Explore the details of Ecercise 'Kalari Leap,' the high-tempo joint maritime exercise conducted by the Southern Air Command in Lakshadweep, featuring IAF, Coast Guard, and Special Forces.

The India International Coffee Festival (IICF) has kicked off its 2026 edition this week. Held at Chamara Vajra, Jayamahal Road, the festival is organised by the Specialty Coffee Association of India ...

The India International Coffee Festival, starting February 12, will draw over 20,000 visitors. Organized by the Specialty Coffee Association and the Coffee Board of India, the festival showcases India ...

The Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra has been translated from Sanskrit into English variously as the Diamond Sutra, the Diamond Cutter Sutra, the Vajra Sutra and the Vajra Cutter Sutra. This sutra ...

‘Guilt and Glory: Climbing with Sherpas’ is written by Jon Gangdal, who has been climbing and collaborating with Sherpas for more than 35 years. The book opens with a Sherpa wedding ceremony in ...

Although the word ‘Mandala’ simply means “circle” or “discoid object” in Sanskrit, the significance is far more complex. Traditionally, mandalas represented the intricacy of the universe and served as ...

The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate ...

Bengaluru: With effect from Dec 1, Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will introduce AC Vajra services on NICE Road. This service will connect Madavara with Electronics City, ...

A tree cluster at the Temple of Confucius in Qufu, Shandong province. [Photo provided to China Daily] At the Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum, formerly a temple, two ginkgo trees, each with a diameter ...

Time twists, bends and folds back on itself, in Rakesfall. The protagonist, who goes by different names in different epochs, steps through her various lives at will; travels through worlds of the ...

Sri Lankan author Vajra Chandrasekera’s second novel, Rakesfall, has won the 2025 Ursula K Le Guin Prize for Fiction, a $25,000 (approximately Rs 22 lakh) award recognising “writers who imagine real ...

Sri Lankan writer Vajra Chandrasekera is the winner of the 2025 Ursula K Le Guin Prize for Fiction for his novel Rakesfall. The prize is given to a writer in memory of Le Guin for a single work of ...