The Orissa High Court, refusing to interfere in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, has issued direction saying those who "seek to operate as photographers or guides in Archeological Survey of India (ASI) protected monuments are liable to obtain licence from the ASI after participating in the prescribed selection process”.
Dr. T. Srinivasa Kumar is a seasoned expert with over 25 years of experience in ocean observation, information systems, and advisory services, including the development of tsunami and storm surge early warning systems.
Twenty-four villages of the state will be declared Tsunami-ready by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) in Hyderabad on December 26, two decades after the 2004 devastating Tsunami that hit them.
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.
Durga Puja that has received an intangible cultural heritage tag from UNESCO has reached an altogether new dimension with the magical touch of Sentoo.
The Assam Chief Minister also informed that out of 52 tentative sites across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has chosen Assam's Charaideo Maidam.
In the scheme of universal values “tolerance” appears to be the most misunderstood and abused in everyday life. The United Nations General Assembly first discussed over three decades ago the need to get educational institutions and the public to see “tolerance” as a staple of society. Therefore, in 1995, UNESCO created the Declaration of Principles of Tolerance as a way to define and provide awareness of tolerance for any and all governing and participating bodies. That day happened to be 16 November which got adopted as the UN International Day for Tolerance.
CBI is in the process of establishing links between two much-talked-about financial embezzlement scams in West Bengal.
She called it "horrendous" that the state government that had "banned" Durga Puja and idol immersion is taking credit for its inclusion in the UNESCO’s list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
