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500-year old Temple submerged in Mahanadi found
The Archaeological Survey team has recently claimed that a 500 year old temple that submerged in the waters of Mahanadi resurfaced. Highlights The Mahanadi river that changed its course 150 years due to flooding had submerged the Padmabati village where the temple is located. There are more than 22 villages in the region that are ..
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Archaeological Sites • Chhattisgarh • Flood • Hirakud Dam • Mahanadi River • Odisha
Budget 2020: Caring Society: Women and Child, Social Welfare, Culture & Tourism, Env & Climate Change
On February 1, 2020, the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman presented the Budget 2020 on three main themes. The third theme of the budget is Caring Society. Under this theme, the GoI allocated budget to Women and Child, Social Welfare and Tourism, Environment and Climate Change. The Budget allocated for the above sections of the society ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Archaeological Sites • Art & Culture • Cultural tourism • Environment • Forest and Climate Change • National Clean Air Programme • NDCs • Sustainable Development Goals • Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society • Tourism
ASI: Gottiporlu-a historic trade centre
The Archaeological Survey of India has discovered the remains of huge settlement during its first phase of excavation at Gottiprolu near Naidupeta, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. It has uncovered a mass settlement that was surrounded by a massive brick enclosure Highlights The experts unearthed the Hindu god, Lord Vishnu sculptures and wide variety of pottery of ..
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Amaravati capital of Satavahanas in the 2nd Century • Andhra Pradesh • Archaeological Sites • Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) • ASI • Krishna River • Pottery
ASI finds 2,000-year-old trade center in Andhra Pradesh
The ASI (Archaeological Survey of India) recently discovered that the present-day state of Andhra Pradesh had a maritime center near the banks of Swarnamukhi river around 2,000 years ago. Highlights The excavations were performed at the state’s Gottiprolu that began in December, 2018. The ASI unearthed brick-built structures in varied shapes. The sizes of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Ancient history • Andhra Pradesh • Archaeological Sites • Archaeological Survey of India • Archaeology
Lok Sabha passes Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill, 2017
Lok Sabha has passed The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill, 2017 to allow government to take up infrastructure projects within prohibited areas around protected monuments. The Bill amends the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (AMASR) Act, 1958. AMASR Act, 1958 The AMASR Act provides for preservation of ancient and ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
Topics: AMASR Act • Archaeological Sites • CLAT • Historical Monuments • Lok Sabha • National