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On This Day in History, June 8: Porsche is born, Ghostbusters release, Siam renamed Thailand, Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four published, NFL merger announced, Robert F. Kennedy laid to rest and other major eventsOn This Day in History, June 8, the world witnessed events that shaped politics, warfare, literature and culture. The Viking raid on Lindis...- Louvre heist arrests in Paris: Suspects taken to custody as one of them try to fly out of France. Details hereFour hooded thieves made off with eight precious pieces worth an estimated $102 million from the Louvre's collection on October 19, exposin...
- The Louvre's crown jewel heist is now a race against time for authorities - and the brazen thievesFrance is stunned after a daring daylight robbery at the Louvre. Priceless royal jewels, including crowns and necklaces, were stolen. Exper...
- French museum hit by 9.5 mn euro porcelain heistThieves snatched three porcelain works worth millions of euros and classed as national treasures in a heist at a French collection in the s...
- Ghana artifacts that were looted 150 years ago by British forces have been returned by a US museumThe artifacts included an elephant tail whisk, an ornamental chair made of wood, leather and iron, two gold stool ornaments, a gold necklac...
- Parliamentary Committee urges strengthening Archaeological Survey of India's documentation effortsThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism, and Culture has submitted a report on the functioning of the Archaeological Sur...
- Centuries-old 'priceless' cultural artifacts smuggled out from Cambodia brought back homeIn Feb, a spectacular collection of jewelry returned from the estate of antiquities collector.
- Optus hack: Australia updates telecom law to protect dataThe changes to Telecommunications Regulations allow Optus and other providers to better coordinate with financial institutions and governme...
- Why government needs to undertake nationwide survey of antiques and soon-to-be antiques in IndiaThe problem, for India, only gets compounded with the government lacking any reliable database on antiquities and their locations. Also, ev...
- US returns 248 antiquities valued at $15 million to India“This extraordinary assemblage of artifacts, recovered from five different criminal investigations over the past decade, embodies the timel...
- US repatriates two antique statues stolen from IndiaBoth of the items were forfeited once the owners were presented with evidence that the artifacts were previously stolen from India.
- Can't pass an order on reclaiming Kohinoor: Supreme CourtIn saying this, the SC's 3-judge bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar also dismissed two petitions on the issue, calling them "frivolou...
- Supreme Court agrees to hear another plea on bringing back 'Kohinoor'A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said it would hear the plea alongwi...
- From antiquities to stratosphere, PM Modi explores new aspects of US-India tiesSome 200 more pieces more pieces stolen from India and hawked by art dealers -- to museums and private collections across the US will be re...
- US returns 200 artifacts worth $100 million to IndiaSpeaking in Hindi, the Prime Minister said that in the last two years various countries have endeavoured to return India's stolen cultural ...
- Government makes a U-turn on Kohinoor diamondIn a statement, the government claimed it has not yet conveyed its views to the court "contrary to what is being misrepresented" in the med...
- Dismissal of PIL on Kohinoor may deny government's legit claim: Supreme CourtSC said this was the stand of Ministry of Culture while the response from Ministry of External Affairs, which is also a party, is awaited.
- BJP meet to account for theft of Rs 2.6-cr ‘unaccounted’ cashWith the theft of Rs 2.6 crore from its central headquarters at 11, Ashoka Road, causing a major embarrassment, BJP president Rajnath Singh...
- Works of Tagore, Netaji stolen from National Library?A national treasure trove of rare books, manuscripts and letters associated with Rabindranath Tagore, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Sarat Cha...
- Works of Tagore, Netaji stolen from National Library?A national treasure trove of rare books, manuscripts and letters associated with Rabindranath Tagore, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Sarat Cha...
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