Using the idiom of Manipuri dance, the choreographers borrow from the imagery of Pakhangba, the primordial, snake-like deity of the Meitei people, protector of their land, to embody the cycle of time ...

Mahashivratri is on February 15, and I am tempted this week to revisit Shiva lore at Ujjain, where he is worshipped as Mahakaal. The famous Nasadiya Sukta, in its creation theory, Rig Veda 10:129:3 ...

You died. That much is obvious in the opening moments of Astra: Knights of Veda, which drops you straight into a war, clashing swords with strangers in suits of armor. Suddenly, just as it starts to ...

From the Rig Veda to the Ramayana, and from Mark Tully to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a wide range of references have found mention in the 739-page Economic Survey 2025-26, tabled in Parliament by Finance ...

When ConocoPhillips won federal approval last year to explore for oil in the Alaskan Arctic, environmental groups warned the proposal was rushed through without adequate protections. Last week, an oil ...

The oil rig that crashed into the frozen ground on the North Slope near Nuiqsut Friday remains too unstable for responders to access the scene, state officials said. While no serious injuries were ...

A massive drilling rig operating on ConocoPhillips’ behalf toppled over while traveling along a gravel road on Alaska’s North Slope on Friday afternoon, local and company officials said. No one was ...

The rig count in the Permian Basin was unchanged this week, the latest count Friday by Baker Hughes shows, with 244 rigs active in the region. A year ago, 298 rigs were active in the region.

According to Vedic astrology, zodiac is not just a system of signs but a cosmic wheel that is well described in Rig Veda by Dirghatmas, one of the Angirasa Rishis, the oldest of the Rishi families, ...

Rotary rig activity in Canada increased by 96 rigs this week, according to Baker Hughes data. The count is still down 19 units from the number of active rigs in Canada during the same period last year ...