Janaki Ammal was a botanist whose research revolutionised India’s sugarcane industry. By developing sweeter hybrids suited to ...

The nonprofit set a goal of educating 1.5 million out-of-school girls; in 2025, it hit that number—and kept going.

Known as the “godmother of civil rights,” Dorothy Height fought not just for racial justice but for women’s equality.

India’s prime minister is expected to discuss upgrading security and economic agreements amid rising regional tensions.

A new Class 8 social science textbook, published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), trains the focus on “freedom fighters” and “revolutionaries” ...

Services and burial for Michigan native John James Witherspoon will be held in Charlevoix Feb. 11-13. He died fighting in Ukraine Jan. 17, 2025.

The resplendent Island of Sri Lanka celebrates her seventy- eighth anniversary of Independence from Britain today – February 4th 2026. However some Sri Lankan Tamil nationalist parties and civil ...

With the occasion of India’s 77th Republic Day approaching, reading books about famous freedom fighters would be a reminder to appreciate their contribution for a free and democratic republic. Here ...

In 1971, the brave women of Bengal took on the responsibilities of organizing freedom fighters, managing various organizational activities in refugee camps, risking their lives to shelter freedom ...

Bhubaneswar: The seventh edition of the Odisha State Book Festival will begin on December 6 at the Unit-3 Exhibition Ground in Bhubaneswar and continue till December 17, 2025. The event is being ...

In 1921, a Bolshevik pamphlet proclaimed the Soviet Union to be a “fairy-tale country” for women. “That was, of course, an exaggeration,” said Francesca Angelini in The Sunday Times. Nonetheless, ...

In a powerful presentation at the 2025 IDF World Dairy Summit in Santiago, Chile, Meenesh Shah, the chairman and managing director of the National Development Dairy Board (NDDB) in India, highlighted ...