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TopicGajendra Singh Shekhawat

Topic: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Nearly 35% of ASI posts are vacant across departments

Parliament data shows 3,073 vacancies in the Archaeological Survey of India, despite rising government spending on monument preservation.

Crores released for museums under Museum Grant Scheme lie unspent, Culture Ministry data shows

The most prominent example was a museum in Agartala, where the govt allocated Rs 10 crore, of which Rs 5 crore was released in 2021-22. However, no expenditure has been recorded.

ASI to re-examine Keezhadi excavation report on site

The ASI had asked archaeologist K Amarnath Ramakrishna to revise his 982-page Keezhadi excavation report, but he refused.

AI can be a helper, not creator, says Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in Delhi

The two-day national conclave, ‘Authorless Horizons: AI, Authorship and the Emerging Creative Ecosystem’, opened on 2 June at Delhi’s India International Centre.

National Archives of India digitises 20 crore pages—nearly 60% completed in 2 years

The papers were uploaded on Abhilekh Patal, a web portal to access the NAI's collections. The portal serves as a gateway to India's historical legacy.

ASI monuments in UP most affected among all the encroachments in India—78 sites under lens

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.

Has the ASI emptied out? 2,646 posts remain vacant across India

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat revealed that all Archaeological Survey of India circles are grappling with a severe staffing crisis.

Tourist arrivals in Ladakh declined post Pahalgam attack. Modi govt data shows sharp drop

Figures were shared in response to question in Lok Sabha on whether government was aware of financial distress among tourism stakeholders in the Union Territory.

Pahalgam has 18,000 rooms. Not a single one was vacant in July: Tourism Minister Shekhawat

‘We aren’t worried about foreign tourists going to Kashmir. As long as Indians keep going, we are happy,’ Shekhawat said at a meet organised by the Women Journalist Welfare Trust.

610 stolen antiques were recovered between 2020-24, highest from USA, Modi govt tells Parliament

New Delhi: In the last five years, 2020 to 2024, 610 antiquities have been retrieved from six different countries. Among them, 559 were from...

On Camera

India once mocked Manmohan Singh for silence. Now it misses the accountability he stood for

Watching Manmohan Singh's last press conference as PM, where he answered 62 unscripted questions from 100 journalists, is an exercise in realising how far India’s political culture has shifted.

Turkey seeks to capitalise on strategic location to attract the rich from London & Dubai

Ankara recently announced it’s ushering in a range of tax incentives for monied expats and investors abroad.

Nationalism cannot be the preserve of only armed forces: Former CDS slams defence white labelling

White labelling is a term used to describe the practice of supplying foreign-origin systems as indigenous products with little or no value addition.

Modi govt response to Gen Z protest shows a rare vulnerability. It’s an opportunity for Opposition

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.