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A 44,000-square-metre area within the India United Mills premises at Kala Chowki has been earmarked for a "Recreation Ground-cum-Textile Museum." The BMC on Thursday floated a tender to appoint a ...
The plan to convert India United Mill 2 and 3 of 32,000 sq metre of land into a museum to showcase the history of the city's textile legacy was first mooted in 2009.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started inviting tenders for the second phase of the work for turning India United Mill 2 and 3 at Kalachowki into a textile museum. The main work ...
Gelephu International Airport, to be built alongside a new “mindfulness city,” will be able to handle 123 flights a day, drastically increasing potential visitors numbers to the landlocked ...
Currently, the country has three museums listed under the museum division: the National Museum of Bhutan in Paro, the Royal Heritage Museum in Trongsa, and The Textile Museum in Thimphu. The 10-day ...
That may be peanuts compared to mega-airports like London Heathrow or New York’s JFK, but it’s a huge figure for the landlocked country of Bhutan, which received just 316,000 tourists in 2019.
The Textile Museum of Canada will close its doors on 16 February, with a re-opening date still to be determined but tentatively expected in September. Funding is a major concern, along with ...
The Textile Museum of Canada will temporarily close on Sunday, Feb. 16, due to an “unexpected” shortfall in its finances. Urmi Desai, the museum’s board chair, shared the news in a press ...
Armando Perla, left, and Mab Coates-Davies in front of Nigerian artist Samuel Nnorom’s work in the Textile Museum of Canada in Toronto on Jan. 15.
That Bhutan is eager to present itself as a forward-looking country that embraces modernity even as it retains a sense of pride in its unique cultural traditions was evident at the Bhutan ...
Bhutan, a country that prioritizes happiness, has seen 9% of its population leave in recent years. Now the king is launching a bold plan for a new city to create jobs and lure people back.
Bhutan is currently facing what is known in the country as a crisis of outmigration. The COVID-19 pandemic hit Bhutan's economy hard, shutting down tourism. Recovery has been slow.