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The Link Between Modi, Obama and the Village of Nirona in Kutch!
This family of artists living in Nirona in Kutch region of Gujarat is quite unique – their art adorns the walls of White house. Know all about this extraordinary ancient art form here. Traditional...
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India’s Talented Scientists Are Making a Mark in These Six Global Mega...
“Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to the progress in science.” – Bertrand Russell In February 2016, the international scientist community...
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This Indian Girl Floored Japan with a Simultaneous Whistling Cum Classical...
Swetha Suresh, a 24-year-old classical singer from India recently made the country proud at the World Whistler’s Convention held in Kawasaki, Japan. The contest saw the participation of people from six...
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8 Talented Foreigners Who Are So Good at Indian Classical Music They Would...
Born with sensibilities far removed from Indian ethos, several foreign artists have nevertheless danced their way into the hearts of Indian classical music connoisseurs. Theirs is not just a passing...
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India’s First Bullet Train, From Mumbai to Ahmedabad, to Travel Underwater in...
The quest to build India’s first underwater bullet train has officially begun. The Railway Ministry has announced that drilling on the 7-km underwater route of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad rail corridor has...
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How a Japanese and Indian Team of Engineers Came Together to Trace the...
A beautiful 67 km stretch of River Ganga in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district is home to Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary, the only reserve in India dedicated to the country’s national aquatic animal:...
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The Story of Jamsetji Tata’s Forgotten Farm and How It Revived the Mysore...
In 1868, a 29-year-old man from a small town in Gujarat started a trading firm in Bombay with ₹ 21,000. The man was Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata and the occasion marked the beginning of what would grow...
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TBI Blogs: Meet the Japanese Philosopher Helping the World Better Understand...
Dr. Minoru Kasai is one of the world’s leading proponents of Gandhian philosophy. A well-respected figure, he is a firm believer in the potential of Gandhian ideals for the betterment of humanity. Born...
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From Homes to Jungles, These Easy-To-Make Seed Bombs Are Enabling Indians to...
We live in times when trees have become endangered commodities. Whether it is to build colossal apartments or metro stations and steel flyovers, trees are often the silent victims of modernization....
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Irrfan Khan’s ‘Tokyo Trial’ Tells the Intriguing Story of a Forgotten Indian...
Among the many monuments at Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, the memorial to Japan’s war dead, there stands a simple monument dedicated to a forgotten Indian judge, Judge Radhabinod Pal. Pal, played by Irrfan...
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How Ansoo Gupta Travelled to 70 Countries & Became a Role Model for...
Ansoo Gupta recalls two of her earliest trips that awakened her wanderlust — a 1996 trip to McLeodganj and a trip to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in Australia in 2002. “What got me started was plain...
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As India Does Its Bit to Tackle Food Waste, Here’s What It Can Learn From...
In a bid to tackle food wastage, the Indian government recently announced plans to fix food portion sizes served in star hotels and restaurants. The proposal came after PM Modi labelled food wastage as...
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All About VVPAT – a New System to Make Voting Machines More Accountable
India adopted the Electronic Voting Machine 13 years ago, in 2004. Time and again, after elections, there are political parties that cry foul about the ability to tamper and manipulate these machines....
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Breast-Feeding Rooms, Baby Toilets & More: What India’s First-Ever Bullet...
The first ever bullet train project comprising the E5 Shinkansen series of trains is all set to make inroads in India. Slated to function in the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed corridor, the Indian...
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Revolution With One Straw: How One Japanese Farmer Changed Modern Agriculture
The Better India is partnering with An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017), a film that documents former U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s quest to find out how human ingenuity and passion can...
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This Teacher Raised Lakhs to Send His Students to a Robotics Competition in...
Four students from a government school in Bengaluru are passionate about building robots. To the extent that participating in regional level robotics competitions is just “a cakewalk” for them, says...
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Fares, Timings & Speeds: All You Need to Know About the Mumbai-Ahmedabad...
On September 14, Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, and Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, will lay the foundation stone for the much-awaited Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train. There will be two types...
View ArticleMusic Has No Boundaries: 7 Indian Songs That Became Huge International Hits
Recently, Jimikki Kammal, a peppy song from Malayalam movie ‘Velipadinte Pusthakam‘, became an Internet sensation after it found a fan in American chat show host, Jimmy Kimmel. A Twitter user tweeted...
