The Great Silk Road that spans across many countries including India was carved by nomads moving herds to lush mountain pastures nearly 5,000 years ago, long before Marco Polo traversed…

The Indus script has long challenged epigraphists because of the difficulty in reading and classifying text and symbols on the artefacts. Now, a Chennai-based team of scientists has built a…

The annual tribal festival Bhagoria commenced in 5 districts of Madhya Pradesh from March 6. The week-long festival is organised at different Bhagoria haats (local markets) in Jhabua, Alirajpur, Dhar,…

Kurukh, an endangered tribal language of the Dravidian family, is set to get a new lease of life in West Bengal. It is spoken by the Oraon tribal community. “We…

Archaeologists have uncovered a new cave that once housed Dead Sea Scrolls. This is a discovery described as one of the “most important” in 60 years. The Hebrew University in…

The West Bengal government's efforts to revive the traditional arts and crafts of Bengal has finally got international recognition. The two kinds of mats — sitalpati and madur — and…

The Karnataka government has decided to bring an amendment to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (PCA), 1960 for conducting traditional sports of Kambala and bull-cart race in the…