NNW Bureau

Olympic medallist Aman Sehrawat won a silver medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2026 after losing the men’s freestyle 61kg final in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Sunday. The 22-year-old Aman Sehrawat, who became India’s youngest Olympic medal winner at …

India’s Ayush Shetty won a silver medal at the Badminton Asia Championships 2026 men’s singles event, going down against world champion and local favourite Shi Yuqi in the final at Ningbo, the People’s Republic of China, …

Sawan Barwal marked his marathon debut in style by breaking Shivnath Singh’s long-standing 48-year-old Indian national record at the Rotterdam Marathon 2026 on Sunday. A long distance runner, Barwal finished 20th in Rotterdam with a time of …

The World Health Organization (WHO) has convened the historic first Global Forum of Collaborating Centres—one of the world’s largest and most diverse public health networks—bringing together representatives from over 800 …

UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre held, from 17 to 19 March 2026 in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, a capacity-building workshop on the World Heritage Convention, bringing together key national …

Siem Reap, 7-9 April 2026 – The 16th Southeast Asia Biosphere Reserves Network (SeaBRnet) Meeting was held in Cambodia, bringing together around 100 participants from across Southeast Asia. Organized by UNESCO …

Bhubaneswar, 24 March 2026 – UNESCO, with Sports and Society Accelerator (SSA), Victoria University, Melbourne, and the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), launched the Sport and Physical Activity (SAPA) Impact …

New Delhi, 8 April 2026 – UNESCO, with the Indraprastha College for Women, launched “Empower Flow: A Certificate Course for Menstrual Health & Hygiene Management (MHHM),” under the Spotlight Red initiative. …

In a milestone for disaster risk management in Peru, the district of La Punta, in Callao, has been officially recognized as a “Tsunami Ready” community by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission …

In a context shaped by the convergence of environmental, social, and ethical challenges, the UNESCO Regional Office for Central America, Mexico, and Colombia (UNESCO San José) and the Costa Rica …