India Can’t Afford to Remain Stagnant at this Juncture, Says PM Modi; Asks People to Buy Locally-Made Goods
He said if people use local goods for the next 25 years, then the country will not have to face the issue of unemployment.
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Art and Culture of India and Sanatana Dharma
Stolen Artefacts to be Returned to India from Scotland Museums
A city council in the Scottish city of Glasgow has voted to repatriate seven historic artefacts stolen from India, in what has been dubbed the largest single repatriation of items ever from Scotland and the first repatriation of antiquities to India from any UK museum service.
Legendary Singer Lata Mangeshkar Passes Away At the Age of 92
Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar passed away at the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai on Sunday, February 6, 2022. The veteran singer, popularly known as the Melody Queen, was 92. She had been admitted to hospital on 8 January after having tested positive for COVID-19.
10th Century Stone Idol of Goat Head Yogini IllegallyRemoved from A Temple in Lokhari, Banda, UP Being Returned to India
Earlier, the High Commission of India in London said that it is happy to announce the recovery and repatriation of a very special 10th century stone idol that had been illegally removed from a temple in Lokhari, Banda, Uttar Pradesh in sometimes the 1980s.
UNESCO Inscribes ‘Durga Puja in Kolkata’ on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
In an important announcement, the Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO’s 2003 Convention on Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage has inscribed ‘Durga Puja in Kolkata’ on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity during its 16th session being held at Paris, France from 13th to 18th December 2021. The Committee commended Durga Puja for its initiatives to involve marginalized groups, and individuals as well as women in their participation in safeguarding the element.
PM Inaugurates Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham in Varanasi
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham in Varanasi on Monday. He prayed at the Kaal Bhairav Temple and Kashi Vishvanath Dham in Kashi. He also took a holy dip in river Ganga.
Shri C V Raju, Grassroots Innovator from Andhra Pradesh Reviving Dying Art of Making Sustainable and Children Friendly Wooden Toys
Shri C V Raju, a grassroots innovator from Etikoppaka village, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, is preserving the traditional method of making Etikoppaka toys, a proud heritage rooted in his village, by making vegetative dyes and developing technologies for increasing the shelf life of the dyes.
61% Indians Helped Strangers in 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic: World Giving Index
India has stood among the top-20 generous countries, according to the CAF World Giving Index 2021. India has bagged the 14th spot and is up from the 10-year global rank of 82. “India is one of the fastest climbers on the Index, it ranks 14 this year, in the 10th Anniversary report, India ranked 82,” the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) latest survey said. As per the report, 61% more Indians have helped a stranger during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic year. Last year, 36% of Indians donated money, 34% volunteered for social causes in the country.
Government to Set Up A World-Class ‘Indian Institute of Heritage’ at Noida to focus on Conservation and Research in India’s Rich Tangible Heritage
The government has decided to set up the ‘Indian Institute of Heritage’ at Noida, Gautam Buddha Nagar. This will impact higher education and research in the field related to rich Indian heritage and its conservation leading to Masters and Ph.D courses in History of Arts, Conservation, Museology, Archival Studies, Archaeology, Preventive Conservation, Epigraphy and Numismatics, Manuscriptology etc. as well as conservation training facilities to in-service employees and the students of the Indian Institute of Heritage.
Archaeologists Unearth Remains of 4,000 Years Old Settlement in Odisha’s Balasore
Located 20 km from Balasore town, bordering the Mayurbhanj district, the Durgadevi site has a circular mud fortification of about 4.9 km in circumference between the river Sona on the south and Burahabalang on its north-eastern side.