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Inaugural ceremony of 46th session of World Heritage Committee gets underway in DelhiThe Kanwar Yatra 2024 is set to begin on Monday, with the Kanwar Mela area divided into 14 super zones and 35 zones. Over 5,500 police pers...
AI could help spread false and misleading information on Holocaust, UNESCO report warnsA UNESCO report state, artificial intelligence could potentially propagate false and misleading information about the Holocaust online. Thi...
K-Pop boy group Seventeen to become UNESCO ambassadorsSeventeen, the 13-strong South Korean band founded in 2015, were second only to Taylor Swift for global revenue last year, according to the...
92 Palestinian journalists killed in Israel war: UNESCO awards Press Freedom Prize to reporters covering Gaza conflictUNESCO has awarded its world press freedom prize to Palestinian journalists covering the Gaza war, recognizing their courage and commitment...
International Day of Education 2024: Theme, significance and history behind the dayLearn for peace on International Day of Education 2024, celebrated annually on January 24. This year's theme focuses on education as a tool...
US decides to rejoin UNESCO and pay back dues, to counter Chinese influenceUnited States is planning to join UN cultural and scientific agency, UNESCO and pay more than $600 million in back dues to counter the grow...
Maiden edition of Astana International Forum debates unprecedented global challengesIn his welcome speech, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said: “In the face of global challenges, we remain committed to global cooperation b...
UN chief urges all nations to stop targeting media and truthSecretary-General Antonio Guterres called the 50% increase in the killing of media workers in 2022 "unbelievable," stressing that freedom o...
Some popular glaciers to disappear by 2050 even if tempreature rise gets restricted to 1.5 degrees Celsius, says UNESCOThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has said some of the most popular glaciers located at one-thi...
Third of world heritage glaciers under threat, warns Unesco study
UNESCO fears Ukraine harm as Russian culture backlash growsThe United Nations' cultural agency, meanwhile, sounded the alarm about the damage to Ukraine's cultural patrimony in announcing it was wor...
Afghanistan risks 'generational catastrophe' on education: UNESCOAccording to UNESCO report, enrollment of girls in primary school jumped to 2.5 million in 2018. Currently, 4 out of 10 students in primary...
World Arabic Language Day: Diversity, academia and futureArabic is a bridge between cultures and across borders, said Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, calling it a true language of dive...
UNESCO contests move to change status of heritage site Hagia SofiaHagia Sophia is part of the Historic Areas of Istanbul, a property inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. “Hagia Sophia is an architect...
COVID-19 crisis : Nearly 13% museums around the world may never reopenNearly 13 per cent of the museums around the world may never reopen, the UN's cultural agency has warned, as about 90 per cent of them glob...
Over 290 mn students' education disrupted after cornovirus outbreak: UNESCOEducation of over 290 million students in 13 countries has been disrupted after their schools were shut down due to the cornovirus epidemic...
France's Audrey Azoulay wins vote to be next UNESCO chiefThe US announcement this week that it's quitting UNESCO rocked the multi-day election and heightened concerns about the agency's funding an...