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2,000-Year-Old Tamil-Brahmi Inscriptions Found In Egypt's Valley Of The Kings Reveal Travel Links
- Friday February 13, 2026
- Travel | Jigyasa Kakwani
The linguistic diversity suggests that people from different parts of the Indian subcontinent travelled to Egypt between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD, likely for trade in spices and other valuable goods.
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Acharya Kanad To ISRO: NCERT Class 8 Book Maps India's Scientific Legacy
- Tuesday July 15, 2025
- Education | Reported by Tanushka Dutta, Edited by Rahul Kumar
The book recalls the work of Acharya Kanad, an ancient Indian philosopher, in chapter titled 'Particulate Nature of Matter'.
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Wright Brothers, Who? Indian Invented Aircraft, Says Union Minister
- Wednesday September 20, 2017
- India News | Edited by Shuchi Shukla
The first flying machine was invented by Indian scholar Shivkar Bapuji Talpade and not the Wright Brothers, Union Minister Satya Pal Singh insists, and he believes this must be taught in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) and other engineering institutes.
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Oxford Scientists Discover Earliest Use Of 'Zero' 500 Years Earlier Than First Thought
- Monday September 18, 2017
- Education | Written by Anisha Singh
Using Carbon Dating, Scientists from University of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries have found that 'Zero' originated at least 500 years before than what scholars earlier thought. The findings came into light after scientists from Oxford examined famous ancient Indian scroll, the Bakhshali manuscript.
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www.ndtv.com/education
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2,000-Year-Old Tamil-Brahmi Inscriptions Found In Egypt's Valley Of The Kings Reveal Travel Links
- Friday February 13, 2026
- Travel | Jigyasa Kakwani
The linguistic diversity suggests that people from different parts of the Indian subcontinent travelled to Egypt between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD, likely for trade in spices and other valuable goods.
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www.ndtv.com/travel
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Acharya Kanad To ISRO: NCERT Class 8 Book Maps India's Scientific Legacy
- Tuesday July 15, 2025
- Education | Reported by Tanushka Dutta, Edited by Rahul Kumar
The book recalls the work of Acharya Kanad, an ancient Indian philosopher, in chapter titled 'Particulate Nature of Matter'.
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www.ndtv.com/education
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Wright Brothers, Who? Indian Invented Aircraft, Says Union Minister
- Wednesday September 20, 2017
- India News | Edited by Shuchi Shukla
The first flying machine was invented by Indian scholar Shivkar Bapuji Talpade and not the Wright Brothers, Union Minister Satya Pal Singh insists, and he believes this must be taught in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) and other engineering institutes.
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www.ndtv.com
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Oxford Scientists Discover Earliest Use Of 'Zero' 500 Years Earlier Than First Thought
- Monday September 18, 2017
- Education | Written by Anisha Singh
Using Carbon Dating, Scientists from University of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries have found that 'Zero' originated at least 500 years before than what scholars earlier thought. The findings came into light after scientists from Oxford examined famous ancient Indian scroll, the Bakhshali manuscript.
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www.ndtv.com/education