Durga Puja in Kolkata’ was inscribed on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Subject: History Section : Art and Culture Context: Ministry of Culture celebrates the successful inscription of ‘Durga Puja in Kolkata’ on the Representative List of ICH of Humanity in 2021 in the presence of senior representatives of […]

    Go to Red Fort and relive the Mughal era through augmented reality Subject : History Section: Art and Culture Context: Four years after the Dalmia Bharat Group bagged the maintenance contract for the historic Red Fort in Delhi, becoming one of the first corporate partners in the government’s ‘adopt a monument’ scheme, it […]

    Explained: What is Mandala in art? Subject :History Section: Art and Culture A spectacular ‘Mandala’ art installation, bigger than the size of a football field, currently covers a public park in Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Unveiled on August 12, the piece of land art called The Knowsley Mandala is made of natural […]

    Theatre group to cut short Yakshagana shows Subject :History Section: Art and Culture Shows spanning entire nights will be truncated after loudspeaker ban DIFFERENT FORMS OF TRADITIONAL THEATRE BhandPather It is the traditional theatre form of Kashmir, is a unique combination of dance, music and acting. Satire, wit and parody are preferred for […]

    Who was Pandurang Khankhoje, Ghadarite revolutionary and a hero of Mexico? Subject : History Section: Personality Context :Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who is currently in Canada for the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, will travel to Mexico where he will unveil statues of Swami Vivekananda and Maharashtra-born freedom fighter and agriculturalist Pandurang Khankhoje […]