In a bit of a landmark moment for India’s cultural heritage, Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh has been officially put on the UNESCO World Heritage List, after spending 28 years on UNESCO’s Tentative List, sort of patiently waiting. The call was taken in the 48th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Busan, South Korea. ...

The Union Cabinet has sanctioned the Kashi Ganga Corridor, which is one of the most ambitious urban infrastructure projects that have been envisioned in Varanasi in recent times. Together with the Varuna Corridor project, both these projects are likely to make substantial reductions in congestion levels, enhance connectivity, and transform mobility within the oldest city ...

Elections in 2022: On Tuesday, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal declared that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will challenge the state Assembly elections in 2022. Kejriwal promised to deliver clean politics in the province, adding that “A few people will ask what we are going to bring around UP. We’ll bring clean politics which other parties ...

On Monday, The Union Ministry of education announced a detailed SOP for resuming schools and universities in the nation. In unlock 5.0, the Centre has permitted universities and schools to reopen in a phased way, beginning from October 15. The states have the power to choose whether they need to reopen schools from the following ...

On 1 Oct, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were forcefully stopped and arrested on way to Hathras when they were going to meet the family of the gang-rape victim who passed away on Tuesday.  “The police pushed me back, lathi-charged on me, and pushed me on the ground a few seconds back. ...

On Wednesday, PM Narendra Modi in a video conference urged the Chief Ministers of seven covid affected states’ to do a critical evaluation of the 1-2-day lockdowns that few other states have been implementing and the disadvantageous of this on economic activity. He stressed that the states should strengthen their contact tracing strategies to contain ...

In the interest of helping city dwellers manage the corona virus pandemic, the Delhi government has now decided to close admission to private and public hospitals within city bounds to its residents only. While specialty hospitals can be used by everyone, beds with the Delhi government will be reserved temporarily for local residents only. Speaking ...

Top courts to sit together to see how inter-state movement has to happen. Maharashtra is already experiencing a spike in numbers. Delhi numbers have suddenly gone up as well. According to a recent conversation between industrialist Rajiv Bajaj and Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, “India seems to have flattened the wrong curve.” They are both ...

Liquor (like most of the West) makes India go around too. But a prolonged Corona Virus lockdown across the nation of 1 billion people has led to an unbearably stretched dry spell. Centre has been under immense pressure to open up liquor stores. But this isn’t because people are suffering due to withdrawal. It is ...

China has fallen from grace; it is no more a preferred cheap option for manufacturing. A lot of companies have shifted business or plan to do so quickly and are now scouting for cheaper options. What has started as a result of the US-China trade war has precipitated into a mass exodus post the Covid-19 ...