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Opinion | The Renaissance Man of Travancore
The rise and fall of Kerala Varma, celebrated scholar of Sanskrit and Malayalam and consort to the Queen of Travancore
5 min read21 Sep 2018The crown without a royal head
It was already bad enough that the Cochin royal family had been reduced to putting a price tag on their heritage, and their hope was to do so with a degree of dignity
4 min read30 Jun 2018British royal family releases pictures of newborn Prince Louis
In one touching image, three-year-old Princess Charlotte is kissing her sleeping brother, while the other shows the royal baby propped against a cushion
1 min read6 May 2018Arty-fact: Of hidden paintings and lost heirlooms
Things go awry when a royal family accidentally discovers a rare find
1 min read20 Apr 2018Eleven Saudi princes detained following protest
The Saudi princes had gathered at the Qasr a-Hokm, a historic royal palace, demanding the cancellation of a royal decree that stopped state payment of water and electricity bills for royal family members
1 min read9 Jan 2018Why Bhutan royal family’s four-day India visit matters
The four-day India visit by Bhutan’s royal family is seen as significant in light of the recent India-China Doklam standoff
3 min read1 Nov 2017Queen Elizabeth II to get 8% pay rise
The sovereign grant is paid two years in arrears and is given to the queen by the UK treasury
1 min read27 Jun 2017No royal wants to be king or queen, says Britain’s Prince Harry
No one in Britain’s royal family wants to be king or queen and criticised a decision to force him to parade behind his mother Princess Diana’s coffin after her death, says Prince Harry
2 min read22 Jun 2017Saudi King Salman names son crown prince, cementing 31-year-old’s rising power
Saudi Arabia King Salman names his son Mohammed bin Salman as crown prince, relieving Mohammed bin Nayef of all positions
3 min read21 Jun 2017Buckingham Palace offers £30,000-a-year to run Queen Elizabeth’s Twitter
The full-time role will involve managing the Queen’s Twitter account that has 2.77 million followers
1 min read13 Feb 2017Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared