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UNESCO says that some 1,443 scientific facilities, many attached to universities, have been damaged or destroyed along with 750 pieces of vital technical equipment, most of which is beyond repair.

Did you ever wonder about the monument gracing the back of the 100 Rupee note? That breathtaking structure is Rani Ki Vav, an ancient stepwell in Patan, Gujarat. Dive into its history, intricate carvings, and UNESCO World Heritage significance.

The Kalimpong-based Rongring Lepcha Culture and Welfare Society has been awarded World Summit Awards 2023 by the Austrian body which is co-funded by European Union

During MWC Barcelona 2024, Huawei held the Huawei Talent Summit and made announcements relevant to several talent development initiatives, including: the launch of the applications for the global ITU-Huawei Generation Connect Young Leadership Programme; the announcement that the joint project between Huawei and UNESCO's Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) will be implemented in Morocco; and Huawei Cloud's startups programme.

The UNESCO Office in Vietnam in coordination with the Centre for Vocational Education and Training under the Trade Union of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province on February 26 launched a project on facilitating access to vocational and transferable skills for out-of-school children and youth in Vietnam.

UNESCO said it has never published a ranking of the world's "sweetest" languages following a false claim circulating online in Bangladesh that the UN agency crowned Bengali, the South Asian country's official language, top of the list. The rumour has circulated online since at least 2010 but there was no trace of such a ranking on UNESCO's website or social media accounts as of February 27, 2024.

Youth aged 18 to 28 are free to submit their ideas for community projects addressing the digital divide.

Teresa Levonian Cole finds that wildlife sightings are a daily occurrence at the resort, which lies deep within a ten million-year-old rainforest on the island of Langkawi.

The Giant's Causeway is Northern Ireland's only site to have achieved a Unesco listing so far.

Readers discuss Hong Kong’s potential for sustainable eco-tourism, a decline in reading in mainland China, and United Nations reform.