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Smoke is seen after an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon (REUTERS)

Beirut blast: UNESCO to protect Lebanon as 60 historic buildings 'risk collapse'

1 min read . 13 Aug 2020

Muslims gather for evening prayers in front of the Hagia Sophia or Ayasofya, after a court decision that paves the way for it to be converted from a museum back into a mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 10, 2020. REUTERS/Murad Sezer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY (REUTERS)

UNESCO regrets Turkish move to convert museum Hagia Sophia into mosque

1 min read . 11 Jul 2020

Turkish verdict paving way for Hagia Sophia mosque expected Friday (Photo: AP) (AP)

Turkish verdict paving way for Hagia Sophia mosque expected Friday - officials

1 min read . 09 Jul 2020

Students undergo temperature screening as they arrive to appear in SSLC examinations at a centre in Bengaluru. (Photo: PTI) (PTI)

Govts need to address inclusion challenges, edu sect setback by COVID-19: UNESCO

2 min read . 29 Jun 2020

(Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint)

Unesco asks countries for promoting inclusion in education

2 min read . 23 Jun 2020

On a longboat on Inle Lake (Photo: Kalpana Sunder)

Love, work and religion on Inle Lake

4 min read . 14 Apr 2019

The cabinet in September 2018 had approved a proposal for the complete electrification . Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint

All trains coming to Delhi to be on electric traction from December 2019: Goyal

1 min read . 07 Mar 2019

US and Israel exit Unesco, claiming bias

2 min read . 02 Jan 2019

Government encourages farmers to produce water-intensive crops like rice and sugarcane through increased minimum support prices. Photo: Mint

Opinion | India’s neglected groundwater crisis

4 min read . 31 Oct 2018

File photo of a weaver in Bengaluru. The Gram Seva Sangh plan to create awareness around the ongoing struggle of weavers in North Karnakata to mark the National Handloom Day.Photo: AFP.

Bengaluru weaves in a solidarity story, all for handloom

2 min read . 06 Aug 2018

A file photo of Sri Lankan cricket team in front of the 17th century Dutch fort overlooking the pitch at Galle Stadium in Sri Lanka in July 2009. Photo: AFP

Sri Lanka’s Galle stadium faces demolition for violating heritage laws

2 min read . 21 Jul 2018

Bombay high court building was built in Victorian Gothic architecture style. Photo: Hindustan Times

Mumbai’s Victorian Gothic, Art Deco buildings win UNESCO status

2 min read . 30 Jun 2018

Unesco asserts that if nothing is done, half of 7,000-plus languages spoken today will disappear by the end of this century. Illustration: Jayachandran/Mint

How digital tools can help in the preservation of our languages

4 min read . 26 Apr 2018

Travellers take a coracle ride on the Tungabhadra river, overlooking the ruins of Hampi. Photo: iStockphoto

Bengaluru to Hampi and Anegundi: A window to the past

3 min read . 02 Sep 2021

The Kumbh Mela, held in Allahabad, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nasik, represents a syncretic set of rituals related to worship and cleansing in holy rivers. Photo: AFP

Unesco recognizes Kumbh Mela as India’s cultural heritage

1 min read . 07 Dec 2017

UNESCO representative Shigeru Aoyagi’s comments come after the global launch of UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring report 2017-18 in Brazil in October. Photo: Mint

266 million adults can’t read, 12 million children out of school: UNESCO

2 min read . 05 Dec 2017

The election was held at the 39th session of the general conference of UNESCO in Paris. Photo: Reuters

India re-elected as member of UNESCO’s executive board: official

1 min read . 10 Nov 2017

Unesco director-general Irina Bokova expressed her disappointment over the withdrawal of the US and Israel from the UN’s cultural agency. Photo: Reuters (Reuters)

US, Israel withdraw from Unesco citing bias

3 min read . 12 Oct 2017

Leading candidates for Unesco’s new chief include Qian Tang of China, former Egyptian government minister Moushira Khattab and Qatar’s former culture minister Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari. Photo: Reuters (Reuters)

Unesco chooses new chief amid tensions over Palestinian role

2 min read . 09 Oct 2017

Kavi Dalpatram Chowk: A famous Gujarati poet who lived from 1820-98, Dalpatram’s house was destroyed in 1985, following which a memorial that included the reconstruction of the façade of his house, was commissioned in 2001. Photographs: Jaydip Bhatt/Mint

Ahmedabad: Crevices of history

3 min read . 22 Sep 2017