The coronavirus has brought several major losses and cultural venues and heritage sites have also suffered losses in the pandemic-hit economy.

Making sure the cultural venues and heritage sites do not suffer huge losses, the UK government has decided to offer £400 million in grants to aid the recovery of these venues.

Nearly 2,700 organisations will benefit from the grants, the ministry of culture claimed in a statement.

This money has come from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund, which was set up by the government to help the sector survive the losses incurred due to the continuous lockdowns, owing to the coronavirus pandemic.

The fund has “helped thousands of culture and heritage organisations across the country survive the biggest crisis they've ever faced,” said Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden. “Now we’re staying by their side as they prepare to welcome the public back through their doors.”

To restore the historic monuments, the English Heritage Trust will be given £23.4 million to cover the coronavirus pandemic-related losses and essential maintenance cost.

For now, all museums, theatres and cinemas have been temporarily suspended at least till May 17. The Boris Johnson-led government is hoping to resume these services after a drop in the coronavirus cases.

These grants have been provided by the National Football Museum in Manchester, the Royal Shakespeare Company and a number of independent cinemas and theatres.

The coronavirus has brought several major losses and cultural venues and heritage sites have also suffered losses in the pandemic-hit economy. Making sure the cultural venues and heritage sites do not suffer huge losses, the UK government has decided to offer £400 million in grants to aid the recovery of these venues.

The coronavirus has brought several major losses and cultural venues and heritage sites have also suffered losses in the pandemic-hit economy. Making sure the cultural venues and heritage sites do not suffer huge losses, the UK government has decided to offer £400 million in grants to aid the recovery of these venues. Nearly 2,700 organisations will benefit from the grants, the ministry of culture claimed in a statement. This money has come from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund, which was set up by the government to help the sector survive the losses incurred due to the continuous lockdowns, owing to the coronavirus pandemic. The fund has “helped thousands of culture and heritage organisations across the country survive the biggest crisis they've ever faced,” said Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden. “Now we’re staying by their side as they prepare to welcome the public back through their doors.” To restore the historic monuments, the English Heritage Trust will be given £23.4 million to cover the coronavirus pandemic-related losses and essential maintenance cost. For now, all museums, theatres and cinemas have been temporarily suspended at least till May 17. The Boris Johnson-led government is hoping to resume these services after a drop in the coronavirus cases. These grants have been provided by the National Football Museum in Manchester, the Royal Shakespeare Company and a number of independent cinemas and theatres.

UK government to offer £400 million to restore cultural heritage

Parliamentarians from Tamil Nadu and other parts of the country have written to the President of India seeking his immediate intervention in ensuring that the committee announced by the Minister for Culture to study the origin and evolution of Indian culture is disbanded. They pointed out that the 16-member group formed to study this subject did not itself reflect a pluralistic society and ignored various sections of the country’s population.&nbsp;

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“There are no South Indians, Northeast Indians, minorities, Dalits or women. Almost all the members of the said committee belong to certain specific social groups which are in top of the Caste hierarchy of Indian society” read the letter that was endorsed by 32 Members of Parliaments (MPs), which predominantly featured opposition MPs from Tamil Nadu. They reasoned that India with its great legacy of pluralism, requires inputs from diverse cultures of the nation.&nbsp;

It was emphasized that the the committee did not feature any experts in South Indian languages, including Tamil, which has been recognized as a classical language by even the Central Government. Raising questions about the intentions, composition of the committee, the letter asked, “Isn’t India below Vindhya hill ? Is there no civilization other than the Vedic Civilization ? Is there no ancient language here than Sanskrit ?”&nbsp;

The letter also expressed fear that the committee in question, would negate the positive, immense contributions of scholars like John Marshall, Sunithkumar Chatterjee, Iravatham Mahadevan, Tony Joseph and R. Balakrishnan. “We feel this committee with this composition may not have scientific outlook and may lead to distortion of history and defeat the very purpose if its stated objective” it added.&nbsp;

On Wednesday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Paaniswami had written to Prime Minster Narendra Modi, requesting him to personally intervene and ensure that experts from Tamil Nadu are included in the same committee. The Chief Minister’s letter expressed surprise on how the Ministry of Culture, which is responsible for this initiative happened to ignore experts from the Southern state.&nbsp;

Touching upon the Prime Minister’s Mamallapuram visit, it was pointed out that the committee had no representative from any of the Southern states, especially from Tamil Nadu, which has a glorious past and is home to the Dravidian civilization, which is a living and thriving culture in the South of India.&nbsp; 
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Parliamentarians from Tamil Nadu and other parts of the country have written to the President of India seeking his immediate intervention in ensuring that the committee announced by the Minister for Culture to study the origin and evolution of Indian culture is disbanded.

Parliamentarians from Tamil Nadu and other parts of the country have written to the President of India seeking his immediate intervention in ensuring that the committee announced by the Minister for Culture to study the origin and evolution of Indian culture is disbanded. They pointed out that the 16-member group formed to study this subject did not itself reflect a pluralistic society and ignored various sections of the country’s population. Also read | Tamil Nadu surpasses 5 lakh Covid-19 recoveries, wins praise from PM Modi “There are no South Indians, Northeast Indians, minorities, Dalits or women. Almost all the members of the said committee belong to certain specific social groups which are in top of the Caste hierarchy of Indian society” read the letter that was endorsed by 32 Members of Parliaments (MPs), which predominantly featured opposition MPs from Tamil Nadu. They reasoned that India with its great legacy of pluralism, requires inputs from diverse cultures of the nation. It was emphasized that the the committee did not feature any experts in South Indian languages, including Tamil, which has been recognized as a classical language by even the Central Government. Raising questions about the intentions, composition of the committee, the letter asked, “Isn’t India below Vindhya hill ? Is there no civilization other than the Vedic Civilization ? Is there no ancient language here than Sanskrit ?” The letter also expressed fear that the committee in question, would negate the positive, immense contributions of scholars like John Marshall, Sunithkumar Chatterjee, Iravatham Mahadevan, Tony Joseph and R. Balakrishnan. “We feel this committee with this composition may not have scientific outlook and may lead to distortion of history and defeat the very purpose if its stated objective” it added. On Wednesday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Paaniswami had written to Prime Minster Narendra Modi, requesting him to personally intervene and ensure that experts from Tamil Nadu are included in the same committee. The Chief Minister’s letter expressed surprise on how the Ministry of Culture, which is responsible for this initiative happened to ignore experts from the Southern state. Touching upon the Prime Minister’s Mamallapuram visit, it was pointed out that the committee had no representative from any of the Southern states, especially from Tamil Nadu, which has a glorious past and is home to the Dravidian civilization, which is a living and thriving culture in the South of India.

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