World Heritage Sites Current Affairs, GK & News
World Heritage Day: April 18 – Update (April, 2021)
Every year, the World Heritage Day is celebrated on April 18. The day is also called the International Day for Monuments and Sites. This year, the World Heritage Day was celebrated under the following theme Theme: Complex Pasts: Diverse Futures World Heritage Day The World Heritage Day is promoted by the International Council on Monuments ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs • Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: ICOSMOS • International Monument Day for Monuments and sites • United Nations • World Heritage Day • World Heritage Sites
Pink City-Jaipur receives World Heritage Certificate from UNESCO
On February 5, 2020, the Pink City of Rajasthan, Jaipur, received World Heritage Certificate from the UNESCO. The UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay visited India to present the certificate. Highlights The World Heritage Certificate was presented to Jaipur for the efforts of the people of the pink city towards preserving its cultural heritage. Jaipur’s Parkota ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Jaipur • Mughal Empire • Mughals • Persian • Rajasthan • UNESCO • UNESCO world heritage sites • World Heritage Sites
NDRF: New unit to save heritage structures
The National Disaster Response Force is to establish a specialized unit for heritage structures. Highlights The specialized unit is to be established in every battalion of the NDRF. It will help preserve monuments and heritage structures that are damaged and battered by natural disasters. It will also hold the responsibility of rescue and restoration of ..
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Disaster Management • NDRF • NDRF battalions • Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction • UNESCO • World Heritage Committee • World Heritage Sites
Iraq’s Babylon listed as UNESCO’s World Heritage Site
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee has voted to list sprawling Mesopotamian metropolis of Babylon as a World Heritage Site (WHS) after 30 years of lobbying efforts by Iraq. Key Highlights Since 1983 Iraq had been trying to have Babylon site recognised by UNESCO. The World Heritage Committee met in ..
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Babylon • Ishtar Gate • Tower of Babel • United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization • World Heritage Committee • World Heritage Sites • World Heritage Sites in Iraq
April 18: World Heritage Day
The World Heritage Day is observed every year across world on April 18. Observance of day aims to spread awareness importance of protecting and preserving various sites around world that have achieved world heritage status and having outstanding universal values. This year theme of the day is “Heritage for Generations”, emphasizing on inter-generational transfer of ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Art and Culture • ICOMOS • UNESCO • World Heritage Day • World Heritage Sites