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Italy's Padua celebrates inclusion on UNESCO's list of World Heritage site
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], July 25 (ANI/Xinhua): A complex of eight historic clusters of buildings in the northern Italian walled city of Padua was added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) list of World Heritage sites on Saturday.
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Telangana govt making all efforts to get Ramappa Temple UNESCO World Herit
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 23 (ANI): The historic Ramappa Temple in Mulugu district will soon get UNESCO World Heritage Site status, said Telangana Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud on Thursday.
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Illegal Construction at World Heritage site will set a bad precedent: Cong
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Panjim (Goa) [India], July 17 (ANI): Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Girish Chodankar on Friday warned that allowing illegal construction of the bungalow of BJP leader Shaina NC at the World Heritage Site in the Old Goa area will set a bad precedent and will trigger the destr
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Australia to challenge UNESCO proposal to list Great Barrier Reef as 'in d
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], June 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Australia will challenge UNESCO's draft recommendation to add the Great Barrier Reef to the List of World Heritage in Danger, Environment Minister Sussan Ley told the ABC News broadcaster on Tuesday.
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Locals in Kathmandu protest against new master plan for Pashupati area, cl
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], October 6 (ANI): Locals around the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu have staged a protest against the newly introduced master plan to make changes around the World Heritage and major religious site, claiming that it would endanger the ancient temple.
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Omaxe Chowk having wholesale, retail stores, food court to comes up at Cha
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] September 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): With a strategic location and good connectivity, the bazaars of New Delhi have carved a niche of their own. Nestled in the heart of the capital is one such market, Chandni Chowk - Asia's oldest and busiest bazaar and a bustling commercial centre
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Over 37 yrs, glaciers in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve's Rishikesh catchmen
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], September 9 (ANI): Glaciers in Rishikesh catchment area of world heritage site Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve are depleting fast due to climate change, with a reduction of almost 10 per cent in almost four decades, says a study by the Ministry of Environment and
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Historical Mughal Garden in J&K slated to be included into Unesco world he
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 7 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir administration has started preparing a dossier on the six Mughal Gardens in the Kashmir Valley in a bid to empanel them in the list of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) m
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Nepal's Lumbini missed thousands of Indian tourists this year due to COVID
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Lumbini [Nepal], August 20 (ANI): Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautama Buddha is missing tourists this year due to the global pandemic situation. Otherwise, thousands of Indians visit this UNESCO World Heritage Site annually.
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'Erdogan is openly calling for re-establishment of caliphate in Turkey'
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 3 (ANI): Ever since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reconsecrated the Hagia Sophia, a UNESCO world heritage site and museum, as a mosque, critics have questioned whether the move is a long-running attempt to undo Turkish secularism or an effort to bring calip
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Uttarakhand: Valley of Flowers opens for tourists
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], August 1 (ANI): Uttarakhand's Valley of Flowers, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has been opened for tourists by the state government.
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Omaxe Chowk will set an example for other projects: North DMC Mayor
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): Jai Prakash, Mayor, North Delhi Municipal Corporation, has stated that the Omaxe Chowk project in Chandni Chowk is being expedited and will be completed ahead of its deadline of 2024.
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