{"id":13539,"date":"2023-07-29T11:40:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T06:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13539"},"modified":"2025-04-02T05:12:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T23:42:38","slug":"world-cities-culture-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/world-cities-culture-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cities Culture Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About World Cities Culture Forum:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was founded in <strong>2012 by Justine Simons OBE<\/strong>, London\u2019s Deputy Mayor for Culture &amp; the Creative Industries.<\/li>\n<li>It is a global network of cities that <strong>share research and intelligence, and explore the role<\/strong> of culture in future prosperity.<\/li>\n<li>The network currently <strong>has 40 cities spanning six continents<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Bengaluru being the latest addition is set to join the league of cities like New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Dubai among others.<\/li>\n<li>World cities <strong>culture summit hosted on a rotating basis<\/strong> by city partners, an unprecedented gathering of city leaders sharing ideas and knowledge about culture\u2019s role in public policy in a world city context.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Key facts about Bengaluru<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore) <strong>is a megacity,<\/strong> the capital of the Southern state of Karnataka and the fastest growing city in India.<\/li>\n<li>Its population has grown from one million in 1950 to over 16 million in 2023.<\/li>\n<li>It is commonly referred to as the <strong>\u2018Silicon Valley of India\u2019<\/strong> because of its role as the nation\u2019s leading information technology exporter,<\/li>\n<li>It is home to more than <strong>30 government and private museums<\/strong> that showcase the city\u2019s rich history, art and culture.<\/li>\n<li>Most recently, South India\u2019s <strong>first major private art museum<\/strong>, the Museum of Art and Photography (MAP), opened in February 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Bengaluru\u2019s distinction lies in being a rare city where both North Indian (Hindustani) and South Indian (Carnatic) <strong>classical music thrive.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>As the \u201c<strong>Garden City of India<\/strong>\u201d, Bangaluru has many green spaces including two nationally recognised botanical gardens<strong>, Lal Bagh and Cubbon Park <\/strong>that act as green lungs for the city.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Culture?<\/h3>\n<p>Culture is a complex and multifaceted concept that encompasses the beliefs, customs, traditions, values, language, arts, social norms, and behaviors of a particular group of people. It is a shared way of life that is passed down from generation to generation and shapes the identity and practices of a community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/bangalore\/bengaluru-becomes-first-indian-city-to-join-world-cities-culture-forum\/article67123911.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Bengaluru becomes first Indian city to join World Cities Culture Forum<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Cities Culture Forum was founded in 2012 by Justine Simons OBE, London\u2019s Deputy Mayor for Culture &#038; the Creative Industries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}