Tag: UNESCO
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Clad in ‘veshti’, PM Modi welcomes Xi Jinping, gives him tour of temple complex in Mahabalipuram
The focus of the informal meeting is on improving people-to-people contacts and on how to maintain peace and tranquillity along on India-China border.
October 11, 2019 -
NGT warns of action against destruction of mangroves
On 23 September, the NGT issued an order stating, “Let a committee be constituted comprising (i) representative of Gangasagar Bakkhali Development Authority (ii) District Magistrate, South 24- Parganas, (iii) representative of state Coastal Zone Management Authority (CZMA). The committee shall inspect the area in question, verify on factual aspects and submit its report.”
September 30, 2019 -
Saudi Arabia to announce visa schemes to boost tourism, abolishes abaya rule
The announcement comes just two weeks after devastating attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure -- blamed by Washington on Iran -- which roiled global energy markets and raised fears of a wider regional conflict.
September 27, 2019 -
India-France friendship ‘unbreakable’, stood test of time: PM Modi addresses Indians at UNESCO HQ
Earlier, Modi held a marathon one-on-one meeting with the French President Emmanuel Macron during which they reviewed the entire gamut of the dynamic and multi-faceted relationship to further boost the strategic partnership.
August 23, 2019 -
One in four children in Pak will remain uneducated by 2030: UNESCO
The new global education goal, SDG-4, calls on countries to ensure that children are not only going to school but also learning, yet the proportion of trained teachers in sub-Saharan Africa has been falling since 2000.
July 10, 2019 -
Luxury Toy Train service this Durga Puja
Meanwhile, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is taking precautionary measures to run the Toy Train during the monsoon season. Every year during the monsoon, the train service face disruption due to landslides in the Hills.
June 28, 2019 -
Injecting race into an ancient game
Although FIDE’s official Laws of Chess mentioned two types of pieces – ‘light-coloured pieces (White)’ and ‘dark-coloured pieces (Black)’, traditionally the game has been played with white and red, or black and red, or two contrasting coloured pieces as the chess pieces were made from ivory, bone, pottery, rock, etc.
May 3, 2019 -
UNESCO experts ready to assist reconstruction of iconic Notre Dame
After visiting the site of Notre Dame on Monday night, Azoulay said we are all heartbroken.
April 17, 2019 -
World Heritage Day: EPIC Channel celebrates India this April 18
The shows will be aired this World Heritage Day on April 18 from 12:30 pm to 7 pm.
April 16, 2019 -
Bengal elated as Durga Puja nominated for UNESCO 2020 list of cultural heritage
The nomination dossier was prepared by a research team at Jadunath Bhavan Museum and Resource Centre led by Professor Tapati Guha Thakurta
April 2, 2019 -
Kolkata Durga Puja nominated for UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list
Kolkata Durga Puja is India’s official nomination for UNESCO’s 2020 Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, according to Sangeet Natak Akademi
April 2, 2019 -
The price of academic freedom
Today, university teaching in most places is very much limited within a pre-scheduled framework of curriculum.
March 10, 2019 -
Kalka-Shimla heritage train to now have a restaurant coach
The restaurant coach is part of the initiatives being taken by the Northern Railway to make journey on the Kalka-Shimla heritage track more memorable for tourists.
March 5, 2019 -
Culture of Peace
If the goal of education is freedom from ignorance, freedom from dependence and freedom from prejudice, then it is time to ask ourselves whether our education has enabled us to acquire the necessary competence to understand the world in which we live, to develop the skills to live independently and also to live collectively. Harmonious coexistence of multiple identities is the core of human civilization. Sharing is the basis for civilised collective living in a civil society.
February 6, 2019 -
J-K Govt to ask UNESCO to include Mughal Gardens as World Heritage Site
The Governor’s administration on Friday decided to forcefully take up with UNESCO the issue of designation of Srinagar's Mughal Gardens and Neolithic Site at Burza Hama as World Heritage sites.
November 30, 2018 -
Dodgy over Konarak
It is deeply unfortunate in terms of cultural history that Odisha’s Konarak Sun Temple, declared as a World Heritage site by UNESCO, should now be at the centre of an unseemly controversy. Central to the discord between the state government on the one hand and the Centre’s Department of Culture and the Archaeological Survey of …
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November 17, 2018 -
Opinion divided over Ahmedabad renaming
The right-wingers argue that the name needs to be changed as Ahmed Shah was not seen as a ‘tolerant’ and ‘secular’ ruler.
November 15, 2018