Kapila Vatsyayan, who died on 16 September 2020, was the architect of cultural institutions from IGNCA to the Central University of Tibetan Studies. She advised Nehru, Indira, and Rajiv Gandhi.
IGNCA’s Vedic Heritage Portal, inaugurated by Home Minister Amit Shah last year, has erased the middleman to directly reach the growing number of Hindu-culture enthusiasts.
New IIMC DG Sanjay Dwivedi and newly formed Prasar Bharati Recruitment board’s chief Jagdish Upasane have had Sangh Parivar connections for a long time.
According to the proposed Central Vista plan, the IGNCA and nine other buildings, including Udyog Bhawan, will likely be demolished for the new common Central Secretariat.
IGNCA trustee Mahesh Sharma says focus will be on cultural aspect of the river. Work is on to find remnants of 'civilisations that may have thrived' along Saraswati.
If this step even partially achieves its desired results, there will be so much dislocation in the country’s economic structure as to prove a national calamity, advocate AG Mulgaokar wrote in 1969.
Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.
In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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