Viacom18 gets Olympic Games Paris 2024 Broadcast Rights Across India & Subcontinent
Viacom18 gets Olympic Games Paris 2024
Broadcast Rights Across India & Subcontinent
Why In News
The International
Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that Viacom18 Media Private Limited
(Viacom18) has secured the exclusive media rights to broadcast the Olympic
Games Paris 2024.
Key Points
The International
Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that Viacom18 Media Private Limited
(Viacom18) has secured the exclusive media rights to broadcast the Olympic
Games Paris 2024, plus non-exclusive rights to the Winter Youth Olympic Games
Gangwon 2024, in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and
Sri Lanka. Through the agreement, Viacom18 will provide multi-platform coverage
of the Games, and free-to-air television coverage within the region. In 2024
Olympics will be hosted by France in Paris, beginning from July 26 to August
11.
The IOC works with
media companies worldwide to ensure that as many people as possible can
experience the magic of the Olympic Games. The Olympic media partnerships also
contribute valuable revenue that provides the long-term financial security of
the Olympic Movement.
The IOC retained just
10 per cent of these revenues, with the rest being distributed to support the
staging of the Olympic Games, promote the worldwide development of sport and
the Olympic Movement, and assist with the implementation of the Olympic Agenda
2020 and Olympic Agenda 2020+5.
Next Olympic Games be held:
The next Olympic
Games will be held in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024, and in
Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, in Italy, in 2026.
UNESCO heritage sites tentative list: Sun Temple & Vadnagar town Rock cut sculpture added
UNESCO heritage sites tentative list:
Sun Temple & Vadnagar town Rock cut sculpture added
Why In News
Three new cultural
sites in India, including the iconic Sun Temple at Modhera, historic Vadnagar
town in Gujarat, and rock-cut relief sculptures of Unakoti in Tripura.
Key Points
Three new cultural
sites in India, including the iconic Sun Temple at Modhera, historic Vadnagar
town in Gujarat, and rock-cut relief sculptures of Unakoti in Tripura, have
been added to the tentative list of UNESCO world heritage sites. The UNESCO
website describes a tentative list as an “inventory of those properties which
each State Party intends to consider for nomination”.
Sun Temple, Modhera, Gujarat
The Sun Temple in
Modhera, Gujarat, is dedicated to Surya Dev and is situated on the left bank of
the Pushpavati River, a tributary of the River Rupan. It is the earliest of
such temples, setting trends in architectural and decorative features and
perfectly illustrating the Solanki style. Its components—the main temple shrine
(garbhagriha), a hall (gadhamandapa), an outer hall or assembly hall
(Sabhamandapa or rangamandapa), and a sacred pool (Kunda), now known as
Ramakunda—are all built in the Marugurjara architectural style. This
eastfacing temple is built of bright yellow sandstone.
Vadnagar – A multilayered Historic town, Gujarat
Vadnagar is a
municipality in Mehsana district of Gujarat. It is a multilayered historic
town that has been inhabited continuously for more than 2,700 years, dating
back nearly to the 8th century BCE (Before Common Era). The town still has a
significant number of historic buildings, mostly residential and religious in
nature. The historic town’s survival demonstrates its resilience and
exceptional universal value, in contrast to places such as Harappa and
Kalibangan, which were eventually abandoned.
Rockcut Sculptures and Reliefs of the Unakoti, Tripura
Unakoti, the
chiselled “Angkor Wat of the NorthEast,” is a series of Shaivite rock
sculptures found in the northern region of Tripura. It is renowned as an
ancient holy site associated with Shaiva worship. Unakoti, located in the
Raghunandan hills about 180 kilometres from Agartala, is home to massive
basrelief sculptures from the 8th and 9th centuries.
The Sites on the Tentative List:
The 52 “Sites on the
Tentative List,” as defined by UNESCO, also include Temples in Bishnupur, West
Bengal (added to the list in 1998), Mattanchery Palace in Kerala (added in
1998), Wild Ass Sanctuary, and Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat (added in 2006).
So far in 2022, 6 Indian sites have been included to the tentative list.
There are 40 sites in
India that have been designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. These include
32 “cultural sites” such the Agra Fort in Uttar Pradesh, the Taj Mahal in Uttar
Pradesh, Harappan era site at Dholavira in Gujarat, the Elephanta Caves in
Maharashtra, the Red Fort complex in Delhi, and the Mahabodhi Temple complex in
Bodh Gaya in Bihar.