Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna’s statue was erected on the 2nd anniversary of their fatal helicopter crashA sculpture of NBA great Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna “Gigi” Bryant was brought on Wednesday to the helicopter crash site where they perished alongside seven others on a hillside near Los Angeles two years ago.The 160-pound…Continue Reading
A movement to honour Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia, the first woman in the world to graduate from university, with a statue in Padua’s Prato della Valle square has sparked a national debate in Italy about historical conservation and gender representation in monuments.Margherita Colonnello, a city councillor in the northern Italian city of Padua, stands beside…Continue Reading
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: January 21, 2022 2:25:47 pm Statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose will be installed at India Gate, PM Modi announced on Monday. (Twitter/@NarendraModi) Ahead of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s 125th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that his statue will be installed at India Gate…Continue Reading
Festive celebrations were disrupted, Jesus statues were smashed and effigies of Santa Claus were burned in a spate of attacks on India’s Christian community over Christmas.Amid growing intolerance and violence against India’s Christian minority, who make up about 2% of India’s population, several Christmas events were targeted by Hindu right wing groups, who alleged Christians…Continue Reading