UNESCO world heritage My Son Sanctuary in central Quang Nam province. (Photo: VNA) Quang Nam (VNA) – The Sanskrit inscriptions on steles at the UNESCO world heritage My Son Sanctuary in central Quang Nam province will be translated into Vietnamese and English as part of a joint project between Vietnam and India. Under the project, which started on April 3, specialists from India will study the steles and help Vietnam translate the epitaphs from Sanskrit, the ancient liturgical language of Hinduism, to Vietnamese and English. The move aims to aid the preservation of the sanctuary and shed light on its cultural, historical, religious and architectural values hidden in the towers there for thousands years. The complex has Sanskrit epitaphs engraved on 31 steles made of brick and stone, the main materials used in building My Son Sanctuary, said Nguyen Cong Khiet, deputy head of the sanctuary’s management committee. The biggest challenge the translators face is that many … [Read more...] about India helps translate ancient inscriptions in My Son Sanctuary
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India withdraws controversial ‘fake news’ order after backlash
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reversed an order to punish journalists found guilty of reporting "fake news," after an outcry over a perceived government crackdown on the press. The media sanctions, issued late Monday, stated that the government would withdraw the official accreditation of any journalist responsible for repeated reporting of "fake news." India is the latest government to act against what it calls "fake news." Malaysia is passing a law allowing for up to six years in jail for publishing allegedly misleading information. The government said it needed to curb the spread of misinformation in the media. But Modi's office rescinded the directive just hours later amid allegations India's vibrant press was being muzzled. "PIB (Press Information Bureau) Press release titled 'Guidelines for Accreditation of Journalists amended to regulate Fake News' issued on 02 April 2018 stands withdrawn," the information and broadcasting ministry said in a statement Tuesday. … [Read more...] about India withdraws controversial ‘fake news’ order after backlash
Baby believed snatched by monkey in India is found dead
Indian police say a 16-day-old baby boy believed to have been snatched by a monkey has been found drowned in a well. Scavenging rhesus macaque monkeys are a growing hazard in parts of India's Odisha state. (Photo: AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi) The infant was sleeping under a mosquito net at his home in the eastern state of Odisha on Friday (Mar 30) when he was taken by a rhesus macaque, a species with a reddish-pink face common across India. "The mother is saying that she saw a monkey take away her child. She raised an alarm but the monkey quickly leapt over the roof and vanished out of sight," police sub-inspector S M Baral told AFP. "We launched a search along with the forest officers. Yesterday (Sunday) the baby was spotted inside the well dead," she told AFP. A post-mortem showed the infant died of asphyxia due to drowning, Baral said. "Since there were no injury marks on the baby, maybe the monkey dropped him in the well." No case was registered as the "family is convinced it's the … [Read more...] about Baby believed snatched by monkey in India is found dead
Hotel collapse in central India kills 10, two injured
Ten people were killed and two were injured when a four-storey hotel collapsed in a crowded part of the central Indian city of Indore late on Saturday (Mar 31), a local police official said. Images from the scene in Indore showed battered and bloodied corpses being pulled from twisted piles of brick and concrete AFP/- Rescue operations were complete and no other casualties were likely, assistant sub-inspector Ramesh Kirade told Reuters by telephone. The near century-old structure collapsed after a driver lost control of his car and struck a pillar holding the structure up, said police deputy inspector general Harinarayanchari Mishra. "The impact was such that the entire building collapsed," he told AFP. "Rescue workers pulled out 12 people from the rubble, 10 of them were already dead. The other two are being treated in hospital." Images from the scene showed battered and bloodied corpses being pulled from twisted piles of brick and concrete. The rubble was being cleared with … [Read more...] about Hotel collapse in central India kills 10, two injured
Building collapse kills 10 in central India
By AFP  April 1, 2018 | 12:24 pm GMT+7 Building disasters are common in Indian cities where millions are forced to live in cramped, run-down properties due to spiralling real estate prices. A dilapidated four-storey building has collapsed in a central Indian city killing at least 10 people, police said Sunday, the latest such disaster in a country infamous for poor construction and safety standards. Rescue workers retrieved several people left trapped under tonnes of debris after the building collapsed in a crowded neighbourhood of Indore on Saturday night. "We pulled out 12 people from under the debris. Ten of them have died," police inspector Sanju Kamle told AFP. Local media reports said the collapse took place after a car drove into the building's front portion. "We are investigating. At the moment it is difficult to say how it collapsed," Kamle said. Rescue workers had managed to clear the debris and some of the injured were being treated at a … [Read more...] about Building collapse kills 10 in central India