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Comprehensively review maintenance standards at UNESCO sites: Par panel to govtA parliamentary panel has urged the culture ministry to review India's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. A plan for upgrading maintenance and vi...
UNESCO meet in India ends on Dec 13, China to play host to ICH panel session next yearA significant UNESCO meeting concluded at Delhi's Red Fort. Sixty-seven living heritage elements from various nations were added to UNESCO'...
Deepavali enters UNESCO heritage list, giving India's festival of light a global statusDeepavali, the festival of lights, has been inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list, marking a significant global recogniti...
Intangible heritage most democratic expression of culture in many ways: JaishankarIndia is hosting a significant UNESCO meeting on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar addresse...
'Every Indian is elated': PM Modi as 'Maratha Military Landscapes' gets UNESCO tagIndia celebrates a new UNESCO World Heritage Site. The 'Maratha Military Landscapes of India' joins the prestigious list. This includes 12 ...
Six sites added to India's tentative list by UNESCO's World Heritage Centre: Gajendra Singh ShekhawatSix sites, including the Megalithic Menhirs in Telangana and the Bundela palace-fortresses, have been added to India's tentative list by UN...
Nearly 60 properties from India on Tentative List for inclusion on World Heritage List, says govtIndia has nearly 60 properties on its Tentative List for potential inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List, according to a government r...
Assam’s Charaideo Maidam included in UNESCO World Heritage listThe Charaideo Maidam in Assam has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list under the cultural property category. This decision was...
'Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala' in Karnataka inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage ListThe decision was taken during the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee currently underway in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The beautiful 13...
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 ...
Diplomatic battle rages at UNESCO over Russia meetingRussia is due to host the annual meeting of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee in the city of Kazan in its Tatarstan region from June 19-30....
Kolkata Durga Puja enters UNESCO's 'Intangible Heritage' listWith a picture of Durga idol, UNESCO took to Twitter and wrote, “Durga puja in Kolkata has just been inscribed on the intangible heritage l...
Harappan-era city Dholavira inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage ListThe ongoing 44th session of the World Heritage Committee of the UNESCO has already given India a new world heritage site in the form of the...
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...
Pink City Jaipur named World Heritage site by UNESCO; PM Modi thrilledThe announcement was made at the 43rd Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Baku.
Nalanda University enters UNESCO's World Heritage ListThe Nalanda archaeological site got included in the Tentative List of World Heritage on January 9, 2009.
Humayun's Tomb: Here are more reason to visitMore than 20 years after Humayun's Tomb was declared a world heritage site, six other monuments around it have been covered in the same glo...
UNESCO threat looms as Thailand fights to keep two sites' statusDong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex and Ayutthaya Historical Park risk losing the status as UNESCO World Heritage site.
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...
Great Himalayan National Park nominated for World Heritage statusThe Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) of Himachal Pradesh has been nominated along with 11 other conservation sites from across the glob...