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Maharashtra cabinet meets at Chaundi, approves ₹681-crore Ahilyadevi Holkar memorial plan and ₹5,503 crore for temple towns

The Maharashtra cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, met at Chaundi in Ahilyanagar district on 6 May 2025 to mark Ahilyabai Holkar's 300th birth anniversary, approving ₹681 crore for her memorial and development plans worth about ₹5,503 crore for pilgrimage centres.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Vietnam

Kiren Rijiju addresses UN Vesak Day 2025 celebrations in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju addressed the United Nations Vesak Day 2025 celebrations at the Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Ho Chi Minh City on 6 May 2025, conveying the greetings of the President and the Prime Minister.

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💹 Economy 📍 Rajasthan

Meet in India Conclave 2025 held in Jaipur to promote MICE tourism

The Ministry of Tourism, with Rajasthan's Tourism Department and FICCI, held the Meet in India Conclave in Jaipur on 4 May 2025, on the sidelines of the 14th Great Indian Travel Bazaar.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Delhi

Closing ceremony of 1008 Sanskrit Sambhashan Shivirs held in New Delhi

Union Home Minister Amit Shah attended the closing ceremony of Sanskrit Bharati's 1008 Sanskrit Sambhashan Shivirs in New Delhi on 4 May 2025 as chief guest.

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🌐 International Organisations 📍 Maharashtra Important

Global Media Dialogue at WAVES adopts the WAVES Declaration; WAVES Bazaar records ₹250 crore deals

Member nations at the Global Media Dialogue at WAVES 2025 in Mumbai adopted the WAVES Declaration on 2 May 2025, while WAVES Bazaar recorded confirmed deals worth ₹250 crore.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 Assam Must know

Bodofa Upendranath Brahma statue unveiled and road named after him in New Delhi

Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled a 9-foot statue of Bodofa Upendranath Brahma and named a road and rotary in New Delhi after him on 1 May 2025, his 35th death anniversary.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Maharashtra

WAVES 2025, India's first World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit, inaugurated in Mumbai

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated WAVES 2025, the first World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit, at the Jio World Centre in Mumbai on 1 May 2025.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Telangana Must know

Telangana Governor inaugurates Babuji Vanam, 'world's first energy transmission garden', at Kanha Shanti Vanam

Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma inaugurated Babuji Vanam, described as the world's first energy transmission garden, at Kanha Shanti Vanam near Hyderabad on 30 April 2025.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 Karnataka Must know

Basava Jayanti: PM pays tribute to Jagadguru Basaveshwara

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Jagadguru Basaveshwara, the 12th-century philosopher and social reformer, on Basava Jayanti on 30 April 2025.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 India Important

National Archives of India acquires private papers of Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

The National Archives of India acquired the private paper collection of former President Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, donated by his niece Dr APJM Nazema Maraikayar, the Culture Ministry said on 28 April 2025.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 India Important

Mann Ki Baat 121 recalls Champaran Satyagraha and Babu Veer Kunwar Singh

In Mann Ki Baat on 27 April 2025, PM Modi recalled the Champaran Satyagraha of 1917, Dr Rajendra Prasad's book 'Satyagraha in Champaran', and the death anniversary of 1857 hero Babu Veer Kunwar Singh on 26 April.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Odisha Must know

Two Odisha animators among 42 finalists of WAVES 2025 Animation Filmmaker Competition

Bhagyashree Satpathy of Jajpur and Rishav Mohanty of Bhubaneswar, both NID Ahmedabad students, are among the 42 finalists of the WAVES 2025 Animation Filmmaker Competition, PIB Bhubaneswar said on 26 April 2025.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 West Bengal Important

SRFTI student film 'A Doll Made Up of Clay' selected for La Cinef at Cannes 2025

'A Doll Made Up of Clay', a student film of the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata, was officially selected in the La Cinef section of the 78th Festival de Cannes, the I&B Ministry said on 26 April 2025.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 Maharashtra

Akashvani wins six awards at India Audio Summit and Awards 2025 in Mumbai

Akashvani won six awards at the third edition of the India Audio Summit and Awards (IASA) 2025, held in Mumbai on 25 April 2025.

