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UNESCO chooses new chief amid tensions over Palestinian roleVoting by UNESCO's 58-member executive board starts Monday and continues through the week until a candidate wins a majority.- US calls killing of Lankesh 'tragic murder'In a statement, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said it "is deeply shocked" by leading Indian journalist and media freedom defender Lankesh...
- UNESCO Salon Competition: Toonz wins award for 'Magical Piano''Magical Piano' is the story of a child who receives a magical piano for his birthday. Dr Avaneesh on Toonz' behalf received the award.
- Portugal's ex-premier emerges as frontrunner to succeed Ban Ki-moonGuterres was followed by Slovenia's former president Danilo Turk and Bulgaria's Irina Bokova, who serves as UNESCO Director-General.
- Chandigarh's Capitol Complex makes it to UNESCO's World Heritage ListSikkim's national park and Nalanda University in Bihar are the other two sites included in the list.
- Nalanda University enters UNESCO's World Heritage ListThe Nalanda archaeological site got included in the Tentative List of World Heritage on January 9, 2009.
- At 47 million, India has the most adolescent school dropoutsGlobally , about 263 million children and adolescents are out of school, which is equivalent to about a quarter of the population of Europe.
- For first time, UN chief aspirants to be quizzed by members"I think this is quite historic and potentially game-changing for the way the Secretary-General is appointed," Lykketoft said.
- HRD minister Smriti Irani conveys Indian solidarity with FranceIndia today expressed solidarity with the people and government of France as Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani attended a ma...
- UN body calls for probe into death of Indian journalistThe head of a UN agency has called on Indian authorities to investigate the mysterious death of TV reporter Akshay Singh.
- Smriti Irani to attend UNESCO conference in ChinaSmriti Irani would join about 40 education ministers from across the world in China this week at a UNESCO conference to deliberate on how i...
- Journalists' Forum Assam urges Sheikh Hasina government to probe bloggers' killingsThe CPJ urged the Hasina government to curb this violent trend by immediately finding Das's killers and bringing them to justice.
- Strategy to preserve heritage and traditional knowledge essential: Irina BokovaOne of Unesco's core roles is to coordinate the efforts of the international community, liaise with member states, as well as security and ...
- UNESCO pledges support for digital IndiaUNESCO needs Indian leadership today more than earlier, its Director General Irina Bokova said while welcoming Modi here.
- United Nations may declare yoga to be Indian heritageUNESCO director general Irina Bokova said that yoga is in the list of elements to be considered by the Intangible Heritage Committee for in...
- India, UNESCO ink letter of intent to cooperate in reducing disaster risksThe Letter of Intent was signed between Ministry of Earth Sciences and UNESCO in the presence of Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science ...
- 1.4 million Indian children aged 6-11 years out of school: UnescoIndia and Pakistan were the countries with the largest cuts in aid to basic education between 2010-12.
- Teri gets Unesco chair on climate scienceUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization launched the Unesco chair on ‘climate science and policy’ at Teri Universi...
- India making efforts towards environmental sustainability: UNESCOUNESCO today lauded India's efforts towards environmental sustainability and said a multi- dimensional approach in this regard is the need ...
- UNESCO condemns murder of Indian journalist, asks for probeThe UN scientific and educational organisation UNESCO has condemned the murder of an Indian journalist in West Bengal last month and asked ...
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