Acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine: Inscribed in 2010 (5.COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Acupuncture and moxibustion are forms of traditional Chinese…
Last year, Indian yoga made UNESCO’s list. In 2011, South Korea’s taekkyeon became the first martial art so honoured. So why can’t Chinese tai chi win similar international recognition? That…
By unravelling the science behind Assam’s ancient herbal ink ‘mahi’, researchers are planning to recreate the lost techniques of manuscript writing. They say their efforts could boost heritage tourism. The…
India Navy has commissioned INS Tillanchang at Karwar, Karnataka. It is a Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) It is the third ship of four follow-on WJFAC built by the…
Iran's Revolutionary Guard has successfully tested a ballistic missile named Hormuz 2. Gen Amir Ali Hajizadeh, chief of the Guard's aerospace division said the missile destroyed a target from a…
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…
Scientists of CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) in Visakhapatnam are an ecstatic lot. They have found three new canyons forming a major canyon system in the depths of Bay of…
A day after the world celebrated the International Women's Day, the Parliament passed a bill to increase the maternity leave from 12 weeks to 26 weeks that will benefit about…
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,…
