Canada-based LEA Associates South Asia Private Ltd, Larsen & Toubro, and Kukreja Architects have been entrusted with drawing a vision document for the temple town.
Month: February 2021
** Health Ministry gives nod, NEET to be conducted twice this year
** ASI preparing heritage atlas, says Culture Minister
The Archaeological Survey of India is in the process of compiling a “heritage atlas” comprising all protected monuments, according to a written reply given by Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel to the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
** Navy’s largest war game, TROPEX, on in Indian Ocean Region
The Navy’s largest war game, the biennial Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX-21), with the participation of all its operational units as well as those of the Army, Air Force and the Coast Guard has completed the weapon work-up phase and the tactical scenario phase was under way, the Navy said on Wednesday.
** Prominent child rights activist, Thomas Jeyaraj, no more
Senior child rights activist Thomas Jeyaraj, who was the founder and director of the Centre for Child Rights and Development (CCRD) died on Wednesday. He was 64 years old, and had suffered a massive heart attack.
** Indian military sees threefold increase in women personnel in 6 years
Excluding the medical wing in which women have been serving for decades, the army accounts for 6,807 women officers, the air force 1,607 and the navy 704 women officers
** India’s largest panoramic mural created at Indira Nagar Railway Station, Chennai
The panoramic mural, titled ‘We Are’, spreads the message of shared humanity, of how people suffering or having recovered from AIDS deserve equal rights and a place in society.
** Snakepedia: Kerala now has a mobile compendium of all facts on its snake varieties
** US: Crowdfunded ad on farmers’ protest gets ‘Superbowl Sunday’ spot
Indian-American banker Raj Sodhi-Layne and her friends put together the 30-second ad which was aired on CBS in Fresno County, right before the championship game of the NFL — the most-watched sporting event in the US that attracted 100.45 million viewers last year.