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The Story of Bhagat Ram Talwar, The Indian Spy Who Fooled The Nazis During...
The most dramatic stories of conflict in World War II revolve around the great battles of that time. While these great victories are undoubtedly awe-inspiring, they would not have been possible if not...
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Abid Hasan Safrani, The INA Soldier from Hyderabad Who Coined “Jai Hind”
The year was 1941 and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had arrived in Berlin to ask for Hitler’s help in freeing India from the tyranny of the British rule. Guided by his belief that only an armed uprising...
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Here’s How Railways Will Build a ₹3500 Crore Tunnel for the Bullet Train
For us Indians, trains zipping under the sea will no longer be limited to only sci-fi movies or foreign countries. Almost seven kilometres of the track of an upcoming bullet train project connecting...
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5 Innovative Ideas Amaravati Is Adopting to Become India’s Most Futuristic...
With a slew of futuristic features being embedded into its design, Amaravati — the new capital of Andhra Pradesh, a state that was left with no capital after Telangana inherited Hyderabad three years...
View ArticleVideo: Rajinikanth Is Not a Thalaiva Only in India, but in Japan Too!
Superstar Rajinikanth, who is fondly known as Thalaiva, is arguably the most well-known actor in India. Calling him popular is definitely an understatement. Rajinikanth’s movies are famous for breaking...
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India, Japan Team Up To Reach The Moon, Plan Exploration And More
India and Japan, the two leading economic powers of Asia, are teaming up for a mission to the moon to explore its polar regions for water (that they hope will one day sustain human habitation) and to...
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Fancy Growing a Forest? Here’s How an NGO Did It in Just One Year
NGO Kalam Arakkattala has achieved a rather amazing feat. In one year, they have managed to grow a forest. Yes, you read that right! Kulleygoundapalayam, near Avinashi, on the outskirts of Coimbatore,...
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Skip Egypt and Go To Gue, the Spiti Village With India’s Only Natural Mummy!
When we hear the word “mummy”, most of us automatically think of the time-honoured pharaohs of Egypt (all right, some of us may also think of the blockbuster movie, The Mummy). Thanks to these unique...
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Saving Water Made Easy: Your Guide To Greywater Recycling At Home
A municipal water tanker trundles into a neighbourhood that has not received water in its taps for days. Amid much jostling, a swarm of hassled residents promptly converge on it, carrying bottles,...
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Inside India’s Subterranean Lab Where Scientists Hunt For Mysterious Dark Matter
It is five times more abundant than everything mankind has ever touched, seen, or tasted — the air we breathe, the ground on which we stand, and the constituents of our bodies. Without it, galaxies...
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In Haryana, An ‘Indian Brain Template’ Is Being Made: All You Need To Know
The world’s most complex command centre, the human brain, continues to baffle modern scientists. We know what it is made of (77% water, for a start) and how much it weighs (about 1.3-1.4 kgs) and that...
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WW2 Bombs in West Bengal? A Long-Forgotten Indian Chapter Unearthed by Chance
Workers digging in the Chhotu Chutria village in Kalyani, West Bengal, never thought they were about to unearth valuable pieces of history! As the workers were digging a pond in Kalyani, they stumbled...
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India Set to Overtake Japan, Will Have Asia’s 2nd Largest Power Capacity in...
One of the lubricants that facilitates the engine of economic growth and prosperity is the capacity to generate power through both non-renewable and renewable means. Thus, in a heartening development,...
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Mumbai to Get Japan-Like Skywalks That’ll Connect Metro Stations to Malls,...
Imagine walking right out of the metro station and into a mall or even your office! All you have to do is take a skywalk! Exciting right? Well, this may turn into reality, as the Mumbai Metropolitan...
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Popular Across the World, Did You Know That These 5 Games Originated in India?
Today, sports have brought nations closer. Competitions held across the world for various disciples attract large crowds. They have also been a way to instil discipline, team-spirit and other important...
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Want to Drive India’s First Bullet Train? Brushing Up On This Language Could...
If you aspire to drive the high-speed bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, be prepared to brush up on some Japanese. When the project becomes operational by 2023, drivers will be trained by...
