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MoU to protect 92 monuments in Delhi
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today between Government of Delhi and INTACH for protection and conservation of 92 monuments in Delhi. As per the MoU, INTACH Delhi Chapter will provide its service for protection, conservation and management of archaeological monuments and sites in Delhi and undertake activities in two phases.
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- 30/10/2008
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- Tribune (New Delhi)
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A different muse
In an era when “recycle” is the buzzword, artistes the world over are making innovative efforts to revolutionize the way people look at waste. First it was Santiago Sierra, the Spanish artist’s recycled human waste, that was put on display at Lisson Gallery, London (see ‘Artistic solution’ Down to Earth, January 15, 2008). Exhibits of rectangular solid blocks, recycled and sanitized, they were
- Date:
- 29/09/2008
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- Down to Earth
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News Snippets
>> The video-sharing site YouTube will be allowed to mask the identities of individual users when it provides viewership records to the
media giant Viacom and other copyright holders after a US court directed it to submit its database to Viacom.
>> Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has come under pressure for their continued sponsorship of the Beijing Olympics, with activists
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- 14/08/2008
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- Down to Earth
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South Asia
Petrol price hiked again: Pakistan’s government has raised petrol and diesel prices by 14 per cent—the highest ever increase. The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority increased the kerosene price from Rs (Pak) 49.73 a litre to Rs (Pak) 57.93; that of light diesel oil from Rs (Pak) 49.05 to Rs (Pak) 58.54; and of petrol by Rs (Pak) 10.97 a litre to Rs (Pak) 86.66. This is the sixth increase in
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- 14/08/2008
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- Down to Earth
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Colonial straitjacket
Book>> Becoming IndiaÀ Western Himalayas under
British Rule • by Aniket Alam • Foundation Books, Delhi • 2008
Aniket Alam’s foray into the evolution of social, political and productive relations in the western Himalaya emphasizes an important, if not always
profound, insight. That the process of becoming India as a single social, political, economic, administrative and, to a lesser
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- 14/08/2008
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- Down to Earth
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On heritage list
unesco has added 19 cultural and eight natural sites to its World Heritage List
One of the criteria for selecting these sites is the immediate threat of development and environmental degradation they face.
The new entrants disclosed on July 8 include Baha’i holy sites in Israel and a thirteenth century Ottoman town in Albania. Other sites include two 500-year-old towns in Malaysia
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- 14/08/2008
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- Down to Earth
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Sethu is not national monument: Centre
THE Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that Ram Sethu does not fulfil the criteria to be declared as a national monument. It is the absolute prerogative of the government to declare Sethu as a national heritage and cannot be directed to do so, Centre's counsel Fali S Nariman told the apex court.
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- 30/07/2008
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- Economic Times (New Delhi)
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NO ‘PROTECTION' IN BUFFER ZONE
While the tomb of Humayaun has been restored to its former glory, two other Mughal-era structures located right next to it lie in a state of disrepair. Keen to repair them, the ASI is now waiting for SC to deliver its verdict on the land that is now with the Scouts
Richi Verma | TNN
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- 22/07/2008
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Fossil statement
The rich and famous frequently change the medium they use to make a statement. If today it is a collection of Impressionist masters, tomorrow it
can be a large family of adopted children collected from different cultures. Displaying a definite taste for the bizarre, moneyed collectors are now
flocking fossil auctions like never before.
In April, a 65-million-year-old Triceratops
- Date:
- 14/07/2008
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- Down to Earth
