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India has 300 million cattle, 62 million tonnes of untreated waste, and a flagship scheme to turn all of it into clean energy. It also has Meena Devi, a Musahar woman in Gaya district who wakes at five every morning and walks to the forest edge to gather wood, because she has no cattle, no land, and no access to the biogas plant three kilometres from her door. The Gobardhan scheme was announced as a revolution. For the poorest women in India’s poorest villages, it has been a ribbon-cutting ceremony they were never invited to attend. This is the story…

March 14 has left a quiet but considerable mark on history. From a battlefield in northern France to a golf course in Calcutta, the date carries moments that shaped nations, industries, legal systems and sporting records. Here is a chronological look at ten of those moments. Henry IV Defeats the Catholic League at the Battle of Ivry – 1590 French King Henry IV secured a decisive victory over the Catholic League at the Battle of Ivry. The win was a turning point in the French Wars of Religion and strengthened Henry’s claim to the French throne. His cavalry charge became…

India doesn’t have a menstrual leave problem. It has a cost-allocation problem. Everything else, the Supreme Court’s hesitation, the employer’s reluctance, the woman’s silence follows from that single, unresolved question: when a female body needs accommodation at work, who pays? Until India answers that question honestly, every menstrual leave debate will end exactly the way this week’s Supreme Court hearing ended with a reasonable-sounding observation that amounts to telling women their biology is too expensive to protect. The Court Was Right About the Wrong Thing Chief Justice Surya Kant’s concern was genuine and, within its own logic, correct. Mandating menstrual…

India’s young artists once again demonstrated the power of creativity as the latest edition of the Youva Masterstroke drawing competition concluded successfully. Organised by the student stationery brand Youva from the house of Navneet Education Limited, the nationwide initiative has now completed its 22nd edition. Over the years, the competition has grown into one of India’s most recognised school-level art platforms, encouraging children to explore imagination and express their ideas through drawing. Held between August and December 2025, the competition invited participation from students ranging from kindergarten to Class 10. This year’s edition witnessed a remarkable response, with more than…

From ancient battlefields to frozen outer planets, 13 March has produced moments that altered the course of science, politics, sport and everyday life. Here is a look at ten events that took place on this date across the centuries. Muslim Forces Win Decisive Victory at Badr – 624 The Battle of Badr stands as one of the defining moments in early Islamic history. Muhammad led a smaller Muslim army from Medina against a larger Meccan force and secured a decisive victory. The outcome strengthened the political and spiritual authority of the Muslim community and shaped the expansion of Islam across…

March 12 has left its mark across fifteen centuries of human history. A Byzantine general secured Rome. Lenin packed up a revolution and moved it east. Coca-Cola found its way into a bottle. Bombs tore through Mumbai. From ancient battlefields to modern city streets, this date has shaped empires, nations, industries and lives in ways that still echo today. Rome Held: Witiges Retreats – 538 After a gruelling siege of Rome that had lasted over a year, Ostrogoth King Witiges abandoned his position and withdrew to Ravenna on 12 March 538. The Byzantine general Belisarius had held the city with…

March 11 has left its mark on nearly every corner of human experience. From the fall of empires to the rise of tech giants, from natural disasters to political turning points, the date carries an extraordinary weight of history. The ten events below span more than twelve centuries and touch six continents – proof that some dates simply accumulate significance in ways that are difficult to explain. Constantinople Restores Sacred Images – 843 In 843, the Byzantine Empire drew a line under decades of bitter religious conflict when icon veneration was officially reinstated at the Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Constantinople.…

In 2010, the people of Haiti went to vote. It had been a devastating year. A catastrophic earthquake had killed over 200,000 people. Entire neighbourhoods had turned to rubble. Families were living in tents. And yet elections were held. International observers flew in. The world applauded. Six months later, those same tent cities were still standing. The vote had happened. The suffering had not stopped. The Promise and the Reality Every democracy in the world is built on a beautiful idea: Power belongs to the people. But somewhere between that idea and real life, something gets lost. In 2016, residents…

10 March carries a remarkable weight of history. Across more than two thousand years, this single date has witnessed the end of ancient wars, the redrawing of national borders, the seizure of power by force, the signing of colonial treaties and the loss of celebrated voices in literature and the arts. From the shores of Sicily to the streets of Havana, from the plains of West Africa to the earthquake-damaged schools of California, the events of this day span continents, centuries and consequences. What follows is a chronological account of ten moments that shaped the world. Rome ends the First…

Not according to the almanac your pandit opens before naming an auspicious muhurat. Not according to the calendar your grandparents used for every wedding, every naming ceremony, every first grain. Not according to Nepal’s government, which runs its courts, its schools, and its hospitals by a system of reckoning that ticks quite differently from the one on your phone. According to Vikram Samvat, the ancient Indian lunisolar calendar running without interruption for over two thousand years, it is currently Samvat 2082. India’s civilisational clock runs approximately 57 years ahead of the world’s administrative standard. Sit with that. It raises a…