Celebrating India’s timeless craftsmanship!
PROMOTION OF PM VISHWAKARMA PRODUCTS IN STAR CATEGORY HOTELS & MALLS
Through innovative marketing/branding promotion, now PM Vishwakarma Artisans and Craftspeople are being supported to showcase their exceptional skills at Star Category Hotels and Malls throughout India.
India ranks 100th in the 2026 Global Hunger Index behind Bangladesh and Nepal.
But do you know which 4 parameters determine this score?
Drop the four parameters and your take on this report in the comments!
Big cat conservation must move beyond isolated reserves.
Here is how India's International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) is driving global cooperation for landscape-scale protection
𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲:
Shifting conservation beyond isolated protected areas via landscape-scale corridor management and the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA).
𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀:
Protected areas are too small. Apex predators cross community lands, acting as vital ecological indicators for carbon regulation and climate resilience.
𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸:
Launched by India (2023), IBCA became a treaty-based intergovernmental organization in 2025, headquartered in India.
𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 & 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺𝘀:
Launch a centralized Big Cat Dashboard for data aggregation, establish common monitoring standards, and integrate conservation into infrastructure planning.
🔴3 new sites added to the UNESCO Tentative List of World Heritage for India
Newly Added Sites are 👇
• Sirpur Cultural and Archaeological Landscape (Chhattisgarh) — An ancient town and historical site renowned for its temples, monasteries, and rich archaeological ruins.
Sirpur, on the banks of the Mahanadi River in Chhattisgarh's Mahasamund district, was an important settlement between the 5th and 12th centuries. Its remains include Hindu temples, Buddhist monasteries and Jain structures, making it an important site for understanding the region's religious and cultural history.
• Andaman Subduction Volcanoes (Andaman and Nicobar Islands — Narcondam and Barren Islands) — Includes unique volcanic landscapes surrounded by the sea in the Andaman Sea.
Barren Island is home to India's only confirmed active volcano.
Narcondam, on the other hand, is a forested volcanic island. It is home to the Narcondam hornbill, a bird found nowhere else in the world.
• Karst-mud-volcano Complex of Baratang (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) — Features limestone caves and active mud volcanoes (locally known as "Jalki").
Unlike conventional volcanoes that release laava when they erupt, these mud volcanoes release mud, water and gases from beneath the Earth's surface.