July 25, 2023 2:06 PM

Parliamentary panel recommends setting up dedicated cultural heritage squad to recover stolen antiquities from India

A parliamentary panel has recommended setting up a “dedicated cultural heritage squad” for the recovery of stolen antiquities, with a team of officers who can be trained on various aspects of retrieval, as followed by various countries.   The department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism, and Culture said this in a report tabled in both Houses of Parliament yesterday.   The committee suggested that the government could set up a multi-departmental tas...