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Russian investigators resume probe into Nazi death squad's WWII atrocities
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's prosecution office for the Kuban region announced on Friday that it was resuming, after a 48-year suspension, the probe into Nazi Sonderkommando's massacres of civilians, committed in the region during World War II, in which former Schutzs
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China greatest threat since World War II, says US intel chief
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 4 (ANI): China is the greatest global threat to democracy and freedom since the end of World War II and a bipartisan response is needed in the US to counter Beijing’s growing influence, according to the US Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe
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Pak Human Rights Minister deletes tweet comparing Macron's presidency to N
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 23 (ANI): Pakistan Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari on Sunday deleted her objectionable tweet, where she said that French President Emmanuel Macron was treating Muslims like Nazis treated Jews in World War II, after France demanded her to withdraw her remar
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Indian soldiers continue to make us proud through UN Peacekeeping, says TS
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 12 (ANI): On the occasion of Remembrance Day, Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti on Wednesday said that the Indian soldiers have made an "extraordinary contribution" since World War 1 and are still making the country proud by participating in
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Four wounded in blast at WWI memorial in Jeddah
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], November 11 (ANI): Several people were injured on Wednesday when an explosive device hit a ceremony commemorating the end of World War I at a cemetery in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah.
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COVID-19 pandemic a watershed moment in history like World War II: PM Modi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the COVID-19 pandemic will remain a watershed moment in history, just like World War II (WWII).
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COVID-19 pandemic is the most catastrophic event after WWII: Shringla
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is the most catastrophic event after the Second World War, said Foreign Secretary Harsh V Shringla on Thursday, adding that it was inevitable that the people were going to experience a different world in the post-pandem
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Indian envoy to France pays homage to Indian soldiers who lost lives in Fi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], October 26 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to France Jawed Ashraf along with Senator Remi Feraud and Member of the European Parliament Maxette Pirbakas and other French officials on Monday paid homage to the Indian soldiers who sacrificed their lives during the World War I.
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Trump signs bills to honour war veterans
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], October 18 (ANI): US President Donald Trump signed the "Merrill's Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act" on Saturday (local time) to recognise the United States, army veterans who fought in World War II.
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Biggest CO2 drop: Real-time data show Covid-19's massive impact on global
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI): While the ongoing Corona pandemic continues to threaten millions of lives around the world, the first half of 2020 saw an unprecedented decline in CO2 emissions - larger than during the financial crisis of 2008, the oil crisis of 1979, or even World War II.
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Japan, China and S Korea summit under a cloud over court order on 'forced
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 13 (ANI): The trilateral summit between Japan, China, and South Korea is under a cloud over South Korean court order on 'forced labour during World War Two'.
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Defence Ministry signs contract for supply of multi-mode hand grenades to
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): Defence Ministry on Thursday signed a contract with a Nagpur-based company for supplying 10,00,000 multi-mode hand grenades to the Indian Army at an approximate cost of Rs 409 crore. The grenades will replace the hand grenade design of World War-II vintage
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