Acharya Prashant returns home after addressing UK Parliament, Oxford and Cambridge; accorded grand welcome in Delhi

IANS | June 14, 2026 8:26 PM

New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Philosopher Acharya Prashant returned to India on Sunday after a landmark leg of his United Kingdom tour that took him to the platforms of Oxford University, Cambridge and the UK Parliament, where he placed the teachings of Vedanta and Indian Philosophy at the centre of global discourse on some of the defining questions of our times.

'Gujarat Science City' continues expansion; visitor footfall surpasses 1.43 crore

IANS | June 14, 2026 1:54 PM

Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, June 14 (IANS) 'Gujarat Science City' has crossed a major milestone of more than 1.43 crore visitors by May this year, highlighting its emergence as one of India’s largest science education and experiential learning centres, developed through successive phases of expansion since its establishment in 1999.

IIT Madras unveils world's most detailed 3D Atlas of human brainstem

IANS | June 12, 2026 2:53 PM

New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) on Friday said it has released ANCHOR (Atlas of Neurochemical Characterisation of the human brainstem with 3D Reconstruction), the world’s most detailed three‑dimensional atlas of the human brainstem.

A century and a half on, the Ishavasya Upanishad returns to Oxford, this time in Acharya Prashant's voice

IANS | June 10, 2026 11:27 AM

Oxford (UK), June 10 (IANS) In 1879, Professor Max Muller carried the Ishavasya Upanishad to the West, publishing its first English translation through Oxford University Press as the opening volume of the ‘Sacred Books of the East’. Nearly a century and a half later, an Indian philosopher has arrived at the same university to return the text to its living meaning.

3.8 million girls remain out of school in Afghanistan: UN

IANS | June 9, 2026 1:19 PM

Kabul, June 9 (IANS) The United Nations has warned that Afghanistan risks creating a "lost generation" as nearly 3.8 million girls continue to remain out of school due to restrictions imposed by the Taliban, local media reported on Tuesday.