Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) An international tourism company has lodged a police complaint against former state minister Indranil Sen and his wife, accusing them of illegally selling pre-Puja tickets by misusing the name of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).The complaint was filed at the Bowbazar Police Station in central Kolkata. There are allegations that they were running an illegal commercial racket centred around Durga Puja.On behalf of the internation…
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Ahmedabad/New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday highlighted the global acceptance of yoga, recalling that 190 countries had supported India’s proposal at the United Nations for the establishment of the ‘International Yoga Day’ nearly a decade ago. Addressing athletes and delegates at the opening of the first World Yogasana Championship in Ahmedabad, PM Modi said the overwhelming backing for the proposal reflected the universal appeal of yoga and its role in promoting …
Islamabad, June 4 (IANS) Pakistan needs to raise its education spending to international levels – at least four-six per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – as suggested by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNSESCO) and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), a report has stated. Pakistan’s literacy rate is 60 per cent while male literacy stood at 68 per cent and female literacy is at 52 per cent. The literacy rate in Pakistan is hig…
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Thongsavan Phomvihane, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Lao, has arrived in India to co-chair the 10th India–Lao PDR Joint Commission Meeting, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated on Monday. “A warm welcome to DPM and FM Thongsavan Phomvihane of Lao PDR on his first visit to India to co-chair the 10th India–Lao PDR Joint Commission Meeting with EAM S. Jaishankar,” MEA wrote on X.“India and Lao PDR are celebrating 70 years of diplomatic tie…
Islamabad, May 31 (IANS) According to Unicef, Pakistan has the second-highest number of out-of-school children in the world and UNESCO says that this reflects systemic inefficiencies in education access, internal efficiency and retention pathways.An editorial in Pakistan’s daily ‘The News International’ states that apart from those children who have never stepped into a school, the demography of the out-of-school children also comprises of early dropouts and late entrants.It highlighted: “Like m…
Guwahati, May 31 (IANS) The carcass of a sub-adult tiger was recovered from the Mihimukh area of Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR), officials said on Sunday.A senior KNPTR official said the four-day-old carcass of the tiger was found in the Mihimukh area under the Kaziranga Range at Kohora on Saturday evening during routine surveillance and monitoring activities carried out by forest personnel.The official said the carcass was subsequently examined by park authorities and…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s daughter Tiffany Trump and her husband Michael Boulos arrived in Agra on Saturday as part of a private visit to India, officials said. The couple is expected to visit the Taj Mahal during their stay before travelling onward to Rajasthan.According to officials and local sources, Tiffany Trump travelled to Agra via a chartered aircraft. Security arrangements were put in place by local authorities in view of the high-profile visit, although the…
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) India has emerged as a significant partner in Africa’s education sector, not merely through rhetoric but with functioning institutions and active programmes across the continent. The long-running Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation programme (ITEC) has provided training to several African professionals, while the Indian government initiatives such as e-VidyaBharati and e-ArogyaBharati (e-VBAB) have expanded online education and telemedicine, a report said on Satu…
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Friday said the state’s economy has doubled over the last five years, as he highlighted Meghalaya’s rapid infrastructure expansion and investment potential at the curtain raiser of the North East India Infrastructure Summit and Exhibition 2026 in the national capital. The curtain-raiser event, organised at Meghalaya House in New Delhi, outlined the roadmap for the two-day North East India Infrastructure Summit and Exhibiti…
Phnom Penh, May 9 (IANS) Archaeologists have completed the emergency restoration of the early 10th-century Baksei Chamkrong temple in Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park after parts of the structure were at risk of collapse, the APSARA National Authority (ANA) said in a news release on Saturday. Put Soth, head of the Baksei Chamkrong restoration site, said the restoration team had reinforced the Hindu temple’s most vulnerable sections, ensuring that the historic monument will remain stab…