16th July 2025 – UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee is right now convening its 47th session at its headquarters in Paris, France. During this convention, the committee has declared that 12 major fortifications built between the period of late 17th and early 19th centuries, built by Marathas, are now part of World Heritage Sites. These 12 […]
19th April 2025 – Two of India’s literary gems, Shrimad Bhagavad Gita and Bharatmuni’s Natyashastra, have made it to the UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. This global initiative by the UN agency has been founded to facilitate preservation of the world’s documentary heritage, particularly in areas affected by conflict and/or natural disaster, enable universal […]
15th December 2021 – The festival of Durga Puja, which is celebrated in India and many other parts of the world by Hindus, is the latest addition on the list of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This decision was made during the 16th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural […]