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Great Barrier Reef not on Unesco's 'list of World Heritage sites
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.] , July 8 (ANI) :United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has released its 'List of World Heritage (sites) in Danger', and Australia's Great Barrier Reef does not feature in it.
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Israel slams UNESCO for calling it an "occupying power" in Jerus
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Jul 5 (ANI): The UNESCO's act of passing a resolution denouncing Israel and labeling them as "occupying power" in the Jerusalem has drawn strong criticism from the officials, who have condemned the UNESCO's World Heritage Committee's decision.
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Ruchira Kamboj appointed next High Commissioner of India to Republic of So
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Ruchira Kamboj (IFS: 1987), presently Ambassador/PR to Permanent Delegation of India to UNESCO, Paris has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of South Africa.
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UNESCO accepts proposal to include eight more Pak sites to world heritage
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 30 (ANI): The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has agreed to include eight more Pakistani sites to its list of World Heritage Sites.
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One journalist killed every four days in 2016: UNESCO
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], Jan. 18 (ANI): More than 100 journalists were killed last year while doing their jobs, according to the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom.
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Yoga enters UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 1 (ANI): Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup on Thursday said that yoga has been inscribed in the UNESCO's representative list as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity which would enable it to "potentially foment a dialogue of ideas of peac
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Israel suspends ties with UNESCO in spat over holy site
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Oct. 15 (ANI): The Israeli Government has suspended ties with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) after the UN body passed a draft decision, which Israel says ignores Judaism's ties to the religion's holiest site.
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Mixed World Heritage site Khangchendzonga National Park to give boost to S
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Gangtok (Sikkim), July 31 (ANI): Khangchendzonga National Park (KNP), which Unesco has declared as India's first "Mixed World Heritage Site, is set to give a major boost to Sikkim's eco-tourism sector.
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Will take 'Kohinoor' battle to UN, UNESCO if I have to: Petition
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 27 (ANI): After Minister of Asia and Pacific affairs Alok Sharma's assertion on the restitution of 'Kohinoor' diamond, Advocate Nafis Siddiqui, the petitioner of the case, said on that he will file a new application and if Britain doesn't return the gem st
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