George Washington’s 1796 Farewell Address teems with advice that rings true today. Listen to interpreter Ron Carnegie read excepts from the timeless epistle.

Williamsburg’s blacksmith transforms crude metal into elegant, functional tools. Master Blacksmith Ken Schwarz details the trade.

At his inauguration, George Washington had just one tooth left. Mount Vernon curator Laura Simo describes history’s most famous set of dentures.

Alcohol quenched nearly every thirst there was in colonial America. Author Ed Crews explains why the preference existed and how the prevailing medical wisdom supported it.

The Courthouse is a symbol of the presence of the law in the colonial community. Tom Hay tells this original building’s history.

Myths abound in history’s retelling. Historian and author Mary Miley Theobald shares some of her favorites.

Southerners adapt to summer temperatures in every century. Curator Linda Baumgarten tells us how to dress for the heat in colonial style on this week’s podcast.

The Indian School at the College of William and Mary was conceived for the religious conversion of Indians. Professor Jim Axtell shares the storied building’s history.

Anderson’s Armoury opens after years of research and reconstruction. Two of the project’s leads talk about the culmination of a project that changes the shape of the Revolutionary City and the narrative of a country at war.

A painful history is suppressed, until a humble schoolhouse provides a means of sharing a story of mercy. William and Mary’s Professor Terry Meyers details his search for the structure that housed the first Bray School, and his hopes for finding proof at the College of “a bright spot in an otherwise dark narrative.”

A town’s market house was a bustling hubbub of vendors, shoppers, and business. Colonists from all walks of life mingled on market days: housewives, servants, slaves, and tavern keepers. The market was the heart of the community, and as such, it was tightly regulated and regularly inspected. Architectural Historian Carl Lounsbury introduces the latest reconstruction […]

Onstage, bombastic actors bellowed. Backstage, privileged gentlemen roamed free. Enter David Garrick, the man who changed acting and reformed the theater. His innovations are with us yet, from footlights to scrims. Supervisor of Performing Arts Kevin Ernst tells the history.

When the pandemic and the lockdown that followed suddenly erased packed calendars, people made use of the space to catch up with each other. For autho

Title: Photography in Japan, 1853-1912 [electronic resource] / Terry Bennett.
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Imprint: Tokyo Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle, [2006]";"©2006
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Title: History of education policymaking in India, 1947-2016 [electronic resource] / R.V. Vaidyanatha Ayyar.
Author: Ayyar, R. V. Vaidyanatha, author.
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Shelfmark: Oxford Scholarship Online
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After professionals working in private companies, teachers working in private schools of the Tricity are facing salary cuts. While a few schools have deducted around 40% of teachers’ salaries, many are yet to pay salaries at all. Most school teachers get their salaries by the seventh day of the month. This time, many teachers of various schools had not received salary till Friday. DAV Schools are among those which have deducted salaries.

Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city.

Senior BJP leader, former Union minister and former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Shanta Kumar on Saturday said that before Covid-19 outbreak it was being claimed that India is fastest growing economy in the world and figures among top five richest countries and crores of people have been brought out of poverty but now coronavirus pandemic has brought out the truth.

"We are confident that, under the Make in India programme, factors affecting competitiveness will be removed," Kenichi Ayukawa, MD, Maruti Suzuki India.

Gearing to meet an increasing competition in SUV segment, M&M launched the new Scorpio priced between Rs 7.98-11.46 lakh (ex-showroom Mumbai).

Mahindra & Mahindra would continue to focus on utility vehicles segment with the launch of fresh products on new platforms, a top company official has said.

Biochemists were two of three who shared 1997 prize for work related to adenosine triphosphate

Biochemists were two of three who shared 1997 prize for work related to adenosine triphosphate

Scripps Research Institute chemist honored for inventing catalytic, asymmetric oxidation methods and pioneering click chemistry

OnePlus on Friday announced that its wireless earphones, the Bullets Wireless Z will be available for purchase starting 10 May 2020. OnePlus had launc

Two office buildings of SEBI were shutdown as an Assistant General Manager was found Covid-19 positive, sources confirmed to BusinessLine. SEBI has it

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Sitharaman is presenting the full Budget for 2019-20. She is carrying the Budget documents in a red silk bag with national emblem.

Can the newly-minted Jal Shakti ministry bring water to some 19 crore Indian households that have never had taps or heard the sound of flowing water, wonders Vinayak Chatterjee.

Natural farming, termed Zero Budget Natural Farming in India, has been adopted by upwards of 972 villages.Will all of India's 650,000 villages take to it?Will all of India's 650,000 villages take to it?Sanjeeb Mukherjee examines the pros and cons.

The Volkswagen Vento is a great car when we look at its styling, build quality, driving feel and dynamics.

There's hardly anything that can go wrong with this vehicle since it offers everything that a buyer in this segment would ever want.

Apps are improving the earnings of thousands of truckers by using data science and a host of technologies such as telematics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and Internet of Things. Peerzada Abrar reports.

Indian coffee shops market over the next four-five years will grow between 6 and 18 per cent CAGR, all due to the growing coffee culture among the youth, increasing urbanisation, rising disposable income levels and changing eating and drinking preferences, says Atanu Biswas.

While the traditional masala portfolio continues to hold its sway, the brand is up against stiff competition from food delivery apps and the thriving community of restaurants that they support for its ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat fare.

Both US and Indian firms have risen to the challenge, recognising the huge market potential for companies with the capacity to think outside the box, says Nisha Biswal.

The difference is small but significant.Apple is disrupting the market by cutting price but it is not abandoning its premium positioning altogether, says Kanika Datta.