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EVIDENCE OF
2500 YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
HABITATION IN
PURANA QILA,
EXCAVATION
STARTED AGAIN
dentified as the ancient Indraprastha tradition) dating back to 900 BCE. This
Isettlement, Purana Qila has evidence of includes pottery sequences from the Maurya
continuous habitation for 2,500 years. The to the Shunga, Kushan, Gupta, Rajput
Archaeological Survey of India has started the Sultanate, and Mughal periods. Purana Qila,
excavation of Purana Quila for the third time excavations have been done earlier also
after 2013-14 and 2017-18 which is being led for the discovery and evidence of Pandava
by Vasant Swarnkar. In the last excavation, civilization and culture. The old fort, dating
evidence of pre-Mauryan layers was found. back to the 16th century, was built by Sher
This time the focus is on placing the Painted Shah Suri and Humayun, the second Mughal
Gray Ware culture in a stratigraphical context. emperor. Padma Vibhushan Prof. BB Lal also
Early excavation findings and artefacts carried out excavations inside the fort and its
include the Painted Gray Ware (a pottery precincts in the years 1954 and 1969–73.
ISSUANCE OF AADHAAR TO THE ADULT POPULATION
ALMOST COMPLETE, NOW IT'S TIME TO UPDATE
he work of issuing Aadhaar numbers to the adult updated by submitting proof of identity and
Tpopulation in the country is almost complete. address on the myAadhaar portal or by visiting an
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Aadhaar centre.
has now intensified work on five areas to provide The five core areas are – resident centricity,
continuous assistance to the countrymen in daily expanding the usage of Aadhaar, security and
life, further strengthening data security alongwith privacy, continuous technology upgradation, and
playing a stellar role in furthering the cause of good collaborate with global economies and support
governance and promoting 'ease of living'. them in their aspiration to achieve SDG 16.9 (provide
In this series, UIDAI has urged such people to legal identity for all). Since the first Aadhaar number
update their Aadhaar data, who have obtained their was generated in 2010, UIDAI has issued over 135
Aadhaar 10 years ago and have never updated it crores Aadhaars and has carried out more than 88
in subsequent years. You can get your Aadhaar crores authentication transactions so far.
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