Yadubir Singh Rawat, ASI director general, said archaeologists applying for license will need to submit a detailed excavation plan for the site and their objectives.
ASI is digging more than ever, but reports on sites from Sinauli to Rakhigarhi are still pending. CAG flagged the issue in 2013 and 2022, but the backlog is growing.
Between 2020 and 2024, ASI conducted excavations at 58 sites across 17 states at a cost of Rs 34.81 cr. Of this, Rs 8.53 cr was allocated to Gujarat, an analysis by ThePrint found.
A reservoir unearthed last month in Haryana’s Rakhigarhi is not just a marvel of Harappan engineering but also advances evolving research on the Saraswati River.
The science used in manufacturing during ancient times have put not just the Harappans but also present-day India on the map as a leading producer of cotton, beads, and copper objects.
The Saraswati went extinct thousands of years ago. Now its evidence is on the same path. This despite governments heavily investing in the search of the 'mighty river'.
Vasant Shinde says skeletons found in Rakhigarhi date to around 2500 BC, and there’s only ‘stray evidence’ of contact with Central Asians at that time.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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