For the first time ever, two Indian cities, Varanasi and Jaipur, were added to the Creative City Network of UNESCO. Varanasi was added under the…
Vadakkunnathan temple in Kerala won UNESCO’s Award of Excellence 2015
India won the top UNESCO prize ‘Award of Excellence’ 2015 for the remarkable conservation efforts of the Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple in Kerala. The award recognised the remarkable conservation effort undertaken at the sacred site.
Conakry named as World Book Capital for 2017 by UNESCO
Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea, was on 21 July 2015 named as the World Book Capital for 2017 by United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO).