A major advantage of being included in the list of Unesco World Heritage Sites is increased funding for research and documentation of these areas. Of the 39 sites in the Western Ghats added to the lis

Three scientists received research awards on Tuesday at UNESCO in a ceremony boycotted by numerous nations and not attended by the head of the U.N. cultural arm, which has been thrown into division be

A cluster of 39 sites spread over 7,953.15 sq km in the Western Ghats will now be inscribed on the World Heritage list. Unesco status will usher in international attention on the Western Ghats, which

The Western Ghats of India have made it to the UNESCO World Heritage List, finally. The mountain chain was included in the list together with three other natural and four cultural properties, at a mee

The UN cultural body UNESCO overrode Israeli objections on Friday to urgently grant world heritage status to a church in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem venerated as the birthplace of Jesus.

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A fresh row has erupted over the state’s literacy rate. While UNESCO maintains that the literacy rate in the state has come down to 85 per cent, the Kerala State Literacy Mission officials here insist

Rome: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has said that the 1,500-year-old historic Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan, that had been destroyed by the Taliban 10

Jantar Mantar, the Pink city's celebrated astronomical observatory built in early 18th century, has been granted World Heritage status by Unesco.

The decision was taken in Unesco's World Heritage Co

Bangkok, July 29: Thailand has threatened to withdraw from the UN's World Heritage Committee if it approves a Cambodian management plan for an 11th-century Hindu temple straddling the two countries' b

Jantar Mantar of Jaipur and Matheran Light Railway are in the race along with 30 other new sites for inscription on Unesco's World Heritage List.

The World Heritage Committee will consider requests