by Spectrum | May 26, 2020 | Cultural
Cricket is gaining popularity in Japan that is more well-known for the sport of baseball. Sano, which is in the centre of Honshu, is the Japanese archipelago’s largest island. Though it is just 80 kilometres from Japan’s capital city Tokyo and is modest as Tokyo, it...
by Spectrum | May 26, 2020 | Cultural
In November 2016, demonetisation of the currency was announced by the Government of India. Two months later, in January 2017, Karang island, located in the middle of Loktak Lake in Manipur, was declared as the country’s first cashless island by the Union Ministry of...
by Spectrum | May 26, 2020 | Cultural
Nagoro, located in the remote mountains of Tokushima in Shikoku, around 550 kilometres southwest of Tokyo, is Japan’s ‘Valley of the Dolls’ or ‘Scarecrow Village’. In Nagoro, hidden away in Japan’s Iya Valley, life-size dolls now outnumber the human...
by Spectrum | May 26, 2020 | Cultural
Lakshman Jhula, the iconic suspension bridge that runs across the River Ganga in Rishikesh, was closed to pedestrian and vehicular traffic from July 12, 2019 as team of experts found most of its parts in a dilapidated condition. Laxman Jhula is a 450-feet-long iron...
by Spectrum | May 26, 2020 | Cultural
Three districts of Himachal Pradesh, Mandi, Shimla and Srimaur, received National awards from the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development for their commendable work under the Beti Bacho, Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme. The awards were given away by the Union Women...
by Spectrum | May 26, 2020 | Cultural
The first planned municipal market of Patna, designed by architect Joseph Fearis Munnings in 1912, popularly known as the ‘Gole Market’, was demolished in June 2019. The demolition was done as part of a major redevelopment project of the Patna railway station area...