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August 11, 2026 8:42 PM
President Droupadi Murmu will confer the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships (Akademi Ratna) and Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for 2024 and 2025 on 115 artists at a special investiture ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan in News Delhi on August 13. The awards recog...
August 10, 2026 7:13 PM
The government is promoting Indian classical dance among school students through training programmes, scholarships and cultural initiatives in line with the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, Union Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shek...
August 10, 2026 7:08 PM
India is strengthening its cultural diplomacy and international engagement through a comprehensive framework aimed at showcasing the country’s civilisational heritage, cultural diversity and contemporary creative traditions across the world, Union ...
June 22, 2026 4:12 PM
In a significant step towards deepening understanding of India’s ancient past, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has formally transferred human skeletal remains excavated from the Indus-Saraswati civilization site of Rakhigarhi in Haryana to...
February 2, 2026 9:26 PM
India will showcase the sacred Devnimori Relics of Lord Buddha in Sri Lanka from February 4 to 10 as part of a major spiritual and cultural outreach initiative, reinforcing centuries-old civilisational ties between the two countries. The public expos...
January 18, 2026 11:44 AM
New Delhi will host the 2nd Global Buddhist Summit (GBS) on January 24-25, as the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Culture, brings together global Buddhist leaders, scholars and policymakers to d...
November 7, 2025 12:14 PM
President Droupadi Murmu on Friday commemorated the 150th anniversary of India’s national song, Vande Mataram, describing it as a timeless symbol of national unity and patriotism. In a post on X, the President said, “In the nineteenth century, B...
November 7, 2025 9:47 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate today the year-long nationwide commemoration of 150 years of the National Song ‘Vande Mataram’ at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi. The Prime Minister will also release a commemorative st...
November 6, 2025 10:23 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the year-long commemoration marking 150 years of India’s national song, ‘Vande Mataram’, at a grand ceremony organized by the Culture Ministry on November 7, at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New ...
September 17, 2025 10:41 AM
The Ministry of Culture on Tuesday initiated consultations with international partners to secure the inclusion of Chhath Mahaparva in UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The meeting, held at the Indira Gand...
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