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Tourism Minister Kandula Durgesh Emphasises Need to Preserve Historic Structure

Anantapur: Tourism minister Kandula Durgesh emphasised the government’s commitment to preserving historic monuments, urging the present generation to contribute to safeguarding these sites for future generations. On Sunday, the minister visited the historic Siddavatam Fort in Kadapa district, accompanied by Railway Kodur MLA A. Sridhar and tourism officials. Regarding the development of historic sites across the state, Durgesh announced plans …

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2 days ago

Host of events to connect NRIs with Odisha

New Indian Express

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government has planned a host of activities to ensure a memorable experience for Non-Resident Indians during the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention to be organised in the city from January 8 to 10. As overseas Indians, government officials and other dignitaries will be taken on a tour of various places of attraction during the event, tourist infrastructure …

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4 days ago

Why was Stonehenge built? Scientists may have finally found an answer to 5,000-year-old mystery

India Today

Scientists may have finally uncovered the mystery of the UK's iconic Stonehenge, which has fascinated people for hundreds of years. The latest study said that the Altar Stone, a key monolith in the center of the circle, was brought from northeastern Scotland which is around 435 miles away. "The fact that all of its stones originated from distant regions, making …

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1 week, 6 days ago

'Rudy Giuliani and Paul Manafort?' Trump shocks with pledge to 'build monuments' to heroes

Raw Story

Donald Trump's latest out-of-nowhere promise for his second term as president raised eyebrows and prompted laughter. DJT" It's not clear what prompted the comment, but lawmakers from both parties vowed to fight back if he carried through on his campaign pledge to restore Confederate monuments, including the names of military bases, and social media users seemed to interpret his Truth …

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Pogacar to defend Tour de France and world title on ambitious 2025 program

Hindustan Times

Tadej Pogacar insisted on Tuesday he would not ease off after a record-breaking 2024, declaring he was hungry for more success with a plethora of one-day classics and two Grand Tours on the 2025 menu. HT Image The 26-year-old Slovenian dominated the 2024 season winning two one-day monuments, the Italian Giro, the Tour de France and the world title on …

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Notre-Dame rings changes on ways to keep historical monuments safe

China Daily

General view of the nave a clergy members leave after the inaugural Mass, with the consecration of the high altar, at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, five-and-a-half years after a fire ravaged the Gothic masterpiece, as part of ceremonies to mark the Cathedral's reopening after its restoration, in Paris, France, December 8, 2024. The bells of the northern bell tower …

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Notre-Dame rings changes on ways to keep historical monuments safe

China Daily

The bells of the northern bell tower of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral chimed on Sunday, signaling completion of the major restoration work and reopening of the cathedral to the public, five years and eight months after a sudden fire destroyed the cathedral's spire and shocked the world on April 15, 2019. Design company Art Graphique & Patrimoine, which had made …

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Notre-Dame rings changes on ways to keep historical monuments safe

China Daily

By ZHANG ZHOUXIANG | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2024-12-10 06:59 General view of the nave a clergy members leave after the inaugural Mass, with the consecration of the high altar, at the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, five-and-a-half years after a fire ravaged the Gothic masterpiece, as part of ceremonies to mark the Cathedral's reopening after its restoration, in Paris, France, …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Biden adds to list of national monuments across the U.S. There’s an appetite for more

LA Times

President Biden speaks before signing a proclamation designating the Baaj Nwaavjo I’Tah Kukveni National Monument at the Red Butte Airfield in Tusayan, Ariz., last year. President Theodore Roosevelt did in 1906 what Congress was unwilling to do through legislation: He used his new authority under the Antiquities Act to designate Devils Tower in Wyoming as the first national monument. Biden …

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Sambhal mosque survey report deadline ends today

Hindustan Times

The 10 days’ time given by the Sambhal trial court for submission of the advocate commissioner’s survey report on the Shahi mosque in Sambhal ends on Monday. After the violence in Sambhal on November 24 claimed four lives, the Supreme Court on November 29 ordered the Sambhal trial court not to pass any order related to the survey of the …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Biden adds to the nation’s list of national monuments during his term. There’s an appetite for more

Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt did in 1906 what Congress was unwilling to do through legislation: He used his new authority under the Antiquities Act to designate Devils Tower in Wyoming as the first national monument. Biden called Bears Ears — the first national monument to be established at the request of federally recognized tribes — a “place …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Star-Studded Notre Dame re-opens: Donald Trump and 50 heads of state attend event

India Today

Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral will reopen today, on December 7, 5.5 years after a devastating fire destroyed its roof and spire and caused major damage throughout. One of the bells used during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France athletics venue has also been installed inside the cathedral with two smaller ones to join the bigger bells already …

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Notre Dame Cathedral resurrection: What to expect when the Cathedral reopens on December 7

The Hindu

Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral reopens on December 7, five-and-a-half years after fire destroyed its roof and spire and caused major damage throughout. A medieval Gothic masterpiece, Notre Dame de Paris is one of the French capital’s most beloved and visited monuments, celebrated for its rib vaulting, flying buttresses, stunning stained-glass windows and carved stone gargoyles. Victor Hugo helped make the …

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Pogacar wins Velo d’Or after securing triple crown in 2024; Kopecky wins women’s award

The Hindu

Cycling superstar Tadej Pogacar was awarded the Velo d’Or, as men’s rider of the year, on Friday in recognition of his Giro d’Italia, Tour de France and world championship sweep. Belgian world champion Lotte Kopecky won the women’s Velo d’Or award, voted by a jury of 40 journalists. Slovenian Team UAE rider Pogacar towered above his rivals in 2024, reclaiming …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Scars of December: A pivotal Cold War-era battle in Greece quietly passes its 80th anniversary

Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece — Across the street from the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the ancient monument in central Athens, historian Menelaos Haralabidis pauses in front of a drab apartment building. “There were regular operations from all parts of the military: land army, artillery, air force, even British ships bombarding parts of Athens.” During the battle, Winston Churchill visited Athens at Christmas …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Nostalgia rules

China Daily

The cocktail bar serves lap cheong among other less-typical Cantonese delights. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY He argues that there are several instances of "successfully commodified" heritage sites in Hong Kong. At his bar, cliches like neon signs have been replaced with stylish Chinese calligraphy that was a staple of Hong Kong signboards in the '50s. The obvious fish balls and …

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Places of Worship Act and the Challenges to Secularism in India

The Hindu

Published : Dec 05, 2024 11:41 IST - 3 MINS READ When the Supreme Court passed its judgment in the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi case in 2019, it emphasised the importance of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, observing that the state had through the law carried out its constitutional obligations to uphold secularism and the equality of all religions. However, it …

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Choose from architectural marvels and food prints for the 2025 calendar

The Hindu

Food stories @ Dhoop Magazine This year, Rini Singhi, the creative director-founder of Dhoop Magazine has collaborated with Chef Keertida Phadke to bring out a calendar. A lighthearted, relatable take on household chores, each asura is tasked with a different chore, and through their unique “weaknesses,” how they bring humour to mundane tasks’ is what the Chennai-based artist — who …

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Wikipedia Sambhal violence page criticised for biased claims and false narratives

Op India

Wikipedia, the so-called “encyclopaedia,” has created a dedicated page on the Sambhal violence that took place on 24th November 2024 during the court-ordered survey of Jama Masjid. The page on Wikipedia read, “While the opposition MPs have made allegations that some people accompanying the court-appointed survey commission at the mosque chanted “Jai Shri Ram” to provoke Muslims, in the presence …

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3 weeks ago

Trump to attend Notre Dame reopening in Paris, 1st foreign trip after re-election

India Today

US President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday he will travel to Paris to attend this weekend's reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, which was gutted by fire over five years ago, in his first foreign trip since winning the election. Trump, who won the Nov. 5 election and is due to take office on Jan. 20, praised the government of French …

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The Sambhal Conundrum: The story is new, yet its nature is old

Firstpost

Human memory is a strange thing. Scholar Catherine Asher in her book ‘Architecture of Mughal India’ states that “…the Sambhal mosque is the first extant Mughal building in India”. A single dome surmounts the central bay…the mosque’s pishtaq and other features, resembling 15th century Sharqi structures in nearby Jaunpur suggest a reliance on local artisans and designers.” Asher also mentions …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Hundreds gather at Leiden’s Pieterskerk for Thanksgiving

Dutch News

Hundreds of Americans, people of other nationalities, and representatives of different religions gathered at Leiden’s city centre Pieterskerk on Thursday for the annual ecumenical service on Thanksgiving Day. Overseas Americans Remember, which hosts events for stateside holidays, has organised the annual service for “many, many years”, and it has become perhaps the best known of the public Thanksgiving events in …

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How armies are planning to use Pokemon Go’s data to train geospatial AI model for urban combat

Firstpost

The development of LGM builds upon Niantic’s existing Lightship Visual Positioning System, which has already mapped 10 million locations globally. These scans are uniquely valuable as they capture environments from a pedestrian perspective, often inaccessible to vehicle Niantic’s LGM is a cutting-edge AI model designed to map and understand physical spaces in new ways, similar to how Large Language Models …

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4 weeks ago

Explained: What Is The Shahi Jama Masjid Row That Triggered Clashes In Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal

ABP News

Shahi Jama Masjid Row: The Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, has become the epicentre of a significant controversy following violent clashes over a court-ordered survey of the Mughal-era mosque. The violence erupted as surveyors reached Chandausi town to conduct a second survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid, following a court order. On Sunday, violence erupted as a survey …

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Tourism Minister Kandula Durgesh Emphasises Need to Preserve Historic Structure

Host of events to connect NRIs with Odisha

Why was Stonehenge built? Scientists may have finally found an answer to 5,000-year-old mystery

'Rudy Giuliani and Paul Manafort?' Trump shocks with pledge to 'build monuments' to heroes

Pogacar to defend Tour de France and world title on ambitious 2025 program

Notre-Dame rings changes on ways to keep historical monuments safe

Notre-Dame rings changes on ways to keep historical monuments safe

Notre-Dame rings changes on ways to keep historical monuments safe

Biden adds to list of national monuments across the U.S. There’s an appetite for more

Sambhal mosque survey report deadline ends today

Biden adds to the nation’s list of national monuments during his term. There’s an appetite for more

Star-Studded Notre Dame re-opens: Donald Trump and 50 heads of state attend event

Notre Dame Cathedral resurrection: What to expect when the Cathedral reopens on December 7

Pogacar wins Velo d’Or after securing triple crown in 2024; Kopecky wins women’s award

Scars of December: A pivotal Cold War-era battle in Greece quietly passes its 80th anniversary

Nostalgia rules

Places of Worship Act and the Challenges to Secularism in India

Choose from architectural marvels and food prints for the 2025 calendar

Wikipedia Sambhal violence page criticised for biased claims and false narratives

Trump to attend Notre Dame reopening in Paris, 1st foreign trip after re-election

The Sambhal Conundrum: The story is new, yet its nature is old

Hundreds gather at Leiden’s Pieterskerk for Thanksgiving

How armies are planning to use Pokemon Go’s data to train geospatial AI model for urban combat

Explained: What Is The Shahi Jama Masjid Row That Triggered Clashes In Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal