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The Sub-Commission for the Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO), which functions under UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), has elected Dr. T. M. Balakrishnan Nair as its Chair. Dr. Nair heads the Indian Nationa...
Five new sites have been added to India's UNESCO Tentative List of World Heritage Sites, raising the total to 78. They are Bagh Cave Paintings, Group of Temples of the Chambal Valley, Udaigiri Caves, Ginnorgarh, and Site...
Four Indian cultural heritage sites have been placed on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, raising India's total to 73. They are the Rangpur-Sivasagar Historic Ensemble in Assam, the Colonial Penal Settlement in t...
Lakkundi in Karnataka's Gadag district will be surveyed with modern technology to locate monuments buried or hidden under vegetation. The State Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage (DAMH) signed an MoU with th...
Gollala Gudi Temple at Palampet village in Mulugu district, Telangana, has been declared a Monument of National Importance through a Gazette notification of the Union Ministry of Culture and Tourism. A Trikutalaya with t...
The Rangpur-Sivasagar Historical Ensemble in Assam has entered UNESCO's World Heritage Tentative List, with India's dossier filed under cultural criteria (iii) and (iv). It includes Rang Ghar, Talatal Ghar, the Namdang S...
IntroductionIn a dual heritage management milestone announced on 17 August 2026, the Ministry of Culture notified that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has delisted 18 monuments from the Centrally Protected Monum...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive legislative clampdown on sports corruption, the Government of India strictly and officially notified the enforcement of the National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Act, 2025...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive celebration of architectural restoration, the 17th-century Jestha Varna Mahavihar in Lalitpur, Nepal, strictly and officially won the prestigious 2025 UNESCO Asia-Pac...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive exhibition of indigenous agrarian heritage, the Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh strictly and officially commenced the grand celebrations of the Dree Festival 2026...
Archaeological Discoveries: Memorial Epigraph from Ruler Vishnuvardhana’s Era Uncovered in Maniyur VillageIn a significant epigraphical and cultural discovery shedding new light on medieval military history and commemora...
UNESCO and the Government of Sikkim are documenting Ru-Soam engineering, the traditional bridge-building knowledge of the Lepcha community. Ru-Soam refers to footbridges made of bamboo and cane in the Khangchendzonga Bio...
