Five years after the UNESCO World Heritage monument was badly damaged in a fire, world leaders gathered in the French capital for the reopening ceremony of the Notre Dame Cathedral,
This year the district Durga Puja carnival will be held at Serampore, instead of Chinsurah as per the directive of chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
India, a land of cultural consciousness, great traditions, and rich heritage, is home to 43 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Among these, 34 are cultural, seven are natural, and one, Kanchenjunga National Park, is of mixed type.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the inclusion of Charaideo Maidam of Assam in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites and said that now more tourists would visit this place.
The Visva-Bharati University (VBU) authority has increased the entry fees for Upasana Griha and Rabindra Bhawan and the surrounding areas.
The event was attended by not just the top Indian diplomats, but also Indian-American lawmakers Senator Kevin Thomas, Assembly woman Jenifer Rajkumar and Edison (city) Mayor Sam Joshi.
Audrey Azoulay is a French civil servant and politician who has been serving as the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) since 2017, becoming the second female leader of the organization.
There will be six performances, one exchange workshop with Kuna Kepang and one talk on Chhau and traditional folk art and culture of West Bengal.
Water is as old as human civilization. Ecological needs of water as a scarce natural resource and as an essential commodity fundamental to life, livelihood and human survival have, of late, been recognized by all concerned agencies. In this backdrop, a person of wisdom would want to know the impact of water pollution on human health and the importance of clean drinking water, which is an important ingredient concomitant to sustainable development.
Overnight flash foods set off by a heavy rain here in the Yemeni capital left traffic paralysed.
