India has been elected to the Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO's 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) for the 2022-2026 cycle.
The new centre has been established in remote Dombang, abutting the LAC strong, and is located at a height of 10,040 ft. in Sikkim shares a 220 km front of the India-China LAC.
Rating agency Crisil has lowered India's real gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast to 7.3% from 7.8% for FY23 from 7.8 per cent estimated earlier.