The Central Antiquity Collection, housing over 3 lakh artefacts at Purana Qila since 1974, is being moved to the Red Fort due to poor storage conditions. ASI has a ‘vision’ for it.
Antiquities are mix of ones returned by New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, and some confiscated by US authorities from NY attorney general’s office. Most are from eastern India.
The report, tabled in both houses of Parliament Monday, highlights challenges in documentation, identification, safeguarding and repatriation of antiquities & lost cultural wealth.
This is the latest phase in the US-China technology competition, which now spans supply chain law, export controls, labour compliance, and semiconductor access.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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