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 Odisha

APEDA and Odisha hold capacity-building programme to boost agri exports in Bhubaneswar

APEDA and the Government of Odisha held a workshop-cum-capacity-building programme to boost agricultural exports from Odisha at OUAT, Bhubaneswar, on 25 April 2025.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 Delhi

IGNCA opens Bharat Muni Dirgha with an exhibition of masks from the Lance Dane Collection

The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) inaugurated the Bharat Muni Dirgha exhibition space with an exhibition of masks from the Lance Dane Collection on 23 April 2025.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Arunachal Pradesh

IBC holds international conclave on Buddha Dhamma and North-East culture in Namsai, Arunachal Pradesh

The International Buddhist Confederation, with the Ministry of Culture, held a two-day International Conclave on Buddha Dhamma and the Culture of North-East India at Namsai, Arunachal Pradesh, the Ministry said on 21 April 2025.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 India

Ashwini Vaishnaw consults news media ahead of WAVES 2025; over 1 lakh registrations

I&B Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw held consultations with news media organisations on 19 April 2025 ahead of the first World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES), to be held in Mumbai from 1 to 4 May.

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📚 Books & Authors 📍 Delhi

World Heritage Day: 'Sanskriti ka Panchva Adhyay', compilation of PM's speeches on culture, released at IGNCA

On World Heritage Day, 18 April 2025, 'Sanskriti ka Panchva Adhyay', a compilation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speeches and thoughts on culture, was released at the IGNCA in New Delhi.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 India Must know

Bhagavadgītā and Nāṭyaśāstra manuscripts inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register

On 17 April 2025 UNESCO added 74 documentary heritage collections to its Memory of the World Register, including India's manuscript collection of the Bhagavadgītā and the manuscript of Bharatamuni's Nāṭyaśāstra, taking the total to 570.

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🕯️ Obituaries 📍 Gujarat Important

Kathak exponent Kumudini Lakhia passes away

Renowned Kathak dancer and choreographer Kumudini Lakhia, founder of the Kadamb Centre for Dance in Ahmedabad and a 2025 Padma Vibhushan awardee, passed away on 12 April 2025; the President and Prime Minister condoled her death.

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🚄 Infrastructure & Energy 📍 Uttar Pradesh Must know

PM lays foundation stone and inaugurates projects worth over ₹3,880 crore in Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 11 April 2025 inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of development works worth over ₹3,880 crore in Varanasi, covering roads, power substations, education, sports and dairy.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 India Important

PM inaugurates Navkar Mahamantra Divas at Vigyan Bhawan; proposes nine resolutions

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and took part in Navkar Mahamantra Divas at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 9 April 2025 and proposed nine resolutions, beginning with water conservation.

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🕯️ Obituaries 📍 Madhya Pradesh

Padma Shri Rai folk dancer Ram Sahay Panday passes away in Sagar

Ram Sahay Panday, the Padma Shri-awarded exponent of Bundelkhand's Rai folk dance, died at a hospital in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, on 8 April 2025.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Uttar Pradesh

Ram Navami 2025: Surya Tilak at Ayodhya Ram temple performed from completed third floor with upgraded optics

On Ram Navami, 6 April 2025, the 'Surya Tilak' on the Ram Lalla idol at Ayodhya was beamed from the temple's completed third floor using an upgraded optical design, according to CSIR-CBRI Roorkee.

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🎓 Education, Health & Society 📍 Haryana Important

Amit Shah unveils Maharaja Agrasen statue, opens ICU and lays PG hostel foundation in Hisar

Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled a statue of Maharaja Agrasen, inaugurated a new ICU and laid the foundation stone of a PG hostel at a hospital in Hisar, Haryana, on 31 March 2025.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Maharashtra Important

WAVES Bazaar to feature Viewing Room, market screenings and Pitchroom at WAVES 2025

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry said on 31 March 2025 that WAVES Bazaar, a global e-marketplace for media and entertainment, will hold its first edition on 1–4 May 2025 at the Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Chhattisgarh

India Post releases commemorative stamp on Mata Karma in Raipur

The Department of Posts released a commemorative postage stamp on saint Mata Karma in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, on 25 March 2025, marking her 1009th birth anniversary.

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👤 Appointments & Resignations 📍 India Important

Ashok Singh Thakur elected Chairman of INTACH

Ashok Singh Thakur was elected Chairman of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) for three years at its AGM in New Delhi on 22 March 2025.

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🏆 Literature & Arts Awards 📍 India Important

Sahitya Akademi announces Translation Prize 2024 for 22 books

The Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi, chaired by its President Madhav Kaushik, approved 22 books for the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2024 at Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, as announced on 21 March 2025.

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