India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: A Joint Expedition Team comprising Instructors from the premier National Mountaineering Institutes Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering & Winter Sports (JIM&WS) Pahalgam; Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) Uttarkashi, and Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) Darjeeling, successfully summited Mt Merag-III (6,480M) & Mt kangju Kangri (6710M), the highest peaks in Pangong Tso region, Union Territory of Ladakh. The...
India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: In a landmark step towards Atmanirbharta in defence technology, the Indian Army has joined hands with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras to establish 'Agnishodh', the Indian Army Research Cell (IARC) on the IIT Madras campus. The research facility was formally inaugurated today by General Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), during his two-day visit to Chennai. The initiative is part of the Ind...
India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: A report on identities and background of the Pahalgam attackers is being circulated through media/social media handles and attributed to the Services. No authorised media handle of the Indian Armed Forces has prepared or issued any such document. Neither have any remarks of this nature been made by the Armed Forces Public Relations Offices/nominated spokespersons. The report appears to be a compilation of information o...
India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government of India has taken steps to integrate various forms of Indian traditional dances into the school education framework, in alignment with the objectives of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. NEP 2020 advocates art-integrated education as a cross-curricular pedagogical approach, encouraging the incorporation of Indian art forms such as traditional dance into mainstream classroom learning. It emphasiz...
India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Indian delegation led by Culture Minister Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat participated in the Xth BRICS Ministers of Culture Meeting' held on 26 May 2025 in Brasilia, Brazil. The Declaration adopted in the BRICS Culture Ministers' Meeting (CMM) is placed at Annexure. The BRICS Culture Ministers' Meeting is a vital platform for promoting mutual understanding, cultural exchange, and other collaborative initiatives in the c...
India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The property titled "Maratha Military Landscapes of India", comprising 12 Maratha forts, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List during the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee held in UNESCO Headquarters, Paris this year. The list of these forts is enclosed at Annexure I. The Maratha Military Landscapes of India has been inscribed under Criteria (iv) and (vi) as per UNESCO's Operational Guidelines. Ar...
India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: A total of approximately 6.5 lakh villages across India have been identified, out of which data for around 4.7 lakh villages have been uploaded on the MGMD portal. In the state of Tamil Nadu, data for 14,251 out of 19,219 villages have been mapped and uploaded. State-wise and district-wise details for Tamil Nadu are provided in Annexure-I and Annexure-II, respectively. The MGMD Programme, through its comprehensive port...
India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The total number of unprotected Monuments and Antiquities documented by the National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities (NMMA) as on date stands as follows at Karnataka: Antiquities-904 and Built heritage & Sites-312. The above data's are uploaded on the NMMA website The rest of the document can be viewed at https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2152153 Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Government has launched Gyan Bharatam Mission as a major initiative under the Ministry of Culture. It aims to Survey, Document, Conserve, Digitize, and make accessible more than One Crore Manuscripts located in academic Institutions, Museums, Libraries, and Private collections across India. The Government intends to cover more than one crore Manuscripts, and to conduct the Survey, Documentation, and Conservation of Ind...
India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: There are 3685 centrally protected monuments/sites under the jurisdiction of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in the country. Conservation, preservation and maintenance of these centrally protected monuments/sites is a continuous process and is taken up as per the requirement and availability of resources subject to the Rules and terms of National Policy for Conservation, 2014. Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA), an auton...