✅UNESCO IN NEWS 2021-22 :

 ✅UNESCO IN NEWS 2021-22 :-

➢ India nominates Garba ( Dance Form  Gujarat) to be inscribed on UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list.

➢ UNESCO recognized the use of information and communication technology (ICT), under a comprehensive initiative called PM eVIDYA by the department of school education, Ministry of Education.

➢ Khuvsul Lake National Park of Mangolia has been added to the World Network of Biosphere Reserve of UNESCO.

➢ Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) wins UNESCO’s King Hamad Bin Isa AlKhalifa Prize for the year 2021.

➢ Brazil landscape garden Sitio Burle Marx receives UNESCO World Heritage status.

➢ India chosen to join 2003 Convention on UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee.

➢ Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, has contributed an amount of USD 72,124 towards UNESCO Fund for Elimination of Doping in Sport in 2022.

➢ Guadalajara, Mexico was named World Book Capital for the year 2022.

➢ Meghalaya’s living root bridges included on tentative list of UNESCO’s World’s Heritage Sites.

➢ UNESCO recognises Kolkata’s Durga Puja as Intangible Cultural Heritage.

➢ Centre nominates Hoysala Temples in Karnataka for World Heritage List in 2022-2023.

➢ Delhi’s Nizamuddin Revival Project won 2 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation 2021.

➢ ‘Lingui, The Sacred Bonds’ wins ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal at 52nd IFFI.

➢ Naomi Kawase named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.

➢ India re-elected to UNESCO Executive Board for 2021-25 term.

➢ Srinagar has been included in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.

➢ World-acclaimed Kung Fu Nuns wins UNESCO’s Martial Arts Education Prize 2021.

➢ UNESCO launches 2021 State of the Education Report for India: “No Teacher, No Class”.

➢ India’s NIOS wins UNESCO Literacy Prize 2021 for Innovation in Education.

➢ Dholavira, the Harappan City in Gujarat’s Rann of Kutchch inscribed as India’s 40th UNESCO World Heritage Site.

➢ Brazil landscape garden Sitio Burle Marx receives UNESCO World Heritage status.

➢ Rudreswara Temple (Ramappa Temple) of Telangana inscribed as India’s 39th UNESCO World Heritage List.

➢ UNESCO grants World Heritage Status to Madrid’s Paseo del Prado and Retiro Park.

➢ Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City (United Kingdom) removed from UNESCO World Heritage list.

➢ Gwalior and Orchha cities of Madhya Pradesh has been selected by UNESCO under ‘Historic Urban Landscape Project’.

➢ Philippines Journalist Maria Ressa Honored with 2021 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.

➢  Singapore’s ‘Hawker’ Culture serving as ‘Community Dining Room’ Gets UNESCO Recognition.

➢ Gwalior and Orchha Cities of Madhya Pradesh Included in UNESCO World Heritage Cities List.