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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicCulture ministry

Topic: Culture ministry

Before Rani of Jhansi, there was Rani Chennamma. Modi govt honouring her revolt 200 yrs ago

Rani Chennamma, who led an early revolt against the British, has long been a Karnataka icon. Now the Centre is celebrating 200 years of her resistance in the Battle of Kittur.

House panel cites art thief Subhash Kapoor to urge agencies to work in tandem against antique smuggling

Standing committee on transport, tourism and culture, chaired by V. Vijayasai Reddy of YSR Congress, made many recommendations on protecting Indian antiques in report tabled Monday.

Brain behind Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav — who is Arun Goel, new EC caught in SC-Modi govt tussle

In culture ministry, Goel had conceptualised Mahotsav, made initial plans & got it going. Known as 'man of business' & 'calculative taskmaster', say people who worked with him.

These are the 5 archaeological sites Modi govt wants to develop with museums

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also allocated Rs 3,150 crore for the Ministry of Culture, under which the sites fall.

After Amol Palekar row, govt says will honour NGMA advisory panel suggestions

Culture ministry clarifies that advisory committees are being reconstituted, and recommendations made by previous committees will be honoured.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.