India’s Asian Games-bound grappler Manisha Bhanwala and Neha Sangwan won gold medals in the women’s 57kg and 59kg freestyle categories, respectively, at the Ulaanbaatar Open 2026 wrestling tournament in Mongolia on Friday. Manisha Bhanwala, a former Asian champion in …
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Sports & Inspiration
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Sports & Inspiration
Shreyas Iyer replaces Suryakumar Yadav as India’s new T20 captain
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauShreyas Iyer has replaced Suryakumar Yadav as India’s new T20I captain. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named the 31-year-old Iyer as the new T20 skipper heading into India’s upcoming tours …
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Economy & Development
Supporting Resilient Livelihoods in Yemen: Powerful photo exhibition at the EU in Brussels
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauEntitled “Yemeni Livelihoods: Resilience at Work”, the exhibition features powerful images and stories of hope from the ground. It showcases EU-funded initiatives, implemented by UNESCO and UNDP, that are restoring …
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Global Affairs
UNESCO supports Cambodia’s Climate-Smart Education Transition through a new Instructional Package for Teacher Education and Training
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauCambodia is highly vulnerable to climate-related risks, including rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and recurrent floods, which significantly affect education, agriculture, livelihoods, public health, and the economy. Building climate resilience requires …
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Economy & Development
ITU and UNESCO strengthen collaboration on green digital transformation in Equatorial Guinea
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThe International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in collaboration with UNESCO and other United Nations partners, advanced standards‑based approaches to green digital transformation and climate action at the sixteenth Symposium on Information …
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Education & Innovation
Indigenous Knowledge in the Digital Age: Learning, Preserving, Sharing
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauStudents from Benin, Corsica France, Ghana and Nigeria came together during this UNESCO Campus to explore key global issues. The central topics was Indigenous Peoples, their knowledge and in what …
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Most conservation strategies start by drawing a line around a forest and keeping people out. UNESCO’s biosphere reserves start from the opposite assumption: that the communities living inside the world’s …
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Education & Innovation
UNESCO revises landmark 1966 and 1997 Recommendations on the Status of Teaching Personnel
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauAlmost six decades have passed since the adoption of the 1966 Recommendation, while almost three have passed in the case of the 1997 Recommendation. Teachers from early childhood to higher education are …
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Economy & Development
UNESCO advocates multi-stakeholder partnerships for inclusive digital futures at EuroDIG 2026
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauUNESCO contributes to EuroDIG by shaping inclusive digital futures UNESCO contributed to high-level discussions on the main session WSIS+20 Review Outcomes and the Path to Implementation. UNESCO’s Director for Digital Inclusion, Policies …
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The 38th session of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) International Coordinating Council, held in Hernandarias, Paraguay, has officially approved today the designation of the Aruba Biosphere Reserve, …