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A papyrus list of Olympic victors, 3rd century A.D., British Library The current list of ancient Olympic victors contains all of the known victors of the ancient Olympic Games from the 1st Games in 776 BC up to 264th in 277 AD, as well as the games of 369 AD before their permanent disbandment in 393 by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
Aaj Tak was the first news channel in India to use OB vans. [4] By the time the channel came into existence, it had a reach of 52 lakh households. It now broadcasts to three crore households and its viewership in news channels is 56%. [3] On 14 December 2018, Aaj Tak launched India's first Hindi high-definition channel, Aaj Tak HD. [1]
The TV Today Network is an English-Hindi Indian news television network based in India. The TV Today Network was incorporated in 1988, launching a video magazine called Newstrack. [3] At that time, private television broadcasting was prohibited in India. [4] Newstrack produced its programmes on videotape and distributed them to subscribers.
An olympiad (Greek: Ὀλυμπιάς, Olympiás) is a period of four years, particularly those associated with the ancient and modern Olympic Games. Although the ancient Olympics were established during Greece's Archaic Era, it was not until Hippias that a consistent list was established and not until Ephorus in the Hellenistic period that the ...
The channel was launched in 2003 as a sister channel of the Hindi Aaj Tak news channel. It is one of the four news channels from the TV Today Network stable, the others being Aaj Tak, Tez and Delhi Aaj Tak. [3] Alok Verma was brought in as the Executive Producer to successfully launch TV Today group's foray into the English news channel category.
The Olympiad, the four year cycle starting with the Olympic Games, was one of the ways the Ancient Greeks measured time. [7] The Games took place over a four-year cycle that began with the Olympic Games in the first year. The Nemean Games were held in year two, the Pythian Games in year three, and the Isthmian Games in year four.
The athletic events were staged at the Panathenaic Stadium, which is still in use today. In 1865, Evangelis Zappas left a vast fortune in his will with instructions to excavate and refurbish the ancient Panathenaic stadium so that modern Olympic Games could be held every four years "in the manner of our ancestors". [ 7 ]
The Ancient Olympic Games virtual museum (requires registration) Ancient Olympics: General and detailed information; The Ancient Olympics: A special exhibit; The story of the Ancient Olympic Games Archived 1 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine; The origin of the Olympics; Olympia and Macedonia: Games, Gymnasia and Politics.