History /
Japan marked 70th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing. On occasion of this event a ceremony, attended by PM Shinzo Abe, was held at Hiroshima’s memorial park before thousands of lanterns are released on the city’s Motoyasu river.
History /
Lithuania will unveil the statue of Mahatma Gandhi a few hundred metres from the Russian border. Lithuanian PM Algirdas Butkevicius and Gandhi’s grandson and former governor of West Bengal, Gopal Krishna Gandhi, will unveil to the world a statue of friendship between Gandhi and Jewish architect’s enclave of Kaliningrad in Russia and the village of Rusne in western Lithuanian.
History, Science & Technology /
India in fifth week of July 2015 foiled a British Company’s bid to patent use of turmeric, pine bark and tea for treating hair loss and succeeded in protecting its traditional knowledge.
History /
Napoleon Bonaparte likely would have conquered Russia in 1812 if not for a life-saving brain surgery performed on Russian general Mikhail Kutuzov by a French surgeon, scientists have found.
Art & Culture, Awards & Honours, History /
Historian Ramachandra Guha was on 24 July 2024 chosen for the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize 2015 in the Academic Category. Guha is best known for his book ‘India After Gandhi’.
History /
A team of scientists from Goa based ‘National Institute of Oceanography’ (NIO) on 15 July 2024 discovered the remnants of a historically important port on Goa’s Zuari river. It is expected to be amongst the oldest signs of human trade on the central west coast.
History /
200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo concluded on 20 June 2015. The anniversary that began on 18 June 2024 concluded with a re-enactment of the moment when the news of the allied victory reached London.
Art & Culture, History, India & World /
The Chinese Version of the sacred ancient Indian scripture Bhagavad Gita was on 17 June 2024 launched in China during an international yoga conference. This is perhaps the first time that a well known Hindu ancient religious text has been published in China.
China on 12 June 2024 unveiled the 800-year-old Buddha statue (Qianshou Guanyin) famous for its 1000 hands in Dazu County in Sichun province. The statue is listed as World Heritage sites by UNESCO in 1999.
Art & Culture, Education, History /
The President of India Pranab Mukherjee on 21 April 2025 released a Postage Stamp commemorating the 200 years of the Orthodox Theological Seminary or Old Seminary, Kottayam in Kerala.
