Art & Culture Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Fri, 04 Jul 2025

• On 4 July 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Swami Vivekananda on his Punya Tithi, saying his thoughts and vision remain a guiding light.

Mon, 30 Jun 2025

• On 30 June 2025, Hul Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Sido-Kanhu, Chand-Bhairav and Phulo-Jhano, heroes of the Santhal uprising, while Jharkhand's CM and Governor led tributes in Ranchi.

Sun, 29 Jun 2025

• On 29 June 2025, in Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Meghalaya on its Eri Silk receiving the GI tag a few days earlier.

Sat, 28 Jun 2025

• On 28 June 2025, PM Narendra Modi addressed the centenary celebrations of Acharya Shri Vidyanand Ji Muniraj at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
• On 28 June 2025, Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed by video the inauguration and foundation stone ceremony of projects at Shri Govind Guru University, Vinzol, Godhra (Gujarat).

Fri, 27 Jun 2025

• On 27 June 2025 in Puri, Odisha, the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath began, with the Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb performing the 'Chhera Pahanra' ritual.
• On 27 June 2025, PM Narendra Modi greeted the Kutchi community of Gujarat and across the world on Ashadhi Bij, the Kutchi New Year.

Tue, 24 Jun 2025

• On 24 June 2025 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, PM Narendra Modi addressed the centenary celebration of the historic conversation between Sree Narayana Guru and Mahatma Gandhi.

Sun, 22 Jun 2025

• On 22 June 2025 at Pandharpur, Solapur district, Maharashtra, the 4th Akhil Maharashtra Pandharpur Cycle Wari Sammelan was held as a Fit India Sundays on Cycle event.

Sat, 21 Jun 2025

• On 21 June 2025 at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the 11th International Day of Yoga, where 3.02 lakh participants set a Guinness World Record for the largest yoga session at a single venue.
• On 21 June 2025 in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, President Droupadi Murmu took part in a mass yoga demonstration at the Uttarakhand State Police Line Maidan on International Yoga Day.
• On 21 June 2025, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan joined a yoga session at the Maa Samaleswari Temple Complex riverfront in Sambalpur, Odisha, while other Union Ministers led sessions in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Bihar.
• On 21 June 2025, the 11th International Day of Yoga was marked across India with 13.04 lakh registered Yoga Sangam events and abroad with demonstrations in 191 countries, the Ministry of Ayush said.
• On 21 June 2025, 81 heritage sites under the Archaeological Survey of India hosted yoga sessions in collaboration with the Ministry of Ayush for the 11th International Day of Yoga.
• On 21 June 2025, the Geological Survey of India marked the 11th International Day of Yoga with its main session at its Central Headquarters in Kolkata, West Bengal and open-air yoga at 12 geo-heritage sites.

Tue, 17 Jun 2025

• On 17 June 2025 in New Delhi, a Thai Buddhist monk delegation led by acting Supreme Patriarch Somdet Phra Therayanamuni prayed at the Relics shrine of the National Museum during a six-day visit to India.

Thu, 12 Jun 2025

• On 12 June 2025 in Guwahati, Assam, Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya conferred the Srimanta Sankardeva Award on classical dancer Sonal Mansingh at the Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra.

Wed, 11 Jun 2025

• On 11 June 2025 in Goa, the state cabinet led by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant approved the Goa State Heritage Policy 2025 for preserving over 200 heritage sites.

Sat, 07 Jun 2025

• The Ministry of Culture said on 7 June 2025 that the India Pavilion, titled Bharat Mandap, had been ranked among the top five most admired pavilions at World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.

Fri, 06 Jun 2025

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the Bharatiya Bhasha Anubhag (Indian Languages Section) in New Delhi on 6 June 2025.

Wed, 04 Jun 2025

• The Holy Relics of Lord Buddha arrived at Mulagandha Kuti Vihar in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, on 4 June 2025 after a month-long exposition in Vietnam.

Thu, 22 May 2025

• Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar commissioned statues of 'Charaka – Father of Ayurveda' and 'Sushruta – Father of Surgery' at Raj Bhavan, Goa on 22 May 2025 and called for evidence-based validation and digitisation of ancient texts.

Sat, 17 May 2025

• The Archaeological Survey of India announced on 17 May 2025 free entry to all its ticketed monuments and 52 site museums on 18 May, International Museum Day; Sarnath (1910) is the earliest ASI site museum.

Fri, 16 May 2025

• The Archaeological Survey of India, with World Monuments Fund India and the TCS Foundation, completed conservation of Rajon ki Baoli, a 16th-century Lodi-era stepwell in Mehrauli Archaeological Park, New Delhi.

Mon, 12 May 2025

• On Buddha Purnima, 12 May 2025, Union Ministers Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Kiren Rijiju led floral offerings at the National Museum, New Delhi, where the Kapilavastu relics excavated from Piprahwa, Uttar Pradesh, are enshrined.

Sun, 11 May 2025

• Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis unveiled a new 91-foot statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Rajkot Fort in Malvan, Sindhudurg district, on 11 May 2025, replacing the 35-foot statue that collapsed in August 2024.

Sat, 10 May 2025

• Union Minister Manohar Lal inaugurated the 'Bharat Bodh Kendra', a new section of the India Habitat Centre's Habitat Library & Resource Centre devoted to India's cultural and civilisational heritage, in New Delhi on 10 May 2025.
• The 72nd Miss World pageant opened at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad on 10 May 2025 with a showcase of Telangana's folk and tribal dances; the finale was scheduled for 31 May.

Wed, 07 May 2025

• The Ministry of Culture said on 7 May 2025 that Sotheby's Hong Kong had postponed the auction of the sacred Piprahwa Buddhist relics, which had been scheduled for that day, after legal notices and talks by the Government of India.
• The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences released critical editions of two rare Ayurvedic lexicons, Dravyaratnakara Nighantu and Dravyanamakara Nighantu, at an event in Mumbai announced on 7 May 2025.