UNESCO

Paris: Strasbourg will be UNESCO World Book Capital in 2024, UNESCO Director Audrey Azoulay in Paris said in a press release explaining the choice. The north-eastern French city has made the book a medium for addressing the challenges of…

New Delhi: India has been elected as a member of the Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO’s 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage for the 2022-2026 cycle. The elections for the Intergovernmental…

New Delhi: Use of ICT under a comprehensive initiative called PM eVIDYAby the Department of School Education, Ministry of Education, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic wins UNESCO’s recognition. The PM eVIDYA has been initiated as…

UNESCO is launching a scheme to support Ukrainian women artists who have had to flee their country because of the war, in partnership with the NGO Artists at Risk. It will enable them and their children to be hosted and cared for by a…

New Delhi: In an important announcement, the Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO’s 2003 Convention on Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage has inscribed ‘Durga Puja in Kolkata’ on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural…

New Delhi: The village of Dholavira in the Kutch district of Gujarat, which is one of the five largest Harappan sites just got inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Celebrating the announcement, the official 'India at UNESCO'…

Titilagarh: Odisha-born Internationally acclaimed film producer, promoter Jitendra Mishra has been selected Jury for the prestigious Culture Cinema Festival supported by UNESCO, the festival opened on 17th July and will run for next one…

Sydney: A UN committee recommended that The Great Barrier Reef should be added to a list of "in danger" World Heritage Sites. This comes after an angry response from Australia which said it had been blindsided by the move and blamed…