Art and Culture News

International Museum Expo 2023 to Be Held in New Delhi on 18th May

The three day International Museum Expo 2023 will be held 2023 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi from 18th May. To be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Expo is a first of its kind International Museum Expo. The EXPO is a historic event as it is the first time the government will showcase ...

MeitY organises CISO Deep-Dive Training Programme

National e-Governance Division (NeGD), under the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), is organizing 36th CISO Deep-Dive training programme from 8th-12th May 2023 with 24 participants from Central Line Ministries and States/UTs at Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. ...

Hemis Gompa and Thikse Gompa

Recently, delegates of G20 visited the Hemis Monastery and Thiksey Monastery in Leh and also witnessed the famous Cham dance. Delegates of G20 visited the Hemis and Thiksey Monasteries in Leh. At Hemis monastery the foreign delegates witnessed the famous Cham dance—an enigmatic and ene ...

Another feather in Sanchi’s crown: Set to become India's first solar city

Sanchi, which boasts of being home to the world famous Sanchi Stupa, can now add another laurel to its glory.  Sanchi in the central Indian state of  Madhya Pradesh is all set to become India's first solar city. Sanchi is 46km from Bhopal. Located in the Raisen district of Madhya ...

Adi Shankaracharya

Adi Shankaracharya's 1,235th birth anniversary was observed on April 25 this year. Known for the revival of Hinduism, Shankaracharya is one of the greatest Hindu philosophers.  About Shankaracharya Shankaracharya, or Adi Shankaracharya, was born at Kaladi, presently a village in the Ern ...

Battle of Khongjom

About 40 km from Imphal, Khongjom War Memorial complex in Thoubal district of Manipur is a historically significant site where the greatest of battle of Anglo-Manipur War was fought in 1891. The war memorial complex was developed commemorating the sacrifices of Manipuri warriors who fought agains ...

Danish Fort at Tharangambadi to get a facelift

The 400-year-old Danish Fort in the eastern coastal village of Tharangambadi is set to undergo a facelift worth 3.5 crore.  Danish Fort, also referred to as Fort Dansborg, was built in 1620 at Tharangambadi, a Danish colony along the Coromandel coast. Tharangambad, also known as Tranquebar, ...

World Heritage Day

World Heritage Day is celebrated every year on 18 April to preserve human heritage and to recognize all the efforts of relevant organisations. World Heritage Day is also known as International Day for Monuments and Sites (IDMS).   Theme of World Heritage Day 2023 ‘Heritag ...

First Global Buddhist Summit

First Global Buddhist Summit will be held from 20th April to 21st April in New Delhi.  The First Global Buddhist Summit will be hosted by the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with its grantee body International Buddhist Confederation (IBC).  Headquartered in New Delhi IBC is a globa ...

Bohag Bihu 2023

Bihu or Bohag Bihu is the most important festival of the people of Assam and is celebrated in mid-April to welcome spring season.  Marking the beginning of Assamese New Year and onset of the harvesting season, Bohag Bihu is celebrated over 7 days with great enthusiasm in Assam. This year it ...

International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) organizes an annual conference which is a crucible of decision-makers, thought leaders, academia, and institutions from across the world to work on solutions for infrastructure resilience. The latest conference, the 5th International Conf ...

National Gallery of Modern Art will organise “Spring Fiesta” 2023

National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) organised “Spring Fiesta” 2023 to celebrate 69 years of the museum which was  inaugurated on  March 29, 1954 by the then Indian Vice President Dr. S Radhakrishnan. Once the palace of maharaja of Jaipur, the National Gallery of Modern Art ...

Joint India Singapore Exercise 'Bold Kurukshetra' concludes at Jodhpur

The 13th edition of Exercise Bold Kurukshetra was conducted from March 6 to 13, 2023, at Jodhpur Military Station in Rajasthan. Exercise Bold Kurukshetra is a bilateral armour exercise between the armies of Singapore and India.  This joint exercise aimed to enhance cooperation, build a co ...

Oscars 2023: RRR's Naatu Naatu wins best original song

The peppy track Naatu Naatu from the hit Telugu-language film RRR has created history by becoming the first Indian film song to win an Oscar. RRR stands for Rise, Roar, Revolt, The 95th Academy Awards have taken place in Los Angeles, with RRR winning Best Original Song for Naatu Naatu. Naatu ...

Tourism Ministry inaugurates Indian pavilion at ITB, Berlin 2023

The Union Tourism Ministry is participating in ITB, Berlin 2023 where it has inaugurated the Indian pavilion at the world’s biggest travel show and convention. ITB 2023 will last from March 7 to 9 2023. The ITB is a prestigious platform and is among the top international travel shows, where ...