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This Unique 6th Century Script Vanished From India But Is Still Preserved in...
Recently a photo exhibition held in Bengaluru by art historian and photographer Benoy K Behl depicted the ancient relations between India and Japan beautifully. For instance, the Hindu goddess of...
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This is Why India May Reject UAE’s Rs 700 Cr Assistance For #KeralaFloodRelief
Following the devastation caused by the recent floods in Kerala, where more than 230 people have lost their lives, the State government has sought a special package of Rs 2600 crore for relief and...
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Traveling Overseas? 10 New Visa Rules Indian Passport Holders Should Know
If you are a frequent international flyer, then you might have a full passport stamped with visas from all over the world. And while some visas are a breeze, others tend to make our lives very...
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UP Doc Performs Rare Japanese Technique, Helps Boy Without Food Pipe Eat Again!
Can you imagine living your life without your food pipe? Well, for 1 in 10,000 people around the world who suffer from Esophageal atresia (EA), a congenital defect, this is a lived reality. Thankfully...
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Married at 12, Abandoned at 13: Meet the Chhattisgarh Folk Artist Just...
She was the oldest of five children to underprivileged parents, Chunuk Lal Pardhi and Sukhwati in the remote village of Ganiyari, 15 kilometres from the city of Bhilai. Like other girls in the village,...
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From Milking Cows To Cutting-Edge Cancer Research: Daily Wager’s Son Defines...
Sovon Acharya was only 12 years old when the word ‘cancer’ first entered his lexicon. “My aunt had succumbed to blood cancer just three months after she was first diagnosed. I thought ‘how can a...
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Bokashi Balls & Jaggery: B’luru Residents Use Unique Japanese Idea to Clean...
Spread across 48 acres, the Kaikondrahalli lake in Bengaluru faces a constant battle against the perils of overbearing urbanisation. Although the lake rejuvenation process began a decade ago, steering...
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Harappa to Japan: The Story of Curry & How It Got Its Name
As a Bengali who grew up in Goa, fish curry is not just a dish; it is a sentiment. Whether it was Bengal’s maacher jhol or Goa’s xitt codi, I grew up savouring fish curry as my staple lunch for years....
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‘Greatest Legal Argument Delivered in India’: How a Gujarat Lawyer Defended INA
Following the end of World War II, the British government convened a series of trials against former officers of the Indian National Army (INA), who had fought alongside the Japanese forces in the...
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Proudly Swadesi, This Neem Soap Was a Pioneer of Indian Manufacturing in 1920
Almost a century ago, at a time when Indian markets were being dominated by British-made goods, an Indian entrepreneur rose to take a bold step against it. Although his name is lost in the annals of...
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India Is Using This Startup’s ‘Sorbene’ Pads to Clean Up the Mauritius Oil Spill
On 25 July 2020, a Japanese-owned bulk carrier vessel called the ‘MV Wakashio’ ran aground on a reef at Pointe d’Esny along Mauritius’ south-eastern coastal region, resulting in a massive oil spill...
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With 504 Km on a Single Charge, Bengaluru Startup’s Sedan May Replace All Our...
Earlier this month, Benagluru-based electric mobility start-up, Pravaig Dynamics, unveiled its Extinction MKI luxury electric coupe with some eye-popping specifications. The start-up claims that this...
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Arunachal Is Reviving Its 1000-YO Art of Making Paper That Doesn’t Harm Trees
In February 2020, Maling Gombu, a Tawang-based social worker and lawyer, wrote to the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) — a statutory body dedicated to the development of village...
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Gujarat Teacher Beats The Odds, Creates World’s Largest Manufacturer of Wall...
Even in this day and age of mobile phones and smartwatches, there is something oddly comforting about the good old wall clock. Most of us would also recall waking up to the chimes of an alarm clock in...
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Inspired by Japan, How This Gurugram Company’s E-Scooters Became Bestsellers...
Okinawa Autotech, a Gurugram-based two-wheeler electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing company, sold about 4,500 units last month. With many cities imposing necessary lockdowns this month to curb the...
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Engineer’s Startup Allows You to Sell Your Waste & Buy a Pizza!
If you are in the habit of making online purchases, then chances are that your home is also filled with cardboard boxes of varying sizes. Whether you place an order for a bar of soap or a book, the...
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