by Spectrum | Mar 15, 2021 | Cultural
The Central Advisory Board of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in January 2021 gave approval for the proposal to conduct a study of the Ram Setu. The study will be carried out by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the National...
by Team Spectrum Books | Mar 9, 2021 | Cultural
The Railway Board in December 2020 approved the proposal to close the Bilimora-Waghai heritage train route, as it was deemed uneconomical by the railway ministry. It was one among the 11 branch lines and narrow-gauge sections of the Western Railways. However, no...
by Team Spectrum Books | Mar 7, 2021 | Cultural
In the November 2020 episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’, the prime minister mentioned that an antique idol of Goddess Annapurna, which was stolen from a ghat in Varanasi around 1913 and taken to Canada was now being brought back to India from Canada. The 18th...
by Team Spectrum Books | Mar 7, 2021 | Cultural
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on December 16, 2020 included Singapore’s hawker culture in the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity at a virtual ceremony. In March 2020, the Government of...
by Team Spectrum Books | Mar 3, 2021 | Cultural
In January 2021, the US Capitol Building, located in Washington DC, made headlines after the wanton destruction of public property by the supporters of the outgoing President Donald Trump. It was not the first instance of the Capitol Building coming under attack. It...
by Team Spectrum Books | Feb 24, 2021 | Cultural
As per a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, the diet of the people of the Indus Valley Civilisation had a dominance of meat. The study, titled ‘Lipid residues in pottery from the Indus Civilisation in North-West India,’ was led by...
