NALANDA UNIVERSITY TO BE PART OF UNESCO'S HERITAGE LIST
The UNESCO on Monday included in its list of World Heritage Sites the Capitol Complex in Chandigarh and a national park in Sikkim that is home to Mount Khangchendzonga, the world's third highest peak, thereby approving all three Indian nominations for this session.This approval came a couple of days after the ruins of the Nalanda University were included in the elite list during the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee meeting that was held in Istanbul.An official from India's Ministry of Culture was quoted by Press Trust of India as saying that this is the first time three sites of a country got included in the UNESCO World Heritage list in a single session of the meeting.