Art & Culture Current Affairs One-liners

Tue, 29 Sept 2026

• The 2nd India–Italy Joint Working Group on Tourism met on 29 September 2026, co-chaired by Tourism Secretary Bhuvnesh Kumar and Emanuela Tripi, Secretary-General of Italy's Ministry of Tourism.

Sun, 27 Sept 2026

• On 27 September 2026 the Lalit Kala Akademi announced 20 Lalit Kala Akademi Awards at its 65th National Exhibition of Art (NEA).

Thu, 24 Sept 2026

• On 24 September 2026 APEDA facilitated the flag-off of a 1 metric tonne consignment of GI-tagged Gulbarga Tur Dal from Karnataka to the Maldives.
• The Ministry of Culture announced on 24 September 2026 that it will organise the BRICS Theatre Festival 2026 in New Delhi from 12 to 14 October under India's BRICS Presidency.

Fri, 18 Sept 2026

• On 18 September 2026, the 17th Kathakali Festival, organised by the Kalakshetra Foundation under the Ministry of Culture, opened at the Bharata Kalakshetra Auditorium in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai.

Wed, 16 Sept 2026

• On 16 September 2026, Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launched the 8th edition of the PM Mementos e-Auction, offering 1,498 mementos from 17 September 2026 on www.pmmementos.gov.in.

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

• On 15 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to Bengali writer Saratchandra Chattopadhyay on his 150th birth anniversary.

Fri, 11 Sept 2026

• On 11 September 2026, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal chaired the 2nd Governing Council meeting of the National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) Society and reviewed progress at Lothal, Gujarat, where Phase 1A is about 82% complete.

Tue, 08 Sept 2026

• On 8 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Dr Bhupen Hazarika on his 100th birth anniversary and recalled attending the start of the birth centenary celebrations in Guwahati a year earlier.

Sun, 06 Sept 2026

• On 6 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the inauguration of the BAPS Swaminarayan Hindu Mandir in Paris by video conference, calling it a new milestone in India–France cultural relations.

Sat, 05 Sept 2026

• On 5 September 2026, Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan released a commemorative postage stamp in Chennai marking 75 years of the Tamil daily Dinamalar.

Thu, 03 Sept 2026

• On 3 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to legendary Bengali actor 'Mahanayak' Uttam Kumar on his birth centenary.