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Israel damaged heritage sites across south Lebanon, minister saysAncient heritage sites across southern Lebanon have suffered significant damage during Israel's nearly four-month campaign against Hezbolla...- Adani’s Navi Mumbai and Guwahati airports named among Prix Versailles’ World’s Most Beautiful Airports 2026Adani Airports' Navi Mumbai International Airport and Guwahati's Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport Terminal 2 have earned a...
- "Feels like COVID lockdown": Intense heatwave leaves Khajuraho's UNESCO temples, roads deserted; businesses shutKhajuraho experiences a severe heatwave. Temperatures are soaring to nearly 47 degrees Celsius. Normal life and tourism have come to a stan...
- Once home to the Peacock Throne looted from India, Golestan Palace now bears scars of Iran conflictTehran’s historic Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has reportedly sustained significant structural damage following strikes n...
- From Maha Kumbh to 150 years of 'Vande Mataram', India celebrates culture in 2025India's Ministry of Culture marked 2025 with significant events. The Maha Kumbh showcased Indian heritage. Celebrations for "Vande Mataram"...
- International Literacy Day 2025: The history and significance of a day that reshaped global educationInternational Literacy Day 2025 emphasizes literacy as vital for dignity and opportunity, highlighting progress since its 1966 inception. W...
- The US decision to leave UNESCO again puts a spotlight on what the agency doesUNESCO, supported by international partners, has been instrumental in rebuilding Mosul and preserving global cultural heritage. Despite the...
- 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...
- 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...
- India elected to UNESCO panel on Intangible Cultural HeritageAccording to UNESCO, the core functions of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage are to ...
- Rajya Sabha chairman adjourns House even before protests beginRajya Sabha functioned smoothly till the laying of important papers and reports of various panels on Friday morning. Naidu began the day by...
- Rail link plan with Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal: Suresh PrabhuPrabhu said work was on to connect all the eight state capitals of the north-east, so that the tourism potential of the region gets a boost.
- Agasthiarmalai Reserve gets Unesco honourAgasthiarmalai Biosphere Reserve is among the seven reserves, such as Beaver Hills in Canada and Balmbangan in Indonesia, added in the Unes...
- Doon to have world’s first centre for conservation of natural heritageIt is also the first centre which will be established for management and training in the field of 'natural' heritage in the world.
- Doon to have world’s first centre for conservation of natural heritageIndia on Wednesday signed an agreement with the Unesco to establish the world’s first centre for the conservation of ‘natural’ World Herita...
- Maintaining quality of forests a major challenge: Prakash JavadekarEnvironment Minister Prakash Javadekar today termed maintenance of forest as a "major" challenge and urged research institutes to draw a "d...
- Litter at Independence Day function venue leaves many guests disappointedMany people at the function complained that there was no proper arrangement to collect the waste and even dustbins were not installed.
- How will direct cash transfer scheme work when beneficiaries are unlettered: UN officialIndia accounts for nearly half of the adults in the developing world that are not able to read and write.
- Unilever's Pureit wins the UNESCO Water Digest Water Award 2008-2009Pureit received the award for outstanding contribution in the field of water in India.
- Asian sites win UNESCO world heritage statusA Hindu temple in Cambodia, two historic Malaysian trading towns and an early agricultural site from Papua New Guinea were added to UNESCO'...
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