The AMASR Act bars construction within 100 to 200 metres of protected monuments, leaving people living nearby stuck. An amendment is now finally set to be tabled in monsoon session of Parliament.
'It is our government, we will do whatever colour we like,’ says Tarvinder Marwah. He has also written to HM Amit Shah to shut meat shops on Kanwar Yatra route.
Teen Chhatris in Ghaziabad is said to have been built by Humayun to honour a water carrier. Conservationists want to restore it, but the community tending to it fears losing its kabristan.
The ASI has received requests over the years to keep the monuments open for longer hours after dark, but the lack of security guards has been the biggest hindrance.
Journalist Antonio Cederna’s work to protect ancient Roman sites finds similarities with the efforts undertaken by residents and civil society groups to restore Delhi’s Sunder Nursery.
Following Russian invasion of Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have demolished most of their Soviet-era monuments, including those commemorating Soviet solders killed in WW II.
Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound, starring Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, Janhvi Kapoor, has been shortlisted in the Best International Feature Film category for the 98th Academy Awards.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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