Jantar Mantar  

Vikramaditya Vedic Clock is the world’s first clock that calculates time according to Indian Panchang (a time calculation system). It is installed on an 85 feet high tower near the Government Jiwaji Observatory inside Jantar Mantar in Ujjain

Sakshi Malik is a wrestler. She has played at national and international level competitions. Sakshi Malik won her first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Sakshi has been honoured with the Padma Shri Award.

Walled city of Jaipur was formally accorded World Heritage City status on Wednesday by UNESCO. Director-General Audrey Azoulay presented the World Heritage Certificate for this Rajasthan city to the state's Urban Development and Housing (UDH) minister Shanti Dhariwal. With this, Jaipur becomes the 38th site in India to get the UNESCO World Heritage Status. The city is also home to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites Amber Fort and Jantar Mantar. Let’s find out more about this world heritage city in this episode of Culture ‘Shauk’ with Sunita Iyer.

BJP leaders in Delhi held placards carrying slogans condemning the actions of the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal. The BJP termed the actions of the TMC government as a sign of defeat in the Lok Sabha election. On Tuesday, violence broke out in Kolkata where TMC and BJP cadres exchanged blows during Amit Shah's rally
 

Rahul Gandhi had said in 2016: “Our soldiers who have shed their blood in Jammu and Kashmir, who have conducted the surgical strikes, you [PM Modi] are hiding behind their blood. You are cashing in on their sacrifice…”