#WATCH | Mayurbhanj, Odisha: Assistant Professor, P. G. Department of Remote Sensing & GIS, North Orissa University, Dr Debabrata Nandi says, "When I took our students on a tour, I noticed some fossil-like remnants there. We went to the local people and asked them what it was, and they said it was 'Asura hadda' (demon bones). After that, we investigated further and found several fossils, including microfossils such as shark teeth and shark vertebrae, along with some other elements that we haven't been able to identify yet. We are collaborating with palaeontologists at different palaeontology institutes. The fossils probably date back to 15 million years ago, to the Miocene period... If it weren't a marine belt, we wouldn't have found shark teeth or fossils of other sea animals. The presence of these fossils means there was a sea there. The sea has now receded about 60 km away from Baripada. Everyone should study why it receded so far... We can develop it as a geo-heritage site or promote geo-tourism here..."
Every calculation you have ever done uses a system India invented.
Before Indian mathematicians gave the world zero and the decimal place, Greek and Roman maths used letters for numbers. Try multiplying MXLVII by CCXCIV. Merchants, architects and astronomers across the ancient world were trapped.
Baghdad's Al-Khwarizmi (c.780–847) transmitted it west. His book on the Indian place system and algorithmic calculation laid the foundation of modern mathematics. The word "algorithm" is a corruption of his name. "Algebra" comes from his treatise title. Both are Arabic transmissions of Indian originals.
Abraham Seidenberg's History of Mathematics credits India's Sulba Sutras as the inspiration for all mathematics of the ancient world.
Lin Yutang, Chinese philosopher: "India was China's teacher in trigonometry, quadratic equations, grammar, phonetics."
Carl Sagan thought Vedic cosmology the only ancient system whose timescales correspond to modern scientific cosmology.
Every time a computer runs, it counts in a system India designed.
Even before this win, the numbers behind the BJP's ascent were already staggering. The BJP boasts 140 million members, more than any political party on Earth.
More votes have been cast for Modi than for any politician in human history, by a margin in the hundreds of millions.
🚨 Gaganyaan IADT-02 Completed!!
ISRO has successfully conducted the 2nd Integrated Air-Drop Test (IADT) of Gaganyaan on today morning after the first one in August 2025! 🔥
The aim of this test was to validate the parachutes and other recovery systems on board Gaganyaan that are necessary for safely landing the Crew Module on Earth upon its return from orbit.
In this test, the Crew Module, weighing in at 5.7 tons, was lifted by a Chinook aircraft and dropped from an altitude of 3 km over the Bay of Bengal near the Sriharikota coast. The Crew Module subsequently slowed itself down autonomously using a series of drogue and main parachutes, followed by a soft splashdown in the sea.
Interesting how wars are named after the country attacked: Vietnam War, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Iran War... That's because if they were named after the attacker, it would be too confusing, since 80% of conflicts would be called the US war.