NID training African craftspeople
July 24th, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) A group of 25 participants from Zimbabwe are attending a week-long crafts managers' workshop at the National School of Design in Ahmedabad to hone their ... Read more...
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Air India: Selling family silver to ease finances
July 15th, 2012 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Cash-strapped Air India is looking forward to using assets it has built up over the years like pricless paintings, sculptures and even a prime property ... Read more...
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Artisans from across the country assemble for ‘Shilpotsav 2010′ at Delhi Haat
October 16th, 2010 - 10:24 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct. 16 (ANI): Shilpotsav 2010, the annual fair of artisans from different parts of the country commenced here on Saturday at Dilli Haat near INA Market.The participating artistes and workers ... Read more...
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At 61, National Museum to get a facelift
October 9th, 2010 - 10:41 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Weekly regional showcases, additional display spaces, digitised state-of-the-art exhibitions, audiovisual guided tours and initiatives to involve children... hoping to be counted as amongst the best ... Read more...
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Ancient Mayan Tomb Found In Forest Of Guatemala
July 24th, 2010 - 7:03 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
July 24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a recent development a team of researchers have come across a hitherto unknown tomb of a Mayan monarch in a forest in Guatemala. The tomb ... Read more...
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Mayan ruler’s tomb found in Guatemala jungle
July 17th, 2010 - 6:34 am ICT by IANS
Guatemala City, July 17 (IANS/EFE) The tomb of a ruler of the vanished Mayan city of El Zotz has been discovered in a jungle in Guatemala.
Archaeologists led by Stephen Houston of Brown ... Read more...
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1,400-year-old artifact oldest of its kind in Korean history
June 4th, 2009 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul, June 4 (ANI): Archaeologists have found a 1,400-year-old artifact with the Taegeuk pattern in South Korea, the oldest of its kind in Korean history, along with 31 wooden tablets and a ... Read more...
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Bastar artefacts get patent cover
July 14th, 2008 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 14 (IANS) Exquisite and unique bell metal and traditional handicraft items of the tribal artisans of Bastar in Chhattisgarh have got the patent protection from the Hyderabad-based National Institute of ... Read more...
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US writer sought for illegal possession of Nepalese artefacts
May 24th, 2008 - 1:25 pm ICT by admin
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Kathmandu, May 24 (DPA) Nepalese police have issued an arrest warrant for a US adventure writer for alleged illegal possession of antique temple idols and body parts of endangered animals, a media ... Read more...
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Workshop on traditional wood carving in Manipur
February 26th, 2008 - 9:40 pm ICT by admin
Imphal, Feb.26 (ANI): A ten-day workshop to promote traditional wood carving and Totem art of Manipuri tribes was organized here recently.
Hosted by the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sanghralaya (national museum) of ... Read more...
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Saddams luxurious yacht on sale for 17 million pounds
December 17th, 2007 - 3:15 pm ICT by admin
London, Dec 17 (ANI): A 270 feet super-yacht, which was built for Saddam Hussein, is on sale for 17 million pounds in Paris.Built by Danish shipbuilders for the late Iraqi dictator ... Read more...
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