New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The FIFA World Cup has once again demonstrated football’s unmatched ability to unite billions across the globe, delivering unforgettable moments on and off the pitch. As the world gears up for the final between Argentina and Spain, the spotlight has also returned to a question that continues to haunt Indian football: why has a nation of more than 1.4 billion people still not qualified for the sport’s biggest event? For Shaji Prabhakaran, the answer is neither complicate…
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New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Growing cultural engagement between Russia, India, and African nations is emerging as a key pillar of contemporary diplomacy, with experts and policymakers underlining the importance of people-to-people exchanges, academic cooperation and shared civilisational values in reshaping global partnerships amid shifting geopolitical realities, according to an article.Cultural diplomacy is increasingly becoming an effective instrument for strengthening trilateral cooperation amo…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta said on Saturday that astrology represents a civilisational effort to understand time not as a sequence of moments, but as a meaningful continuum. Addressing Astro Cultural Mahotsav, Astro Conclave 2026, Gupta emphasised the necessity of introspection in modern life.Gupta remarked that in an era dominated by the “speed of discourse,” platforms that encourage patient inquiry and traditional wisdom are vital for maintaining soci…