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Why in news? During his April 2026 radio address, the Prime Minister urged citizens to visit the Abhilekh Patal portal to discover India’s rich arch...
Why in news? Archaeologists excavating the coastal site of Áspero in Peru reported finding a small structure that appears to have been used for obser...
Why in news? Underwater archaeologists announced the recovery of more than a thousand Roman artefacts from Lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland. The objects...
Why in news? Sikhs around the world celebrated Parkash Purab, the birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur, on 7 April 2026 (25 Chet in the Nanakshahi c...
Why in news? On 31 March 2026, the Prime Minister inaugurated the Samrat Samprati Museum at Koba Tirth in Gujarat. The museum honours the Mauryan rule...
Why in news? The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has begun a new round of excavations at Balirajgarh, a fortified mound in the Madhubani district...
Why in news? Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to Shyamji Krishna Varma on his death anniversary on 30 March 2026. In a tribute message, the Pr...
Why in news? On 23 March 2026 the Indian government commemorated the Jyoti‑Jyot Diwas (death anniversary) of Guru Angad Dev, the second Sikh Guru. S...
Why in news? The Geological Survey of India (GSI) announced that the hill region around Kalinjar Fort in Banda district, Uttar Pradesh, has been desig...
Why in news? Researchers from the group Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam (KTCB) and Climate Front Telangana recently discovered two ancient rock carvi...
Why in news? Archaeologists working at the ancient Egyptian town of El Ashmunein (Hermopolis Magna) unearthed a large limestone fragment that fits wit...
Why in news? An ancient Telugu inscription linked to the 15th‑century Gajapati kings was found on a stone pillar in the Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temp...
Why in news? Roopkund, a small glacial lake high in Uttarakhand’s Himalayas, continues to fascinate scientists and travellers because hundreds of an...
Why in news? A tourist group visiting Maharashtra’s Sinhagad Fort was attacked by a swarm of bees in early March 2026, injuring about 25 people. For...
Why in news? Authorities recently arrested a group of youths after they fired an old cannon and shouted slogans at the Archaeological Survey of India ...
Why in news? Reports from Tehran indicate that the historic Golestan Palace complex sustained structural damage during recent missile strikes linked t...
Why in news? During construction work at Panayal in the Kasaragod district of Kerala, workers stumbled upon a large underground chamber carved into la...
Why in news? Researchers have discovered fragments of a stone pillar from a 12th‑century Seuna (Yadava) dynasty temple near the Vena River in Hingan...
Why in news? Archaeologists investigating an ancient shipwreck near the entrance to the Singapore Strait have uncovered a treasure trove of Yuan dynas...
Why in news? Archaeologists recently confirmed the precise location of the lost city of Charax Spasinou in the deserts of modern Iraq. Using drone pho...
