New Delhi, June 07, 2023: Hindus are urging prestigious Latvian National Opera and Ballet (LNOB) in Riga to withdraw “La Bayadère” ballet; scheduled for October 13; which they feel seriously trivializes Eastern religious and other traditions. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that taxpayer-funded Latvian national institution like LNOB […]
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MV Empress: India’s First International Cruise Vessel flagged off from Chennai to Sri Lanka
New Delhi, June 06, 2023: The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off the maiden International Cruise Vessel – MV Empress, India’s first international cruise vessel – from Chennai to Sri Lanka in Chennai yesterday. MV Empress marks the beginning of the international cruise tourism terminal at Chennai, built […]
Seven religious sites to be connected by Waterways in Guwahati
New Delhi, May 27, 2023: Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) is developing Inland Waterways. In this line, an MoU for ‘Riverine based tourism Circuit’ being developed over river Brahmaputra has been signed between Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), Sagarmala Development Company Limited (SDCL), Assam Tourism Development Corporation Limited (ATDC) and Directorate of […]
PM Modi to inaugurate International Museum Expo 2023
New Delhi, May 18, 2023: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate International Museum Expo 2023 in New Delhi on 18th May. This was announced by Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER G.K Reddy at a press conference in New Delhi today. The Minister also informed that Expo is a first of its kind, comprehensive […]
Dr L Murugan to lead delegation to Cannes Film Festival
New Delhi, May 16, 2023: Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr L.Murugan will lead an Indian Delegation to Cannes International Film Festival this year. Walking in traditional Tamil attire ‘Veshti’ at the red carpet on Cannes Inaugural day showcasing our rich Indian Culture Dr Murugan will be accompanied by filmmaker Ms Guneet […]
Nominations for Padma Awards-2024 open till 15th Sep
New Delhi, May 11, 2023: Online nominations/recommendations for the Padma Awards 2024 to be announced on the occasion of Republic Day, 2024 have opened on 1st May 2023. The last date for nominations for awards is 15th September, 2023. The nominations/recommendations for awards will be received online on the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal (https://awards.gov.in ). The Padma Awards, namely, […]
Boston Ballet urged to drop culturally insensitive ballet “La Bayadère”
New Delhi, May 09, 2023: Hindus are urging the Boston Ballet to withdraw The Kingdom of the Shades taken from “La Bayadère” ballet; scheduled in its 60th season in Spring 2024; which they feel seriously trivializes Eastern religious and other traditions. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that Boston […]
Check out the new names of Cheetahs introduced from Namibia and South Africa
New Delhi, April 28, 2023: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Mann Ki Baat on 25th September 2022 had urged the citizens to come with suggestions for cheetahs reintroduced from Namibia and South Africa, with an intention to popularize and to sensitize the general public about Project Cheetah. In this regard, a competition was […]
India received 6.19 million Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) during 2022
New Delhi, April 17, 2023: There were 10.93 million Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during pre-pandemic year 2019. Tourism Industry has shown good signs of revival after Covid-19 pandemic. According to latest information received from Bureau of Immigration, India received 6.19 million Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) during 2022 as compare to 1.52 million during the […]
Nehru Memorial Museum and Library to digitize the research material
New Delhi, April 04, 2023: Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) has launched an ambitious project to digitize the research material in its possession. Under this project, the goal is to ensure the conversion of the entire India House Collection of the Library consisting of 40,000 books, reports, periodicals (containing around 70,00,000 pages), 55,00,000 pages […]