increase from 3,603 websites and accounts blocked in 2019
Assam elections: Denied ticket, Shiladitya Dev threatens to quit BJP
The sitting MLA from Hojai has a long history of making communal and hateful statements
Battleground Bengal: Mamata Banerjee injured in Nandigram
She was allegedly heckled and pushed while interacting with villagers in East Midnapore
Withdraw decision to privatise Vizag Steel Plant: Protesting employees
After four days of protests out on the streets, employees state they will observe a huge strike to condemn the central government’s decision
20 years after they were destroyed, Bamiyan Buddha resurrected virtually
Taliban had destroyed the historical treasures in 2001, in Afghanistan's Bamiyan valley as the world watched in horror
No road dug up at borders due to protesting farmers: MHA to RS
However, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that the barricading was strengthened to prevent repetition of the January 26 violence
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