CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Here’s Why Rio De Janeiro was Awarded a UNESCO World Heritage Tag. On Tuesday, December 13th, Rio de Janeiro was awarded the World Heritage tag by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), gaining the title of the first urban cultural landscape World Heritage.

Detailed explanation-2: -Brasilia, a capital created ex nihilo in the centre of the country in 1956, was a landmark in the history of town planning.

Detailed explanation-3: -As of 2017, there are 21 World Heritage Sites in Brazil, including fourteen cultural sites and seven natural sites.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mumbai and New Delhi each have three sites, Agra and Jaipur have two.