With seven out of 16 awards, India bagged the highest number of awards among all the participant nations in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Asia Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation for 2017. While the award for merit was given to three Indian historical sites, the others four sites were given honourable mentions in the UNESCO awards, announced on November 1. Four of the awards winning structures are in Mumbai. The 16 winners of the UNESCO award are from six countries: Australia, China, India, Iran, New Zealand and Singapore.
India’s poor deserve better than this
Concerns are being raised about whether the needs of poor and marginalized communities in India are receiving enough attention in current government policies. Observers say
