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New UNESCO report reveals USD 97bn barrier to reaching education targets
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The paper "Can countries afford their national SDG4 benchmarks?" by the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) was written as input for the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Fairmont Hotels and Resorts to open new property in Agra, the city of the
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], April 13 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Fairmont Hotels & Resorts today announced the signing of a new property in Agra, the city of the Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Set to open by 2025, the hotel will offer 205 rooms, includi
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G20: Darjeeling going to be 'darling' for world, says West Bengal Governor
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Highlighting the tourism potential of Darjeeling that hosted second G20 Tourism Working Group meeting, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday said the Himalayan town is going to be "darling" as far as the world is concerned.
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More than quarter of world's population has no safe drinking water: UNESCO
Updated : 3 years ago IST
More than a quarter, 26 per cent of the world's population, comprising approximately 2 billion people, do not have safe drinking water and 3.6 billion or 46 per cent lack access to safely managed sanitation, according to the report, published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water and released a
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G20 meet: Police impose ban on flying drones, UAVs in Amritsar
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Commissioner of Police (CP) Amritsar Naunihal Singh said that the venues of meetings, the places of stay and routes have been declared red zones and the flying of drones and unmanned aerial vehicles has been prohibited to beef up security and to prevent any untoward incident from airborne en
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Delhi government to organise cyclothon on occasion of International Women'
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The event will be conducted in partnership with the United Nations in India, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), as per a press release from Directorate of Education, Delhi Government
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Expecting the inclusion of Chennakeshava Temple in UNESCO's list of world
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Belur (Karnataka) [India], February 21 (ANI): Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai visited the Belur Chennakeshava Temple on Tuesday and expected the inclusion of the temple in UNESCO's list of world heritage sites.
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UNESCO accused of failing to acknowledge Beijing's actions towards Uyghurs
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
These actions by Beijing include "destroying built heritage and desacralizing religious traditions, criminalizing grassroots cultural practices while using their staged representations to promote China's chosen political narratives."
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Turkey calls on international community to help, PM Modi leads world leade
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
As condolences poured in from world leaders after a deadly earthquake shook Turkey and Syria on Monday, claiming more than 500 lives, a level 4 alert was declared in Turkey as the country issued a fervent appeal to the international comunity to rush aid.
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Govt to promote rural and archaeological tourism during G20: Union Tourism
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Arvind Singh, Secretary of Tourism, Government of India, said that there will be four working group meetings of G20 in India, and the Ministry of Tourism has set five priorities for the four working group meetings. India's five priorities will be beneficial for India as well as the world.
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Flamingo travels launches Europe Tour Packages for 2023
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], February 1 (ANI/PNN): The year 2023 - seems to be the year of the wanderlust souls because the world has regained its usual pace and people are willing to tick off the dream holiday destinations from their wishlist. Be it a family trip, a romantic one, or with fr
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74th Republic Day parade: West Bengal tableau showcases Durga Puja
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The most important and celebrated event in Bengal's festival calendar and one of the biggest annual extravaganzas in the world, the Durga Puja was inducted into the UN's prestigious Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2021.
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