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Singer Vera Lynn dies aged 103
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 18 (ANI): Vera Lynn, the renowned Britan's wartime "Forces' Sweetheart," whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the Second World War has died on Thursday at the age of 103.
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Rahul Gandhi slams Centre over COVID-19 crisis, says 'there was no lockdow
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, in a dialogue with industrialist Rajiv Bajaj on the economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis, criticised the Central government for its handling of the disease and said that "there was no lockdown even during the wo
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Before Tandoori Chicken: The restaurants of New Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): Those were the days when the twin cities of Delhi and New Delhi were small with a population of around 350,000. New Delhi had just been built and was beginning to be inhabited, with shops and few restaurants moving in. World War 2 broke out in 1939. That ga
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Global energy demand to plunge due to biggest shock since World War II
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], Apr 30 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic represents the biggest shock to the global energy system in more than seven decades with the drop in demand this year set to dwarf the impact of the 2008 financial crisis and result in a record annual decline in carbon emissions of almost 8
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400 million Indian workers may sink into poverty due to COVID-19: ILO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Apr 8 (ANI): With 90 per cent of people working in India's informal economy, about 400 million workers are at risk of falling deeper into poverty during the coronavirus crisis, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said.
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COVID-19: Golf's oldest tournament cancelled for the first time since Worl
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 6 (ANI): The organisers (R and A) of the golf's oldest tournament, Open Championship on Monday decided to cancel the event in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Wimbledon cancelled for the first time since World War II due to coronavir
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 1 (ANI): Wimbledon has been cancelled for the first time since the Second World War due to the coronavirus pandemic, the All England Club (AELTC) announced on Wednesday.
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Coronavirus: Germany faces biggest challenge since World War II, says Chan
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Mar 19 (Sputnik/ANI): Germany faces a challenge not seen since World War II and is in need of the population acting in solidarity, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an unprecedented televised address as the number of coronavirus infection cases in the country shot past 10,00
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Australia's Sheffield Shield in limbo amid coronavirus outbreak
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Mar 15 (ANI): Australia's domestic first-class cricket tournament, the Marsh Sheffield Shield final (2019-2020), could be given to the New South Wales Blues, or declared vacant for the first time since second World War.
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Here is the complete list of winners for BAFTA awards
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 03 (ANI): '1917' the Sam Mendes' World War I epic dominated the BAFTA awards on Sunday night. The film received seven awards including the best film, best director and best cinematography at the Royal Albert Hall.
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War epic '1917' scoops up seven titles at 2020 BAFTA awards
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 03 (ANI): From best director award to special visual effects prize, Sam Mendes' World War I survival thriller '1917' has scooped up seven titles at the 73rd British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards on Sunday (local time).
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Urmila Matondkar compares CAA with Rowlatt Act, gets WW II years wrong
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar on Thursday compared the Citizenship Amendment Act with the British era Rowlatt Act 1919, but got the year wrong when the World War II ended.
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