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  World Heritage Day: Top Heritage sites of India

  Lifestyle | April 18, 2017 16:25 IST

  Its World Heritage Day today and one of the best day to promote and spread awareness regarding the cultural heritage of India. UNESCO too through its Unite 4 heritage programme has started the initiative to promote the international monuments.

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  UNESCO to honor Kerala-based NGO with literacy prize in Paris

  India | September 08, 2016 13:21 IST

  A Kerala-based NGO will today be conferred with the prestigious UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy for its literacy-linked skill development activities at a ceremony in Paris. The Jan Sikshan Sansthan (JSS), based in state’s Malappuram,

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  India late by half a century in achieving education goals: UNESCO report

  India | September 06, 2016 7:54 IST

  India will be half a century late in achieving its education goals and the country needs to undergo fundamental changes in the education system if it wants to meet the 2030 sustainable development goals

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  India's Agasthyamala listed among 20 world biosphere reserves

  World | March 21, 2016 21:16 IST

  India's "unique" Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve is among the 20 new sites added by the UN's top cultural body UNESCO to its World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

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  Beijing to build UNESCO centre for sustainable development

  World | December 14, 2015 17:42 IST

  Beijing: China's capital Beijing is set to build a UNESCO international centre for creativity and sustainable development, the first of its kind, an official said on Monday.The centre, which will be officially launched next year,

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  Pakistan proposes eight new sites for world heritage list

  World | December 06, 2015 14:23 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan will push for inclusion of eight more of its sites in the list of Unesco's world heritage sites."These sites are of national and cultural universal importance, and will attract tourists from across borders

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  Saudi airstrikes in Yemen's capital kill 29

  World | September 19, 2015 19:25 IST

  Sanaa (Yemen) : Saudi-led coalition's  airstrikes against Yemen's Shiite rebels and their allies have killed 29 people, including civilians, in the capital Sanaa,security and medical officials there said today.The coalition's airstrikes hit an apartment building

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  Islamic State blows up three Palmyra funerary towers

  World | September 04, 2015 15:49 IST

  Damascus: The Islamic State (IS) terror group has blown up three funerary towers at the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, an antiquities expert said on Friday.The three tombs are Jamblique, built in 83 A.D. and

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  Unesco chief denounces Islamic State destruction of Syria's Palmyra temple

  World | September 02, 2015 8:55 IST

  Paris:   Director-General of Unesco Irina Bokova on Tuesday "expressed profound dismay" and condemned the destruction of the temple of Bel in Syria's Palmyra.She said the site was "a construction unique in design and one

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  Atomic bomb dome: An icon of Hiroshima's devastation

  World | August 06, 2015 9:51 IST

  Hiroshima: The crumbling brick and concrete walls of the Atomic Bomb Dome, as it is known today, rise above the Motoyasu River. The bomb so devastated Hiroshima that there are few other reminders of the

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  UNESCO condemns murder of Iraqi journalists

  World | July 31, 2015 7:08 IST

  Paris:  The Unesco on Thursday condemned the killing of two Iraqi journalists by Islamic State earlier in July, and called for swift justice to those responsible.Iraqi nationals Suahaa Ahmed Radhi, a newspaper editor in Nineveh,

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  Vyapam scam: UN body calls for probe into death of TV reporter Akshay Singh

  India | July 18, 2015 15:42 IST

  United Nations: The head of a UN agency mandated to defend freedom of expression has called on Indian authorities to investigate the mysterious death of TV reporter Akshay Singh while covering the Vyapam scam in

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  French champagne vineyards added to UNESCO's World Heritage Sites

  World | July 06, 2015 9:34 IST

  Berlin: The French Champagne Vineyards where the world famous sparkling wine is produced has now been granted the 'World Heritage' site status, joining the likes of Taj Mahal and the Great Wall of China.The property,

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  Airstrikes destroy part of Yemen's UNESCO heritage site

  World | June 13, 2015 6:22 IST

  Sanaa: Saudi-led airstrikes targeting Shiite rebels and their allies in Yemen destroyed historic houses today in the center of the capital, Sanaa, a UNESCO world heritage site.Rescue teams digging through the debris pulled the bodies

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  Cambodia lodges protest with India over Angkor Wat replica

  World | June 07, 2015 23:00 IST

  Bangkok: Cambodia has lodged a protest to India over a private trust's plans to build an Angkor Wat replica in Bihar, saying it “seriously violates” the 12th century Hindu temple and a world heritage property

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  Unesco calls for saving Palmyra heritage site

  World | May 21, 2015 16:57 IST

  Paris: Following reports that the Islamic State militants have infiltrated the Palmyra world heritage site, where fight is going on, the Unesco on Thursday called for an immediate end to hostilities in Syria's ancient city."I

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  Nepal earthquake: 5 major losses to Nepal's historic structures!

  World | May 01, 2015 14:44 IST

  The 7.9-magnitude earthquake that took the lives of over 6,000 people could only be described as a never ending 'nightmare.'During this disaster the country witnessed many of its cultural heritages turning into rubbles and losing

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  Poachers turned conservationists in Sunderbans

  India | March 24, 2015 13:13 IST

  Bali Island (West Bengal): Poachers have turned conservationists in the Sunderbans, giving a ray of hope to conservationists for saving the world's largest mangrove forest which is facing threat from rising sea level and climate

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  Fire breaks out at Moscow's ancient monastery

  World | March 16, 2015 9:19 IST

  Moscow: Fire broke out at the bell tower of the Novodevichy monastery, one of the city's landmarks, in Russia's capital Moscow on Sunday night.Firefighters were working at the site. No injuries were reported so far.

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  India submits 46 entries for UNESCO world heritage sites list

  India | March 05, 2015 8:13 IST

  New Delhi: India has submitted a revised tentative list of 46 famous monuments/sites for inclusion in the list of UNESCO's World Heritage Site, Rajya Sabha was told today.The list was submitted to the World Heritage