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March 20, 2026

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Art & Culture Social Issues

Masi Magam: an auspicious day for Irular community to reconnect with their roots on Mamallapuram seashores

Thousands of Irular tribal community members gathered on the seashores of Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) in Tamil Nadu to celebrate Masi Magam — their most imp...

March 19, 2026

1 article

Art & Culture Modern History

Panini’s Ashtadhyayi: Solution to a 2,500-year-old problem now out as a book

A book titled *Panini's Perfect Rule: A Modern Solution to an Ancient Problem in Sanskrit Grammar* by Rishi Rajpopat has been published, documenting a soluti...

GS Paper 1 (Art & Culture Indian Heritage)

March 17, 2026

1 article

International Relations Art & Culture

India, Indonesia come together to preserve shared heritage with restoration of 9th-century temple

India and Indonesia have joined forces to undertake the restoration of the Prambanan Temple complex, a 9th-century Hindu temple compound in the Special Regio...

GS1 (Art & Culture) GS2 (International Relations India's bilateral relations)

March 16, 2026

3 articles

High honour, deep divide: When Tamil poet Vairamuthu won the Jnanpith Award

Tamil poet and lyricist R. Vairamuthu was conferred the 60th Jnanpith Award (for the year 2025), India's highest literary honour. Vairamuthu becomes only the...

International Relations Art & Culture

No Eid celebrations for Shias in MP in the wake of Khamenei's death in the Iran-Iraq War

Around 4,000 Shia Muslim families in Madhya Pradesh — spread across Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, and Burhanpur — chose not to celebrate Eid al-Fitr 2026 in the ...

Art & Culture Modern History

Shah, Bengal LoP Suvendu wish Matua community on Harichand Thakur’s 215th birth anniversary

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari extended greetings to the Matua community on the 215th birth anniversary ...

March 13, 2026

1 article

International Relations Art & Culture

China passes new ethnic minority law, prioritise use of Mandarin language

China's National People's Congress (NPC) passed a new law titled "Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress" on March 12, 2026, at its closing session, with 2,756 ...

March 04, 2026

3 articles

Art & Culture International Relations

Oxford museum set to return 500-year-old bronze statue taken from Tamil Nadu temple

The Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford has agreed to return a 16th-century bronze idol of Saint Thirumankai Alvar to India, originally from the Shr...

GS1 (Indian Art & Culture) GS2 (India's Foreign Policy)

Art & Culture Modern History

Like North India’s Jats and Rors, Central Asia’s Yaghnobis and Pamiris are among the closest ‘living genetic links’ to ancient Indo-Iranians

New research published in a scientific journal and reviewed by science journalists identifies four present-day communities as the "closest living genetic lin...

GS1 (Art & Culture History — Prehistoric and Ancient India)

Polity & Governance Art & Culture

Governor signs Malayalam Language Bill, making Malayalam Kerala’s official language

Kerala's Governor Rajendra Arlekar signed the Malayalam Language Bill, 2025, on March 4, 2026, formally making Malayalam the sole official language for admin...

GS2 (Indian Polity Federalism Linguistic Minorities)

March 03, 2026

6 articles

Polity & Governance Art & Culture

Nagaland MLA questions Centre’s directive on singing of Vande Mataram

A constitutional and cultural controversy erupted in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly after several MLAs objected to an MHA directive dated January 28, 2026...

Economics Art & Culture

Sericulture experience park inaugurated near Coonoor in the Nilgiris

A sericulture experience park has been inaugurated near Coonoor in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu, providing visitors with an immersive educational expe...

Environment & Ecology Art & Culture Geography

Restoration of temple pond in Kurinjipadi a start to citizen-driven revival of Chola-era waterbodies

The Singapuri Sri Subraya Swamy Temple pond in Kurinjipadi, Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu — choked for decades by household wastewater and plastic waste — h...

GS Paper 1 (Indian Heritage Geography) GS Paper 3 (Environment Water Conservation)

Art & Culture International Relations

‘Monitoring heritage situation in region’: UNESCO amid reports of damage to Tehran’s Golestan Palace

UNESCO expressed deep concern and began monitoring the cultural heritage situation in the Middle East following reports that the Golestan Palace — a UNESCO W...

GS1 (Art & Culture World Heritage) GS2 (International Relations International Organizations)

International Relations Art & Culture Social Issues

Najaf to Qom: Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran, and Shia politics in India

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader since 1989, was killed on February 28, 2026, in a large-scale US-Israel air attack on Iran. His death triggered...

GS1 (Culture Society) GS2 (International Relations Internal Security)

Art & Culture Modern History

From lapis-laden trade routes to mass armies: the changing value of blue

A feature article traces the extraordinary historical journey of the colour blue — from its origins as a rare, sacred pigment derived from lapis lazuli mined...

GS1 (Art & Culture History of World)

March 01, 2026

4 articles

Art & Culture Modern History

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah pays tribute to Guru Shri Tegh Bahadur Ji and addresses the gathered congregation at the ceremony marking the 350th Shaheedi Diwas of Guru Sahib in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra

The Union Home Minister paid tribute to Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji on his Martyrdom Day (Shaheedi Diwas), commemorated annually on 24 November, honouring his supre...

GS Paper 1 (Indian History Art & Culture)

International Relations Art & Culture Modern History

UP, Kashmir, 'Hindi' & more : What was Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's India connection -- explained

Following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli airstrikes on February 28, 2026, numerous accounts circulated about an "India connection" to Iran...

GS1 (Modern Indian History Culture) and GS2 (India-Iran Relations)

International Relations Art & Culture Modern History

Behind Khamenei killing protests in Kashmir, its centuries-old ties with Iran

When Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran (February 28, 2026), the protests that erupted in Kashmir — with particular intensity...

GS1 (Indian Culture History) and GS2 (India's Foreign Policy Internal Security)

Environment & Ecology Art & Culture Social Issues

When art wilts under the sun

Folk artists of Tamil Nadu report that worsening summer heat is directly impacting their income, health, and ability to perform — with outdoor performances b...

GS Paper 1 (Indian Culture Art Forms) GS Paper 3 (Environment Livelihood)

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