India, Oct. 21 -- Three sites, two in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and one in Chhattisgarh, have been added to India's Tentative List for UNESCO World Heritage status. The sites are the Karst-mud-volcano Complex of Baratang, the Andaman Subduction Volcanoes, and the Sirpur Cultural and Archaeological Landscape.

Our story on Rajasthan's painted Shekhawati Havelis being added to the UNESCO Tentative List is sure to interest you.

Everything to know about the additions to UNESCO Tentative List

The Permanent Delegation of India to UNESCO announced the move on October 20, through a post on X. The post said that a property must be on the Tentative List before it can be nominated for inscription. It also thanked the Archaeological Survey of...