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Asian Paints Sharad Shamman celebrates the legacy of Durga Pujo through a
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 24 (ANI/NewsVoir): Decades come and similarly go, evolving styles and trends. What remains, is the spirit of celebration and togetherness which is constant. Through the course of 37 years, Asian Paints Sharad Shamman has nurtured, inspired and champio
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Indra Jatra: Nepali festival where living deities go on tour of city
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 10 (ANI): Thousands of devotees poured into the premises of Basantapur Durbar Square on the occasion of Indra Jatra, one of the biggest religious festivals in Kathmandu with fervour and gaiety.
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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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Himachal Pradesh: Two trains cancelled after rail car derailed on World He
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], August 28 (ANI): Two trains were cancelled after a rail car derailed on Sunday on the World Heritage Kalka-Shimla railway track.
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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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Techno party with Love Parade founder hits Berlin's streets after 16 years
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], July 10 (ANI): A techno parade co-founded by the founder of the 'Love Parade,' a once-popular annual party in Berlin, paraded the streets of the German capital on Saturday, July 9, calling for the city's electronic music culture to be inscribed on the World Heritage list re
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Darjeeling Himalayan Railway adds two more joyride trains to meet tourist
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], June 3 (ANI): In order to meet the rising demand of tourists and passengers, Darjeeling Himalayan Railway(DHR) under Northeast Frontier Railway(NFR) has introduced two new special joyride trains on the network which is on the UNESCO World Heritage site list.
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Seeking relief from scorching heat? Darjeeling beckons you to do things be
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], May 3 (ANI): Summer has peaked early this year and cool climes are beckoning people looking for relief from the sweltering heat. The school summer holidays are also approaching and a visit to summer destinations is not only refreshing but also an educatio
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UNESCO halts environmental monitoring inspection of Russia's Lake Baikal:
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 28 (ANI/Sputnik): UNESCO decided to withdraw its envoy Susanna Kari from the Russian region of Irkutsk, thus, aborting an environmental monitoring mission of the Lake Baikal, a World Heritage Site, the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said on Mo
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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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India finalises nomination of Hoysala temples in Karnataka for World Herit
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
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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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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