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Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed pride over Durga Puja's inclusion in UNESCO's list.
The election of members of UNESCO's executive board took place on Wednesday. In Group IV Asian and Pacific States, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Cook Islands and China also were elected.
The 49 cities were added to the network of 246 cities following their designation by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, in recognition of "their commitment to placing culture and creativity at the heart of their development and to sharing knowledge and good practices".
Should this ban be maintained, it would constitute an important violation for the fundamental right to education for girls and women, UNESCO said.
The USD 1-million Global Teacher Prize, organized by the Varkey Foundation in partnership with UNESCO, attracted over 8,000 nominations and applications from 121 countries.
The toy train on this route was declared a UNESCO ‘World Heritage Site’ in 1999. At present, one train will run daily in each direction between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling, 88 km apart, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) spokesperson Guneet Kaur said from Maligaon.
Visitors arrived to see the Taj Mahal as the monument once again opened for night viewing from August 21. Tourists can now admire the UNESCO World Heritage Site under the moonlight in all its glory.
Netflix and UNESCO will come up with a series of short videos themed 'One Country, Incredible Diversity' that will focus on India's cultural journey, including monuments, living heritage, performing arts, social practices, rituals and festivals such as Dussehra, Diwali and Holi.
As the session ended on Saturday, the latest inscriptions, which include 29 cultural sites and 5 natural ones, bring the total number of sites on Unesco's World Heritage to 1,154, reports Xinhua news agency.
The additions made on Wednesday were decided the extended 44th session of the World Heritage Committee held online and chaired from Fuzhou, China, which is examining nominations from both 2020 and 2021, according to a Unesco statement.
Dholavira, a Harappan-era city in Gujarat's Rann of Kutch, has been inscribed on the List of World Heritage Sites by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
The ongoing 44th session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO has already given India a new world heritage site in the form of the Rudreswara/ Ramappa Temple in Telangana, which dates back to the 13th century.
Ramappa temple, a 13th century engineering marvel named after its architect, Ramappa, was proposed by the government as its only nomination for the UNESCO World Heritage site tag for the year 2019.
Recently, the Satpura Tiger Reserve and Bhedaghat in Madhya Pradesh are among the six places that have made it to the tentative list of UNESCO's world heritage sites.
With an aim to raise awareness and educate girls on menstrual hygiene management, UNESCO has joined the #KeepGirlsInSchool mission, being supported by Bollywood actress Bhumi Pednekar.
Delhi's iconic Sunder Nursery, a 90-acre garden which was transformed into a horticultural paradise after a decade-long conservation work, is among the winners in the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation this year.
The historical fort cities of Gwalior and Orchha in Madhya Pradesh have been included in the list of UNESCOs world heritage cities under its urban landscape city programme, according to the state government.
Confirming that museums have been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic with nearly 90 percent of them shut, the UNESCO and the International Council of Museums (ICOM) on Monday expressed concern over the global cultural space.
Education of over 290 million students in 13 countries has been disrupted after their schools were shut down due to the coronavirus epidemic, according to the UN education agency UNESCO.
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