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$The commission has said that \persistently high\ levels of nitrogen dioxide caused 70,000 premature deaths in Europe in 2013 (Photo: AFP)$ Life

Activists protest air pollution by putting masks on statues in Paris

In February 2017, the EU ordered countries including France, Britain and Germany to tighten controls on smog-causing car...

1 April 2018 2:30 PM IST

There are a number of mysteries surrounding the Easter Island. (Photo: ANI)

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Here's why Easter Island statues stand where they do

According to the study authors, the findings suggest that Rapa Nui's statues had a more practical significance to the...

14 Jan 2019 12:33 PM IST

Mayawati is of the view that the BJP should solve the Ayodhya land dispute only through the legal route and the Supreme Court. (Photo: ANI)

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'It was the will of people': Mayawati justifies statues in SC

SC is hearing petition against statues of herself and elephants (BSP's symbol), at parks in Lucknow and Noida, with...

2 April 2019 10:39 AM IST

Metropolitan Police Department bicycle division officers stand guard after police closed the area around Lafayette Park near the White House after protesters tried to topple a statue of Andrew Jackson in the park in Washington. (AP)

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Trump signs 'strong' executive order to protect monuments

Federal law authorises a penalty of up to 10 years in prison on any person or group that vandalises a monument

27 Jun 2020 8:59 AM IST

$Casts of the headstone and footstone of an enslaved African man, in the entrance to St Marys church, in Bristol, England, Thursday June 18, 2020, where the memorial for an enslaved African man have been vandalised in St Marys churchyard in an apparent \retaliation attack\ following the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston during anti-racist protests held in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in the US.(AP)$ World

Slave's grave vandalized in UK city in apparent retaliation

Authorities presume the attack is in revenge for anti-racism protesters toppling the statue of a prominent slave trader...

19 Jun 2020 11:36 AM IST

An injured man is taken away by police after fights take place in Trafalgar Square. (AFP)

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Far-right protesters cause mayhem in London, Johnson condemns racist...

The far-right groups, describing themselves as patriots and chanting England, England', said they wanted to defend...

14 Jun 2020 9:58 AM IST

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Protesters dislodge artwork from Paris museum to return it to Africa

The five protesters were stopped before they could leave the Quai Branly Museum with the artwork

13 Jun 2020 12:13 PM IST

In this July 31, 1980, file photo, Rhodesians beat a statue as they celebrate the removal of Rhodesias founder, Cecil Rhodes, after Rhodesia, became independent in April, ending nine decades of British colonial rule and becoming Zimbabwe. (AP)

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Pulling down statues of racists? Africa's done it for years

To be fair, new campaigns in the USA and Europe are now following Africa's lead

12 Jun 2020 2:10 PM IST

A damaged Christopher Columbus statue stands in a waterfront park near the citys traditionally Italian North End neighborhood, in Boston, USA. (AP)

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Not set in stone: Statues fall as Europe reexamines its past

Memorials erected in honour of historical figures have become a focus of protests around the world

12 Jun 2020 11:55 AM IST

$Heritage Curator of the Centre for Research and Restoration of Museums of France (C2RMF) Alexandre G©rard examines polychrome stone statues belonging to the Museum of Cluny, the \apostles of the Sainte Chapelle\ before their restoration in Paris. (Photo: AFP)$ Life

Scientists crack mystery of the luckless apostles of Paris

A team of French scientists are at last revealing their original colours and forms from 1248.

4 Aug 2017 2:12 PM IST