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G20: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan holds series of meetings
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Bali [Indonesia], September 2 (ANI): Union Education and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday held a series of meetings with his counterparts of Indonesia, Australia, besides a one-on-one meeting with Stefania Giannini, ADG, UNESCO in Bali, on furthering the Education 2030
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Ukraine to request UNESCO cultural protection for Odesa port
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 30 (ANI): Amid the ongoing war with Russia, Ukraine is set to request the UN's cultural watchdog to add the historic port of Odesa to its world heritage list of protected sites, according to Al Jazeera.
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India nominates Gujarat's Garba for inclusion in UNESCO ICH list
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI): After West Bengal's Durga Puja was inscribed as an Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the famed 'Garba' dance of Gujarat has been nominated for the year 2023.
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For Durga Puja, CM Mamata announces Rs 60,000 grant to Puja committees
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 22 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee On Monday announced that the government has decided to increase the grant for the Durga Puja organising committees in the state from Rs 50,000 to Rs 60,000.
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UNESCO team to visit Kolkata for Durga Puja celebrations after festival ad
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): UNESCO Director Eric Falt along with his team will be visiting Kolkata next week for celebrations of Durga Puja after it was added to the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list last December.
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"Youth Are the Harbingers of Kindness," says Daaji on heartfulness hosting
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 9 (ANI/SRV): Heartfulness in association with AICTE and UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) as its knowledge partner is bringing forth the International 'Rising with Kindness' Youth Summit at Kanha S
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Rhino poaching bid in Kaziranga foiled, 4 arrested in Assam's Biswanath
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Biswanath (Assam) [India], August 2 (ANI): The Crime Investigation Range of the Forest department in Assam's Biswanath district and police arrested a gang of poachers who were planning kill a one horned rhino in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.
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India elected to UNESCO's Inter-governmental panel for 4 years: Tourism Mi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): India has been elected to the Inter-governmental Committee of UNESCO's 2003 Convention for safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) for four years, Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and Development Of North Eastern Region G. Kishan Reddy said on
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UNESCO launches new State of the Ocean Report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], July 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Friday published a flagship report on the state of the world's oceans.
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Transforming Education: Over 140 ministers of education at UNESCO to draw
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], June 27 (ANI): UNESCO is set to host the "Transforming Education" Pre-Summit on June 28-30, a meeting of Ministers of Education, policy and business leaders and youth activists, who come together to build a roadmap to transform education globally.
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Use of ICT in school education in India receives UNESCO's recognition
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): The use of information and communications technology (ICT), under a comprehensive initiative called PM eVIDYA by the Department of School Education, Ministry of Education, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, won UNESCO's recognition.
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Mongolia's Khuvsgul lake added to UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserv
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Ulaanbaatar [Mongolia], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Mongolia's Khuvsgul Lake National Park has been added to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism said Thursday.
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