Mumbai: Emphasising the need to protect the environment, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday stated that artisans do not have a ...

Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Tuesday scheduled the hearing of petitions challenging the ban on plaster of Paris (PoP) idols for April 23. Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Makarand Karnik ...

A Thane-based association of idol makers, Shri Ganesh Murtikar Utkarsha Sanstha, has approached the Bombay high court, ...

Manufactured objects will form distinctive, if sometimes hard to interpret, clues to human existence, paleontologist authors ...

Your German folk art is very classic and yes, these pieces are marvels in the art world. Many have original signatures, as ...

As per the revised CPCB guidelines issued in 2020, idols made of biodegradable raw materials be encouraged, while those made ...

Dippy the dinosaur is a plaster-of-Paris replica of a Diplodocus carnegii skeleton. The original skeleton is housed at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, USA. There are several ...

Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde announced the formation of a study group to assess the environmental impact of immersing Plaster of Paris (PoP) idols, as per directives from the science commission.

Terms in italic are defined in a glossary at the bottom of this page. Note that the Neanderthal is painted plaster of paris, with the maroon spots indicating pieces missing from the original.

The Shiv Sena (UBT) has criticized the BJP-led Mahayuti government in Maharashtra for imposing restrictions on festivals like Holi and the use of Plaster of Paris for Ganesh idols. Party leaders ...