73,000-Year-Old Hashtag

 Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the world's oldest example of the ubitquitous cross-hatched pattern drawn on a silcrete flake in the Blombos Cave in South Africa.

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Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the oldest example of abstract art in the world. Photo by peng song/Getty Images

 

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Golwalkar Mission of Hindu Rashtra

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 Xi Jinping  China's success proves that socialism is not dead. It is thriving. Just imagine this: had socialism failed in China, had our communist party collapsed like the party in the Soviet Union, then global socialism would lapse into a long dark age. And communism, like Karl Marx once said, would be a haunting spectre lingering in limbo.       — Xi Jinping Xi Jinping is the world’s most powerful people in the year 2025. Xi has been the paramount leader of China, the most prominent political leader in the People's Republic of China, since 2012. He has been serving as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) since 2012, and President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 2013. By 2013, Xi was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party, Chair of the Military Commission and President of the People’s Republic of China. His name and philosophy was added to the party constitutio...
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Was Dr. K.B. Hedgewar was Freedom Fighter?

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The Muktika Upanishad (Exploring the Path to Liberation)

The Muktika Upanishad  (Exploring the Path to Liberation) The Muktika Upanishad, one of the 22 Samanya Upanishads attached to the Shukla Yajurveda, highlights various paths to liberation. It elucidates four main paths: Karma Yoga (the path of selfless action), Bhakti Yoga (the path of devotion), Dhyana Yoga (the path of meditation), and Jnana Yoga (the path of knowledge) that lead to the realization of the ultimate truth. Its exact origins and dating of are uncertain however it is likely to have been composed between the 13th and 16th centuries AD. This Upanishad is composed of 108 verses, each representing a different Upanishad. It serves as a comprehensive anthology, encapsulating the essence of various Upanishadic teachings. The verses are presented in the form of a dialogue between Rama and Hanuman, where Rama seeks guidance on the path to liberation. The Upanishad explores the concepts of Brahman (the supreme reality) and Atman (the individual self). It teaches that Brahman is...
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