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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. National Monuments Authority (NMA), has made a record 101 Heritage By Laws since 2019 covering a total of 126 centrally protected monuments, the culture ministry said Tuesday, noting that draft HBLs for monuments like the Taj Mahal, Qutab Minar, Dwarkadheesh Temple, Dwarka, Hemis Gompa, Leh and Martand Temple, Kashmir are awaiting ASI nod after which they will be sent to the Parliament for approval. India News | Heritage By-laws of 126 Protected Monuments Completed; Taj Mahal, Qutab Minar Await ASI Nod. ....
Voters in “Red Wall” seats will replace “people from metropolitan bubbles” on the boards of Britain's museums and heritage bodies to stop them bowing to pressure from “woke” activists over contested history. Oliver Dowden, the Culture Secretary, said on Saturday that he wants people from the North and the Midlands to join the management of top cultural organisations and give them “the courage to stand up against the political fads and noisy movements of the moment”. Separately Robert Jenrick, the Communities Secretary, said he will amend regulations so that buildings used by the public have separate ladies and gents lavatories, in a blow for campaigners who want more gender-neutral facilities. In an article for The Telegraph, Mr Dowden said he will take “not a Maoist approach but a ‘moreist approach’ to our heritage”. He said: “I want more statues erected; more chapters added to our national ....