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World Heritage Site, Great Barrier Reef in Australia should listed under "In Danger" list according to UNESCO. This development will be proposed during next month's meeting which may pressurize Australia, which has been reluctant to comply, to take immediate measures. After the first proposal in 2017, Canberra donated $2.2 billion to improve the reef but global warming, caused by fossil fuel burning has degraded it further.

The culture ministry on May 19 announced that six of the nine proposed Indian places submitted to UNESCO were added to the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The locations are: Satpura Tiger Reserve, ganga ghats in Varanasi, Megalithic site of Hire Benkal, Maratha Military Architecture (Maharashtra), Bhedaghat-Lametaghat in Narmada Valley- Jabalpur and Temples of Kanchipuram. The Archaeological Survey of India has made the… read-more

With increased tourist footfall at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear site, the officials have been demanding a 'World Heritage' tag from UNESCO. Due to an increase in wildlife, visitors can spot elk and deer in the nearby forests. However, authorities believe the place is not safe for another 24,000 years, which was declared ‘exclusion zone’ after the 1986 disaster. Ukraine Minister Oleksander Tkachenko said the Heritage tag will likely attract… read-more

Ranjitsinh Disale, a primary-school teacher from Solapur, Maharashtra is in the race to win $1-million Global Teacher Prize, which associates with UNESCO. Promoting girl’s education, Disale revamped the school building, translated textbooks into mother tongue and made his school the first in Maharashtra to enable learning through QR codes. Disale also ensured 100% girls' attendance at school while reducing teenage marriages in his village… read-more