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Vastu Shastra is often presented as an ancient Indian system for arranging buildings according to direction, geometry, elemental balance and cosmic energy. Its…

At a school in Assam, climate change is being taught through measurements that students can see, record and discuss. A weather station in the school grounds…

The Kumbh Mela brings millions of people to the banks of rivers including the Ganga at Prayagraj. For a short period, bathing, washing, worship, food…

A white layer appearing over a valley in Uttarakhand can look like smoke, a low cloud, or even something unexplained. In most cases, the phenomenon has a…

D.S. Kothari was one of modern India’s outstanding theoretical physicists. His work helped explain how white dwarf stars remain stable under enormous gravity,…

Tulsi, also called holy basil or Ocimum tenuiflorum, holds an important place in many Indian households. Its leaves are used in teas, cooking, traditional…

A team of archaeologists in Madhya Pradesh has used ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to identify the remains of an ancient urban settlement beneath the modern…

A tsunami is a series of long waves produced when a large volume of seawater is displaced. Undersea earthquakes are the most common cause, especially where one…

In an Odisha village, a low-cost vertical garden showed how food production can begin with very little land, money or infrastructure. The approach used stacked…

Ayurveda is often presented as an ancient, natural and holistic alternative to modern medicine. In advertisements and social media posts, its long history is…