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Tuesday, November 18, 2025
TopicSotheby's

Topic: Sotheby's

2,000-year-old Piprahwa Gems, its Buddhist links & how govt stopped a Sotheby’s auction to bring it home

For long, a bone of contention between Indian and Hong Kong authorities, the Piprahwa Gems are now back in India after more than a century & 27 years.

Sotheby’s poised for red hot bidding battle as largest Martian meteorite goes up for auction in NY

NWA 16788 was discovered in Niger & is assumed to have travelled 140 million miles to reach Earth. Weighing 24.67 kg, the meteorite dwarfs the previous largest Martian specimen by 70%.

Post-Pahalgam power play: India-Pakistan ‘scramble’ for resources, Pakistan Army chief front & centre

Global media also reports on how Trump’s overhaul of a number of policies that the world took for granted affects Indians & Campa Cola's sweet comeback.

China’s elite love art, hide it from CCP. It’s their dirty secret

Xi Jinping may have spoilt Chinese billionaire party. But his decade-long anti-corruption campaign has only made the world of art auctions more attractive to those with ill-gotten wealth.

Sotheby’s to auction in India for the first time as country sees boom in art market

Sotheby’s auction will be held in Mumbai with one of modern master Tyeb Mehta’s most important works “Durga Mahisasur Mardini”; the artist's previous auction record was $3.6 million.

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India has to move on now. Engage with ‘Nooton Bangladesh’

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has, in a sense, tasted her own medicine. The International Crimes Tribunal, the special court she instituted for...

The day Dharmendra ‘died’

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.