A parliamentary standing committee report has noted 'appreciation' for the Red Fort curation model and recommended that the Ministry of Culture replicate it at other heritage sites.
The Central Antiquity Collection, housing over 3 lakh artefacts at Purana Qila since 1974, is being moved to the Red Fort due to poor storage conditions. ASI has a ‘vision’ for it.
Culture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat presented data for 24 states in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, showing that at least 414 sites are under encroachment.
In its report on the Ministry of Culture's budget for 2026-27, the Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture noted that no staff are physically present at ASI-designated protected monuments.
Chandra Kumar Bose said on 12 March that the cap was missing from the museum. ASI denied it, saying the artefact had been taken to Port Blair for an exhibition.
Material and photos of artefacts discovered as part of a programme under Pleach India Foundation were on display at the History Literature Festival in Hyderabad.
The core conservation and preservation work of around 3,685 centrally protected monuments in India has been under the ASI's mandate, and it will remain so.
India will need to recalibrate crude sourcing strategy as US ends waivers for Russian & Iranian oil, energy experts say. But Russian crude will likely remain central to energy basket.
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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