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The Art Institute of Chicago Is Returning a 12th-Century Buddha Sculpture to Nepal
Museum officials say they are voluntarily repatriating the object after learning that it had been stolen from Guita Bahi in the Kathmandu Valley ...
Art Institute will return Buddha sculpture to Nepal
The museum’s researchers collaborated with the government of Nepal to determine the sculpture had been stolen from the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal.
The torso of a Buddha statue has been found at Cambodia’s Angkor temple complex
Archaeologists in Cambodia are celebrating an unexpected find at the country’s centuries-old Angkor temple complex: the torso ...
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Chennai Corporation going all out to improve property tax collection from government buildings to be eligible for grants from the Centre
However, collecting tax from government agencies has been mired in controversies including disagreements and disputes. Chennai Corporation has collected property tax from only 7 lakh out of 13.82 ...
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Spanish government removes mummy remains from museum view
Rosa Dávila, president of the government of Tenerife, says the mummy should be housed in Tenerife’s Museum of Nature and Archaeology, saying it is a “a symbol of our ancestral culture ...
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Metro expansions, new airport, language museum and more: Key takeaways, announcements from Tamil Nadu Budget 2025-26
The Tamil Nadu government presented the 2025-26 budget with key welfare initiatives, including fare-free bus travel for women and monthly financial support. Amid the budget session, AIADMK ...
The Hindu26d
Visakhapatnam-Chennai-Puducherry Cordelia Cruise tourism project awaits clearance from Puducherry government
The Visakhapatnam-Chennai-Puducherry Cordelia Cruise tourism project is pending as it has to get clearance from the Puducherry government. A final decision is likely to be taken by February 28 to ...
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Mill museum receives £800k from government fund
A Lancashire mill museum, which featured in the Oscar-winning film The King's Speech, has been allocated more than £800,000 of government funding. Queen Street Mill Textile Museum in Burnley is ...
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Poland’s Museums Veered to the Right. A New One Aims for the Middle.
For years, lawmakers tried to turn Polish cultural institutions conservative. Now, the revamped Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw wants to avoid getting drawn into politics. By Alex Marshall ...