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- 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…
- India
ASI probes ‘risks’ to UNESCO World Heritage Khajuraho temples
Mumbai/Khajuraho: Taking cognizance of a complaint by a Maharashtra heritage expert, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is probing allegations of certain activities reported from the vicinity (buffer zone) of the ancient…
- Telangana
Jatara tribal fair in Mulugu worth UNESCO tag: Officials
HYDERABAD: Various officials and experts have opined that the famous tribal fair (Sammakka-Saralamma jatara) is a unique intangible heritage event that deserves the UNESCO tag. According to authorities, the increasing number of…
- Hyderabad
Governer meets MS Academy girls elected to UNESCO Teen Parliament
Hyderabad: Four students of MS Creative School who have been elected as MPs of the UNESCO supported World Teen Parliament, met Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan at the Raj Bhavan, on Saturday. Two…
- Telangana
Telangana HM felicitates MS Academy girls elected to World Teen Parliament
Hyderabad: State home minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali met the four elected teen parliamentarians of the UNESCO-supported World Teen Parliament (WTP), from Telangana at his office, on Wednesday. The four elected parliamentarians are…
- India
Annapurna, class 12 Raj girl, selected for UNESCO’s World Teen Parliament
Jaipur: Annapurna Krishnavat, 17, a resident of Lunda village in Udaipur, has been selected as an Influencer MP in UNESCO’s World Teen Parliament. Applications for this parliament were floated in July last…
