NEW DELHI: Monday marks the beginning of the coming together of what is being pitched to be the world’s largest gathering of people in one place at the Maha Kumbh to be held between January 13 and February 26 in Prayagraj. With around 40 crore people expected to visit, the ministries of culture and tourism…
Vivek Ramaswamy Advocates for a Cultural Shift Toward Academic Excellence to Secure America’s Future (Getty Images) In a thought-provoking post, Vivek Ramaswamy, the American entrepreneur and politician best known for founding Roivant Sciences, argues that America’s academic decline can be traced to cultural norms that devalue excellence and celebrate mediocrity. Ramaswamy, who made waves in…
The UN’s cultural organisation added Aleppo’s famous soap to its intangible cultural heritage list on Tuesday with Syria’s second city again wracked by war. Artisans have brewed olive and laurel oil in large pots for some 3,000 years in the city – which fell to Islamist-led rebels last week – allowing the mixture to cool…
Apple’s latest holiday ad is striking a chord with social media users, blending emotional storytelling with groundbreaking technology. Titled ‘Heartstrings’, the nearly two-minute ad centres on the AirPods Pro 2 and the new hearing health features introduced in iOS 18.1. The commercial, available on the company’s YouTube channel, tells the story of a father on…
Renowned author and Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty expressed pride in her son-in-law, Rishi Sunak, for embodying Indian cultural values during her keynote address at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s annual Diwali gala in London on Saturday. Murty, joined by her daughter Akshata Murty and Sunak, shed light on the significance of preserving cultural roots alongside education….