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1,986 nests, 2.29 lakh eggs, 1.91 lakh hatchlings: IFS officer shares how Tamil Nadu's Marine Elite Force is protecting an ancient journeyTamil Nadu is celebrating World Turtle Day with remarkable conservation success. A dedicated Marine Elite Force protects nesting turtles an...- The world's oil piggy bank is being smashed open. What can go wrong?Global oil inventories are plummeting to multi-decade lows, exacerbated by Middle Eastern supply disruptions and the rapid depletion of str...
- British-era heritage sites need preservation, states should work on it with more seriousness: ShekhawatUnion Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has called for greater seriousness from states in preserving British-era public assets. The...
- Stealth, skies and sovereignty: India's fighter jet plan takes offThe Defence Ministry has issued tenders for India’s indigenous fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme to three p...
- Bhojshala row reaches SC as plea challenges HC order declaring site a templeAn appeal has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging a High Court ruling. The Madhya Pradesh High Court declared the Bhojshala-Kamal M...
- Goddess Vagdevi idol more important than Kohinoor, say petitioners; seek its return from LondonFollowing a High Court ruling declaring Bhojshala a Saraswati temple, Hindu petitioners are demanding the return of the Goddess Vagdevi ido...
- In 1945, Egyptian villagers digging beside the cliffs of Nag Hammadi uncovered leather-bound books: The accidental find transformed the study of GnosticismAmidst the arid expanse of the Egyptian desert, a serendipitous find in 1945 revealed hidden scrolls within a clay vessel. These codices pr...
- Now, Jain community claims Bhojshala, seeks right to worship at disputed monument in Madhya PradeshA Jain petitioner has appealed to the Madhya Pradesh High Court, claiming the disputed Bhojshala complex in Dhar was a medieval Jain temple...
- In 1850, islanders clearing storm-stripped dunes on Orkney uncovered buried stone homes that revealed one of Europe’s best-preserved Neolithic villagesA prehistoric village, Skara Brae, lay hidden for thousands of years under Orkney's sand dunes. A powerful storm in 1850 uncovered this anc...
- Why This Wooden Canoe Stayed Perfectly Hidden Underwater for CenturiesA remarkable ancient dugout canoe found in Wisconsin offers a rare glimpse into the past. Scientists explain how certain lake conditions, l...
- It stands over 100 feet tall, is nearly 200 feet wide at the base, and may be older than many famous monuments; now NOAA believes that this Maug coral may hold clues to the future of reefsScientists discovered an ancient, massive Porites coral colony, estimated to be over 2,000 years old, in the Maug caldera near the Mariana ...
- In 1998, a Beachgoer Walking Along a Quiet Shore in Norfolk - An Upside-Down Tree in the Sand - Revealed a Hidden Bronze Age Ritual SiteIn 1998, an ancient Bronze Age timber circle, Seahenge, was discovered at Holme-next-the-Sea after emerging from the sands due to erosion. ...
- Bhojshala complex registered as 'mosque' in old revenue records: Muslim side to MP HCThe Muslim side informed the Madhya Pradesh High Court that revenue records historically list the Bhojshala complex as a mosque, with no cl...
- Quote of the Day by Theodore Roosevelt: ‘If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for…’ – Why you shouldn't ignore the youngest US President’s innocuous take on fixing your own problemsQuote of the Day: Theodore Roosevelt's quote, 'If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't...
- Bhojshala actually a temple of Goddess Saraswati, it can't be a mosque: Hindu side to HCThe Madhya Pradesh High Court is hearing arguments on the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex. The Hindu side presented historical records...
- Rs 53.60 cr allocated in current FY for restoration, conservation of centrally-protected monuments in UP: Govt tells LSA total of 321 private security personnel have been deployed at "centrally protected monuments/sites/museums in Uttar Pradesh during the la...
- Govt should come up with a detailed procedure for declaring monuments of national importance: EAC-PMIndia currently has 3,695 MNI that are under the protection of ASI. The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act (AMASR A...
- ASI to get more powers on encroachments once bill becomes lawThe Amasr Act, 1958, amended in 2010, had prohibited construction 100 metres around a protected monument. The next 300-metre radius is regu...
- Over 1,000 temples declared as protected monuments under ASI: GovernmentIn a written reply in Lok Sabha, Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said that a total of 1,076 temples have been declared as protected by the A...
- Delhi Archaeology Act to be amended to protect monumentsFollowing in the footsteps of ASI, an amendment has been planned in the Delhi Archaeology Act, 2004 based on categorization of monuments.
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