UNESCO
- India
Remove all business activities within 500 metres of Taj Mahal: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the Agra Development Authority to remove all business activities within 500 metres from the boundary/peripheral wall of the Taj Mahal. Senior advocate A.D.N. Rao, who…
- Telangana
Ramappa temple to host 12-day ‘World Heritage Volunteers Camp’ in Sept
Warangal: A 12-day “World heritage volunteers camp -2022” will be conducted at Kakatiya Rudreswara temple, popularly known as Ramappa temple from September 19 to 30. The event has been designed by the…
- Telangana
Warangal added to UNESCO’s Global Network of Learning Cities list
Hyderabad: The city of Warangal has added another feather to its cap by being named a member of UNESCO’s Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC). Kerala’s Thrissur and Nilambur were also added…
- Telangana
Telangana suggests 2 megalithic sites for world heritage tag
Hyderabad: Following the Kakatiya Rudreshwara Temple getting the world heritage UNESCO tag, Telangana has purposed two monuments with outstanding architectural and astrological significance for coveted recognition this year. Telangana Heritage has listed…
- India
Bengal govt increases cash doles for community Durga pujas
Kolkata: At a time when the cash-strapped West Bengal government has been forced to curtail several emergency expenditures, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced an increase in the amount paid to…
- Middle East
Yemen torrential rains: 10 historic buildings collapse, 38 dead
Sanaa: Torrential rains in southwest Yemen and in the old city country’s capital, Sanaa, have caused flooding and collapsed 10 historical buildings, killing at least 38 people over the past two days,…
- India
India plans 790 Indigenous Food Streets across country
Following in the footsteps of Singapore’s world-famous open-air food courts, which have UNESCO recognition, India is planning 790 Indigenous Food Streets (IFS), an authorised vending zone that won’t just serve mouth-watering, safe,…
- India
Unfortunate that people are ‘blindly aping’ glamourised way of life: CJI Ramana
Hyderabad: Driven by the winds of globalisation, people are moving towards a global culture which is emerging as a threat to local cultural symbols and identities, even as social media, television and…
- Bangalore
Rains to continue in Karnataka, memorials at UNESCO heritage site Hampi inundated
Bengaluru: The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted rains for another two days across Karnataka. Coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada and Udupi, that suffered heavy losses due to incessant rains, have…
- World
UNESCO launches new State of the Ocean Report
Lisbon: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has published a flagship report on the state of the world’s oceans. The first edition of UNESCO’s “State of the Ocean Report”…
- Middle East
UN urges Houthis to release its employees detained in Yemen
Sanaa: The United Nations on Wednesday called for the immediate release of two of its staff members who have been detained in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, by the Houthi rebels, since November 2021.…
- Telangana
Kishan Reddy visits thousand pillar temple
Warangal: Union Minister for Tourism and Culture G. Kishan Reddy on Tuesday visited the famous thousand pillar temple. He also held a review meeting on the development of the temple with its…
- Middle East
UNESCO unanimously adopts two resolutions in favour of Palestine
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday unanimously adopted two resolutions in favour of Palestine. This came during the executive council’s 214th session currently being held in Paris.…
- Middle East
Jordan welcomes UNESCO resolution on old Jerusalem
Amman: Jordan has welcomed a resolution adopted by UNESCO on old Jerusalem and its walls, which said all Israeli procedures aiming to change the identity of the holy city and its legal…
- Telangana
Telangana: Warangal city to get a UNESCO tag soon
Hyderabad: Telangana’s second-largest city Warangal, which is also known as an education core will be soon be modified into a tourism and sports junction. Telangana Minister for Excise, Sports and tourism V…