ASI Discovers 1,300-yr-old Buddhist Stupa in Odisha

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has found a 1,300-year-old stupa in Odisha’s Jajpur district. The stupa was found at Khandolite mining site at Parabhadi in Sukhuapada hamlet in the district. Stones from the site were supplied for the beautification project around the 12th Century S ...

India, Seychelles sign MoU on Maritime Cooperation

The Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region of India (IFC-IOR) and the RCOC (Regional Coordination Operations Centre), Seychelles recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to further the existing cooperation in the realm of maritime safety and security. The MoU was signed to pro ...

Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar

The Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER, G. Kishan Reddy presented the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar  (UBKYP) 2019, 2020 and 2021 on 15th February.  Sangeet Natak Akademi  (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in English) in the meeting of its General Counc ...

The First G20 Culture Group (CWG) meet in Khajuraho

Ministry of Culture is organising  the First G20 Culture Group (CWG) meet in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh from 22nd to 25th February 2023. The overarching theme of G20 is that of “Vasudev Kutumbakam”- One Earth • One Family • One Future’. Ministry of Culture has deve ...

World Radio Day

World Radio Day is celebrated every year on February 13 to mark the important role that radio plays in our lives and in society. Radio might be the oldest form of mass media.  The radio was invented in 1895 by Italian physicist and inventor Guglielmo Marconi.   The day was estab ...

Government promoting renewable energy

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is working towards achieving 500 GW of installed electricity capacity from non- fossil sources by 2030. So far, a total of 174.53 GW capacity from non-fossil fuel based energy resources has been installed in the country as on 31.12.2022, which includes 167.75 ...

Veteran filmmaker K. Vishwanath passes away in Hyderabad

Veteran filmmaker K. Vishwanath passed away in Hyderabad on February 2, at the age of 92. In a career spanning seven decades, Vishwanath wrote, directed and acted in several movies. Though his work was primarily in Telugu cinema, he also directed several Hindi remakes. Sankarabharanam is his ico ...

Thiruvalluvar Day

The Thiruvalluvar Day is celebrated annually on January 15th or January 16th in Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal (or Sankranti) celebrations. This year, it falls on January 15th. The day is so named to honour the contribution of the 4th century AD Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar, who is best known for his li ...

Lohri:Traditional harvest festival

 Lohri is one of the most important festivals bringing joy and celebrations giving a great start to the New Year.  Lohri is usually celebrated on January 13 every year in north India and especially in Punjab and North India with much enthusiasm and zeal. Lohri celebrates the pas ...

RRR's Naatu Naatu wins the Golden Globe for the Best Original Song

The 80th annual Golden Globe Awards have taken place in Los Angeles, with RRR winning Best Original Song for Naatu Naatu, a first for India. The film's catchy musical number beat pop heavyweights Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Rihanna. The song was filmed in front of Ukraine president Volodymyr ...

Hampi, Mysuru selected for development under Swadesh Darshan 2.0

Hampi and Mysuru  in Karnataka have been selected for development under Swadesh Darshan 2.0. scheme.   Mysuru and Hampi are among the 19 places identified across the eight states and UTs in India to be promoted under the Swadesh Darshan 2.0 Scheme. Ministry of Tourism has revamp ...

Aamantran Invitation Management Portal Launched

 As part of the Government’s e-governance initiative, an online Invitation Management Portal (www.aamantran.mod.gov.in) was launched by Raksha Rajya Mantri Ajay Bhatt in New Delhi on January 06, 2023 to extend e-Invitations to dignitaries/guests and online sale of tickets to general publi ...

Thiruvananthapuram houses World's only palm-leaf manuscript museum

Located in the Kerala capital of Thiruvananthapuram, the recently opened Palm Leaf Manuscript Museum is the world’s first of its kind and deals exclusively with both obscure and celebrated tales of the erstwhile Travancore kingdom that comes lauded as Asia's first to defeat any European po ...

Startup India Innovation Week from 10-16 Jan

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is all set to organize the Startup India Innovation Week from January 10th to January 16th, 2023 to celebrate the Indian Startup Ecosystem and National Startup Day. This event is part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations and ...

Legacy of Savitribai Phule

January 3rd marks the birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule. Born on January 3, 1831 in Naigaon in a lowly Mali (family in Maharashtra she was married off at the tender age of 10. Critical of the prevailing Hindu religion and custom she along with her husband, Jyotirao Phule, established several ...