Tashkent hosts first ever Uzbek-Indian International Congress of Guides
The first ever Uzbek-Indian International Congress of Guides emphasized the need for multilateral cooperation to strengthen human resources in excursion activities.
Culture & Society
Nine Lives: My Time as the West’s Top Spy Inside Al-Qaeda
Book Review By Kyle Orton The main issue with that Nine Lives has to overcome is the
Wage Inequality growing worldwide: ILO
Top earners around the world have seen their share of national income rise in the last decade and a half, while everyone else has seen their pay packets shrink by comparison, UN economists reported on Thursday.
Jesus’s birthplace removed from list of heritage sites in danger
The United Nations’ cultural agency announced on Tuesday that it was removing the place that is officially recognized as the Birthplace of Jesus, from its List of World Heritage in Danger – crediting extensive restorative work on Bethlehem’s Nativity Church, in Palestine.
Photo: UNESCO/Ko Hon Chiu Vincent
UNICEF & ICC deliver ‘One Day for Children’ Celebration at Cricket World Cup 2019
The money raised throughout the campaign will support UNICEF’s work for children in cricket playing nations across the world, as the sport’s one billion fans unite to ensure children have the chance to learn, play, and be healthy.
Photo: UNICEF
Khiva to become capital of Turkic world in 2020
At present, Osh in Kyrgyzstan is the capital of Turkic world.
Promoting gender equality a ‘crucial contribution’ to protecting our oceans
Women are engaged in all aspects of interaction with our ocean, yet their voices are often missing at the decision-making level, the head of the United Nations cultural agency said on World Oceans Day, emphasizing that “we must ensure diversity and gender inclusiveness at all levels” to set a balanced course for humanity and foster innovative solutions for the ocean.
Photo: Arne Hoel/World Bank
“Madras, Calcutta were the cradle of Armenian Intellectual Activities”
Indians and Armenians were known to each other since at least the 4th century BC. In 149 BC two Indian princes migrated from Kanauj to Armenia where they set up a Hindu settlement
Baku forum to push back against social and religious intolerance
Just off a plane from Sri Lanka, Miguel Angel Moratinos, United Nations High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations (UNOAC), said on Wednesday that tomorrow’s 5th World Forum for Intercultural Dialogue is opening at a “very timely” moment
Seductive Uzbekistan sees increased tourist footfall
Who can resist the lure of bewitching Samarqand? Or medieval Khiva? Or devout Bukhara? Generations