Doodles from Google are not something new, but the homage, these doodles pay to yesteryear artists, denotes a huge honour, and hence are of utmost importance. People, who have been forgotten, are remembered once again through these doodles.

Today's Google doodle pays homage to an English archaeologist and Egyptologist Horward Carter, who is noted as a discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. Here are the top 10 things that you must know about the doodle and the man behind it - Howard Carter.

1. With a view to mark the 138th birth anniversary of Horward Carter, Google today replaced its usual Google logo with a doodle that includes a wide array of Egyptian treasures that cover the term "Google" and makes it barely visible.

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And then there is the renowned Rossini, whom Anne Midgette, The Post’s classical music critic, calls “the quintessential cartoon composer.” The frogs in this full-throated Doodle appear quite inspired by Rossini’s 1816 comic-opera masterpiece “The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia)” — with the froggy Figaro (at right) lathering up “Seville’s” masquerading Count Almaviva, as we ponder who, in Act 2, just might get croaked.
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India's Republic Day parade extended its route from the roads of New Delhi to the Google India homepage in the form of a doodle.

The Google doodle commemorating India's 63rd Republic shows National Bravery Award winning children riding on the backs of decorated elephants, quite like the actual parade on Rajpath, New Delhi. The Google logo appears as a rangoli-like motif in the background.

Nineteen of the 24 children selected for the National Bravery Award – 2009 are participating in the Republic Day parade in New Delhi. Five children have got the award posthumously.
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Internet search giant Google posted the year's first Doodle by marking the 374th birth anniversary of the world famous Danish geologist, Nicolas Steno, known as the father of Geology. Steno is also known for his valuable contribution in the field of anatomy.

With New Year just round the corner and hristmas  almost here, it's celebration time! Marking the festivity and joy around, Google'sHappy Holidays doodle is back.

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Concerned over the rise in objectionable content on social networking sites, the government today said it would take steps to screen and remove such contents. It asked Internet firms like Google and Facebook to adhere to government guidelines.

A day after representatives from Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft had a meeting with Telecommunications Minister Kapil Sibal and declined to remove offensive content, the minister stressed that these firms would have to evolve a mechanism and come back with a solution. However, he added that the government did not believe in either directly or indirectly interfering in the freedom of the Press.

The minister was addressing mediapersons after reports in an international newspaper said that the government was trying to censor such sites, which Sibal said was not true.

“The government is not for online censorship, but wants Internet service providers to pre-screen user content in order to remove disparaging and defamatory matter online, he said.

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A comic book style doodle featuring the Anant Pai welcomed Google users in India on his 82nd birth anniversary. The doodle drawn in classic Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle style shows Uncle Pai, as Anant Pai was known to millions of young readers, surrounded by Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle comic books.

Anant Pai was born on September 17, 1929 at Karkala, Karnataka. A scientist by education, but an entertainer by vocation Uncle Pai initiated a comic revolution in India.

Amar Chitra Katha has shown millions of Indians the route to their roots. Tinkle has been the childhood companion of many for over two and half decades. In 1967, the educational comics series Amar Chitra Katha was launched. Each of the comics in this series was devoted to a person or event in Indian history, religion and mythology. Anant Pai conceptualised of all of these, and wrote the scenarios for most of them.

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