Historic maps from the Library's collections documenting battles and campaigns of the Civil War, and other historical events.

Featuring historic maps from the Library's collections, "Places in History" documents battles and campaigns of the Civil War, as well as other historical events, by examining maps and their historical context.   The site sill be updated regularly with a selection of new maps, accompanied by captions, following the course of the Civil War in chronological order.

Click here to view the "Places in History" web site and Archive.

Fear of virus is overshadowing government appeals to businesses to resume operations

In a rare finding, an Indian grey wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) was documented for the first time in Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Chamarajanagara district. The wild animal was documented by Sanjay Gubbi of Nature Conservation Foundation, and his team, while camera trapping for studying leopards.

Child rescue team stopped the wedding of a minor girl from Arkalgud village after a whistle-blower dialled the child helpline.

With the destinies of Bollywood’s movers and shakers changing every Friday, to assess star ratings is no easy feat. And that’s where the Times Celebex powered by zoOm! is going to make a difference.

I’ve always sucked at writing.

Not the words, mind you: those usually come easily. (When I remember to sit down and write them, that is; hellooooooo, sad and neglected blog.) It’s more the process of the thing, I guess. It’s a struggle for me to get ideas down quickly; I get intimidated by the promise of that final draft, of shipping, so I often feel every word needs to be perfect as soon as it’s typed.

(No, I’m not going to tell you how long it took to write this fucking blog entry.)

Anyway. So, yes: writing’s hard. But I’m learning how to make it easier. And, alongside a few friends, I’m working on something that might make it easier for you, too.

Last year, I had a long conversation with Mandy. She talked about this idea she had: an idea for a tool that would facilitate conversation, discussion, and, most importantly, iteration during the writing process. Not just an application, actually: more a set of features to support a workflow, one that would, if done right, make writing not just easier, but better.

She and Jason had already sketched out how it might work. Soon after, David joined our merry band, and turned our responsive prototypes a living, breathing application. And Rob joined our team recently, and has been, as Mandy said, effortlessly solving problems we once thought impossible.

I am beyond honored to be a small part of this team, and I can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on. We call it Editorially, and you can read more about it on our first blog entry.

Stay tuned.

Taiwan has donated a million surgical masks to India as it resists attempts by China to prevent it from attending a key WHO meet later this month. Taiwan - which is claimed by China as a part of its territory, remains excluded from UN and called for India's support for its participation in the WHO meet, World Health Assembly held in Geneva on May 18.

In the wake of the gas leak at a factory in Visakhapatnam, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued detailed guidelines for restarting industries after the lockdown and the precautions to be taken for the safety of the plants as well as the workers.

Troops of India and China were involved in a fierce face-off and many of them sustained minor injuries in the clash near Naku La in the Sikkim sector along the Sino-Indo border on Saturday. The troops disengaged after dialogue at the local level. "Troops resolve such issues mutually as per established protocols. Such an incident occurred after a long time," said a source.

The first batch of 698 expatriates evacuated from the Maldives arrived at Cochin Port on Sunday morning. INS Jalaswa of Indian Navy, which brought these passengers was the first ship to reach India with passengers under Operation Samudra Setu. Majority of passengers are from Kerala and Tamil Nadu there are repatriates of 18 other states and UTs also in the ship.

Only those Indian nationals who show no signs of contracting the coronavirus infection and have been stranded in the US due to the lockdown are allowed to board the first repatriation flight of Air India from San Francisco to Mumbai and Hyderabad on Saturday. Over 10,000 registrations were recieved. People travelling under compelling circumstances were prioritised.

Former Patriots linebacker Rob Ninkovich explained why veteran quarterback Brian Hoyer will be very important to New England's offense in 2020.

Laken Tomlinson and Trent Williams can't spend time together at the 49ers facility, but they are still finding a way to bond.

The Giants claimed Cooper Rush off waivers from their division rivals earlier this week. It makes sense given Rush's familiarity with new offensive coordinator Jason Garrett's offense. Rush can help teach it to starter Daniel Jones. Of course, the Giants don't expect Rush to play. Thus, they renegotiated Rush's deal, which was due to pay [more]

It doesn't pay to be rich and live in California these days.

The 43.43 metre tall rocket lifted off at 5.28 pm from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota

Another woman -- Nidhi Dubey -- was also commissioned as an officer.

A senior police official said a case of attempt to murder under relevant sections of the IPC and the Arms Act was registered in connection with the incident and an investigation is underway.

Heavy security has also been put in place at the Chepauk area ahead of the protest as protesters proposed to lay siege to the Secretariat and the District Collector's office against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

During their trip, the Trumps will be booked into the 14th floor of the ITC Maurya hotel in the Grand Presidential Suite in New Delhi.Trump will be the fourth US president to stay at the ITC Maurya in the recent past. US president Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W Bush also chose the same facility.

The chopper was inducted into service in March last year.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who reached Ahmedabad over an hour before Trump did, was present at the airport to welcome the US president at the airport.

The 'Namaste Trump' event is based on the lines of 'Howdy Modi' programme that was addressed by Narendra Modi and Trump during the PM's trip to Houston last September.

US President Trump and the First Lady held hands as they strolled at the Taj complex and later wrote in the visitors' book. They were also briefed about the history and importance of the monument.

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The US president and the first lady laid a wreath and paid floral tributes at Rajghat.

Ahead of her arrival, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had tweeted to welcome her. "@FLOTUS will attend happiness class in our school today. Great day for our teachers, students and Delhiites. For centuries, India has taught spirituality to the world. Am happy that she will take back the msg of happiness from our school," Kejriwal said.

The US First Lady, who spent over an hour at Sarvodaya Co-Educational Senior Secondary School in south Delhi, also interacted with students from different grades.

The relations between the two countries have never been as good as they are now, Trump said, adding that the countries have made "wonderful deal".

All the evacuees will undergo a 14-day quarantine at a medical facility.

The Congress requested the President to remind the central government of its 'raj dharma', Singh said.

Speaking with reporters, Gandhi said, "This (school) is India's future. Hate and violence has destroyed it. Nobody has benefited from this. Violence and hate are enemies of development."

From conserving water to fighting for the rights of the disabled, the seven women who were given access to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's social media accounts have made significant contribution in various fields.

Mission completed, external affairs minister S Jaishankar tweeted.

In Jaipur, the combination of lopinavir and ritonavir, both second-line HIV drugs, was administered was administered on an elderly Italian couple undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at the SMS Hospital.

Here are some of the glimpses of the celebrations.

Scindia has been named as the BJP's Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh.