Embracing Success
Recently China has organized a summit called Belt and Road Initiative(BRI), in which high level participants from more than 120 countries arrived, including nearly 30Â head of the states. India was a conspicuous absentee, even though China, on multiple occasions, requested India to be a participant of this initiative. Since we are witnessing a potential watershed …
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Indian cities tend to look back on their past more selectively. Beyond the major monuments there is little effort to remember the past; the more common memories of recent history are frequently erased. A part of this erasure can be attributed to economic pressures. The cost of maintaining old buildings can be quite high. And …
It was exorbitantly expensive, but can it be a future power source? It's hard to imagine that it's practical to build a road surface that is both hard-wearing and can produce electricity, but the French seem to have managed it. The Normandy village of Tourouvre-au-Perche now has a 1 kilometer stretch of solar …
New Delhi Municipal Council passed a proposal to change the name of Dalhousie Road to Dara Shikoh road. Dara Shikoh was the elder brother of Mughal emperor Aurganzeb. Today the road, named after Lord Dalhousie who served as governor general of India from 1848-56. Know about Dara Shikoh: He was the eldest son of fifth Mughal Emperor Shah …