New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI/PRNewswire): HarperCollins India is proud to announce the release of Mahagatha: 100 Tales From The Puranas by Satyarth Nayak that will help you connect the dots of Hindu mythology like never before.

Washington [US], July 30 (ANI): A host of western countries led by the United States are waking up to the danger posed by Confucius institutes, considered to be vehicles of China's communist propaganda in foreign lands, and closing them down.

New Delhi Apr 23 PTI A digital platform has been launched to showcase Indian arts and culture festivals across genres artforms locations and languages to culture-seekers worldwideCurated by the British Council in partnership with ArtBramha Festivals From India will provide professionals including artists art managers curators and students willing to explore work in the festival sector with reading resources including industry research news and opportunitiesFestivals From India will host festivals from across a range of genres including arts and crafts design dance film folk arts food and culinary arts heritage literature interdisciplinary and multiarts music new media photography theatre and visual arts among others across locations and languagesWe have made possible the Festivals from India platform with ArtBramha in India and the Audience Agency in the UK to develop new audiences and showcase the huge variety of arts and culture festivals here develop business skills of festival managers with UK and Indian experts and grow international partnerships and networks with the UK and beyond said Jonathan Kennedy director Arts India at British CouncilThe platform is launching at the right time as the arts and festivals are reopening for physical engagements worldwide after two years of the pandemic-led closures We hope Festivals From India will be a gateway to destination India and to grow even more artistic collaboration with the UK and internationally he also saidIt will build trust through cultural relations and strengthen the creative economy through partnerships that really matter - between artists festivals and audiences Kennedy addedTo ensure a sustainable future for the festivals industry across the country Festivals From India will focus on festivals that represent the modern diversity of India by welcoming and celebrating gender equality inclusivity and skills developmentAccording to Rashmi Dhanwani partner at ArtBrahma Festivals From India aims to be a window to Indias dynamic cultural festival universeFor an arts lover it will showcase the treasures of Indias aesthetic largesse along with all the relevant information they need to make the journey to these festivals a wholesome and fulfilling experience she saidFor artists and arts managers it will curate the resources information and opportunities needed for them to feel empowered to build a career in the festival sector in this space she added PTI ZMN SHD SHD SHD

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 11 (ANI): The Government of Karnataka and the British Council, the United Kingdom's International Organisation for Educational Opportunities and Cultural Exchange, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Friday, at Vikasa Soudha, Karnataka.

New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): Calling for collaboration between India and the UK on issues of mutual concern like achieving the goals of food security and zero hunger, Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said that India-UK joint collaboration may include programmes like students exchange, basic research, technology development, product development as well as product/process demonstration and their implementation in joint collaboration.

New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI/Mediawire): Every student has already started collecting the material for upcoming CBSE ICSE Term 2/ Semester 2 Board Exams 2022.

Kolhapur (Maharashtra) [India], January 13 (ANI/PRNewswire): Noted for achieving academic excellence throughout the country, Sanjay Ghodawat University received a grant of Rs 2 Crores from the British Council for promoting Disaster Management Recovery in partnership with the Teesside University in the UK.

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 11 (ANI): Hyderabad Literary Festival is scheduled to be held virtually from January 28 to 30 with the United Kingdom (UK) as a guest nation this year.