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The University of Oxford will remove the Sackler name from its buildings and staff posts following a review into its ties with the family.

The Indian government contested a 'Telegraph' report claiming that the country was seeking a large-scale repatriation effort in the UK.

India’s ministerial and diplomatic staff will be mobilised to secure the return of potentially thousands of artefacts taken to Britain during the days of empire, in what one source described as a 'reckoning with the past'

India will wage a diplomatic campaign to reclaim the Koh-i-Noor diamond and thousands of other treasures from Britain in a "reckoning" with the colonial past, the Telegraph UK reported.

The issue of repatriation of Indian jewels and artefacts is among the priorities of the PM Modi’s government and likely to spill over into diplomatic and trade talks between the two countries

New Delhi is seeking to reclaim artefacts including the Koh-I-Noor from Britain and will support other nations' causes

India is set to help Greece pressure the UK to hand over the Elgin Marbles, alongside other countries whose artefacts were taken by foreign powers.

The reclamation of historical artefacts - such as the Koh-I-Noor diamond and a tablet of the Buddhas footprints - is a primary objective of Prime Minister Narendra Modis administration.

400 years of dynamic Japanese art is explored in this onscreen exploration of the major 2021 Ashmolean Museum exhibition. The documentary includes nudity in the context of artworks. .