EU in Israel cancels Europe Day event over Ben-Gvir: What is this day? Subject: History Section: World History Context: The European Union’s delegation in Israel Monday (May 8) cancelled its Europe Day diplomatic reception over the planned participation of far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir Details: On the continent, the Russia-Ukraine conflict casts a long […]
Rabindranath Tagore Subject: History Section: Personality Concept : Prime Minister recently paid tributes to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary. About Rabindranath Tagore: He was a world-renowned poet, litterateur, philosopher and Asia’s first Nobel laureate. He was born in Kolkata on May 7, 1861. He was the son of Debendranath Tagore, […]
Who was Samarth Ramdas and what was his relationship with Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj? Subject: History Section: Personality Context: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has demanded an “unconditional apology” from Jaggi Vasudev of the Isha Foundation for a video in which he is seen making the claim that Saint Samarth Ramdas was Maratha Ruler Chhatrapati […]
Golden Globe Race Subject: History Section: Art and Culture Why in News? Commander Abhilash Tomy (retd.) created history as the first Indian to complete the Golden Globe Race on April 29, finishing in second place after a gruelling 236 days alone at sea in his sail boat named Bayanat. South African sailor Kirsten Neuschafer […]
Ancient Sanskrit poetess Shilabhattarika Subject: History Section: Art and Culture Why in News? Copper plates decoded by Pune-based Bhandarkar Institute shed light on celebrated ancient Sanskrit poetess Shilabhattarika. A copperplate charter with five copper plates said to be dating from the reign of the Badami Chalukyan ruler Vijayaditya (696-733 CE) were brought for […]
Reviving a ‘dead’ river: a cultural event to celebrate legacy of Yamuna Subject : History Section: Culture Concept : Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) will host a cultural programme on the banks of the river yamuna in Delhi, under its special project — Riverine Cultures of India — that began […]
National Museum Institute Subject : History Section: Art and Culture Concept : National Museum Institute (NMI) is the content creator for the new parliament museum upgrade. About NMI : The National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology was formed and registered in 1989 under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. […]
St Thomas’s shrine Subject : History Section: Art and Culture Context: Kerala BJP Vice President AN Radhakrishnan trekked to a hilltop shrine in Malayattoor village of the Ernakulam district, on the occasion of a festival held there on the first Sunday after Easter. More about the Shrine. The shrine is dedicated to Saint […]
Repatriation of ancient remains has to be a Naga process Subject :History Section: Art and Culture Concept : Speaking of repatriating ancestral human remains, taken away as trophies of colonialism, it took the Maoris 12 years. In the case of other aboriginal peoples, it has taken decades. For the Naga people, the journey […]
Jamia masjid in J&k Subject : History Section: Art and Culture Concept : All Parties Hurriyat Conference of Friday said that disallowing prayers at Srinagar’s grand mosque as well as the continued incarceration of its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq defies the government’s claims that “all is well now” in “Naya Kashmir“. Jama Masjid […]