At the 43rd Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee which is underway from June 30 to July 10, 2019 in Baku, Azerbaijan, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) added the ‘Pink City’ Jaipur/Walled City of Jaipur of Rajasthan, known for its iconic architectural legacy, into the list of the World Heritage Sites.
Now the number of heritage sites across India in the UNESCO World Heritage list has increased to 38.
Arinjeeta Dey, a 10-year-old girl, has won a silver medal in the World Youth Cup held at Umag, Croatia. The tournament was organised by World Karate Federation affiliated to the International Olympic Association.
Eighteen hundred Bangladeshi mid-career civil servants will be trained at the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) in Mussoorie,Uttarakhand between 2019-2025.
The world’s largest burn and plastic surgery institute named Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute started its operation in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
At the 3rd edition of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Health Impact Awards organized at Hyatt Regency in New Delhi, Gurgaon based Non-Profit Organization,Genesis Foundation was awarded as CSR Implementation Partner in the leadership category for its association with WPP India CSR Foundation for ‘Project Little Hearts’.
IPS officer from Odisha cadre, M Nageswar Rao, has been removed from his current post of Additional Director of CBI and appointed as the Director General of Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guard by Central Government. He will continue this post till July 2020. He will succeed S.N Pradhan.
Yes Bank has acquired over 9.47% shares of battery maker Eveready by invoking pledged shares following loan default by a group company named McLeod Russel.
The Chief Minister of Haryana Government Manohar Lal Khattar has launched online portal named “Meri Fasal Mera Byora” for farmers to directly avail crop related benefits of state government schemes after self -reporting their land and crop-related details.
India will host 3rd International Sunflower Seed and Oil Conference (ISSOC) 2019 on July 19 and 20 in Mumbai. the first 2 Conferences were held respectively in China and Ukraina.
The conference will be hosted by Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA).
Christine Lagarde, the first woman head of the International Monetary Fund(IMF) has been nominated to become the first woman to lead European Central Bank(ECB).
India has won the unanimous support of all countries in the 55-member Asia-Pacific Group at the United Nations in support of its bid for a non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term in 2021-22.
The Minister of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar reviewed the National Film Heritage Mission (NFHM) during a visit to the National Film Archive of India (NFAI), Pune, Maharashtra.