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Basanta Panchami: Students celebrate start of spring season, educational l
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], February 6 (ANI): Students celebrated Basanta Panchami as they climbed up the temple located on the hilltop of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Swayambhunath in Nepal's Kathmandu, prayed Goddess Saraswati and wrote their name on the wall.
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On World Wetlands Day, India adds two more Ramsar sites
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): On International Wetlands Day 2022, India added two Ramsar sites upscaling the number from 47 to 49.
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India finalises nomination of Hoysala temples in Karnataka for World Herit
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New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): The Hoysala Temples of Belur, Halebid and Somnathapura in Karnataka have been finalised as India's nomination for consideration as World Heritage for the year 2022-2023, said the Ministry of Culture.
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A unique project by MP Tourism and UNESCO aims to change the way heritage
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], January 17 (ANI/Mediawire): The Hyundai Great India Drive is an annual pilgrimage to get unique stories from the vast expanse of India. This year we found ourselves behind the wheel of a Hyundai Creta, which features one of the cleanest diesel engines on s
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UNESCO to publish Hindi descriptions of India's World Heritage Sites on WH
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], January 11 (ANI): On the occasion of World Hindi Day on January 10, the Director of World Heritage Centre has informed the Permanent Delegation of India to UNESCO, Paris that UNESCO's World Heritage Centre has agreed to publish Hindi descriptions of India's UNESCO World He
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UNESCO condemns killing of journalist in Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 6 (ANI): Authorities in Myanmar are being urged to conduct a full investigation into the killing of a journalist last month, reportedly during an army attack in the southeast, the UN's educational and cultural agency, UNESCO, said on Wednesday.
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UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay condemns killing of reporter Sai Wi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], January 5 (ANI): UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has condemned the killing of reporter Sai Win Aung, in Lay Kay Kaw Myothit, Myanmar, near the border with Thailand on 25 December 2021. She called upon the authorities to conduct a full investigation of the killing.
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Seoul opposes Tokyo's bid to include mine known for forced labor on UNESCO
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The South Korean Foreign Ministry urged Tokyo on Tuesday to stop pressing for the inclusion of the closed Sado mine, associated with the forced labor of Koreans, as part of Japan's industrial heritage and on the UNESCO World Heritage List, pledging me
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Celebration will begin 10 days ahead of Durga Puja as we got UNESCO recogn
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 23 (ANI): To celebrate United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recognition to "Durga Puja in Kolkata", West Bengal will begin the celebration 10 days ahead of Durga Puja next year.
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War of words erupts between TMC, BJP over inclusion of 'Durga Puja in Kolk
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): A war of words has erupted between Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the inclusion of "Durga Puja in Kolkata" in UNESCO's "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity".
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Those who accused me of causing hindrance during festival should hide face
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 17 (ANI): A day after UNESCO accorded a heritage tag to Durga puja in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that those who had accused her of causing hindrance during the observation of the festival should hide their face
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UNESCO includes Durga Puja in Kolkata on 'Intangible Cultural Heritage of
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New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday inscribed "Durga Puja in Kolkata" on the "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity".
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