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TopicLouvre Museum robbery

Topic: Louvre Museum robbery

5 more arrested, suspects held earlier admit to ‘involvement’ in Louvre heist

According to the Paris prosecutor, two men arrested last week admitted to 'partial involvement' in the robbery that took place on 19 October.

‘All museums are at risk’. How Louvre heist sparked a reckoning on art security

It only took seven minutes to bring the world’s largest museum to its knees. The thieves had set up a truck on the periphery of the museum. It went unnoticed because trucks and their appendages are common sights in Paris.

Louvre jewel heist: 2 suspects arrested near Paris, says French media report

According to Le Parisien, the suspects, in their 30s and originally from the Seine-Saint-Denis suburb of Paris capital, were arrested just as one of them was about to fly out of the country.

‘Mission Impossible’—Fevicol’s cheeky ad featuring Le Louvre jewellery heist

The brand even threw in a reference to hit Hindi heist film Dhoom 2, a Hrithik Roshan and Abhishek Bachchan-starrer that also depicted a slick jewellery theft from a museum.

Louvre reopens after 88 million euro jewellery heist, as questions rise over security lapses

Amid rising frustration that no senior official has taken responsibility, French interior minister acknowledged the security failures & culture minister launched an administrative inquiry.

Gone in 7 minutes: Thieves break into France’s Louvre using chainsaws, make away with 9 items

French govt has initiated probe into Louvre heist executed in broad daylight. Total value of the stolen items has not yet been confirmed.

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SIR drive isn’t NRC-CAA—it can exclude millions of genuine voters, not just Muslims

India is a country where access to documents and digital systems is still uneven. Election Commission's SIR must not turn into a hostile exercise.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.