Tag: UNESCO
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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 -
Ahmedabad risks UNESCO status tag
Official says renaming city to Karnavati would be illogical
November 8, 2018 -
Kalka-Shimla railway section to start hop-on hop-off service from 25 Oct
The Kalka-Shimla railway line listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO in the year 2008.
October 23, 2018 -
As home gets eroded
Families on Majuli island, on the Brahmaputra, are facing an uphill battle for survival.
October 22, 2018 -
Unesco holds event to revive cultural heritage in Mosul
The first 'Revive the Spirit of Mosul' initiative is being held at Unesco's headquarters in Paris and is being jointly organised with Iraq's government, Unesco said.
September 7, 2018 -
Teachers’ Day 2018 | All you need to know about Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the educator
When he became the President, his students and friends wanted him to let them allow the celebration of his birthday. He replied, “Instead of celebrating my birthday, it would be my proud privilege if September 5th is observed as Teachers' Day.”
September 4, 2018 -
Remembering victims of the slave trade
Since 1998 UNESCO has been observing 23 August as the International Day for the remembrance of slave trade and its abolition. Today the Day turns twenty one. The decision to observe the day was taken by UNESCO at its 29th session held in Paris in November 1997 “to honour the memory of millions of men, …
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August 23, 2018