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As the world moves towards COP 27, a UNESCO report says that glaciers in heritage sites are set to disappear by 2050....

The UNESCO on Wednesday accorded heritage status to West Bengal's Durga Puja festival. The UN agency on its Twitter account said that "Durga Puja...

In a new study, the United Nations said that the World Heritage Forest sites played a vital role in mitigating climate change by absorbing 190 million tons...

The iconic Rudreswara Temple, a 13th century engineering marvel at at Palampet, Mulugu district, near Warangal in the state of Telangana, has been inscribed...

Six Indian cultural and heritage places, including Ganga ghats in Varanasi, temples of Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu and Satpura Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh...

Eighteen new sites from around the world have got the prestigious UNESCO Global Geopark designation, which was announced the other day.

The inauguration of the new Parliament Building of India on May 28 has raised a political row between the Ruling BJP and the opposition parties. Nineteen Opposition parties led by the Congress announced their decision to boycott the inauguration. They stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to inaugurate it himself and “completely side-lining” President Droupadi insults the high office of the President and violates the letter and spirit of the Constitution.

The Supreme Court on May 18, 2023, upheld the Tamil Nadu government’s law allowing bull-taming sport ‘Jallikattu’ in the state.

Aimed at “ transformative changes towards women’s economic empowerment”, the second G20 EMPOWER meeting under India’s year-long presidency to take forward the country’s...

On February 14, which is known as Valentine’s Day, India wants its citizens to celebrate it as a “Cow Hug Day”. The...