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Digitised records uncover forgotten British Indian soldiers who fought in
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], November 11 (ANI): As the UK and the world observes Remembrance Sunday on November 14, some of the names and other details of half a million World War One (WWI) soldiers are finally coming to light, providing new information about the allied war effort and valuable information a
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EAM Jaishankar visits WWI cemetery in Jerusalem, pays homage to Indian sol
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], October 17 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Sunday visited the Indian cemetery in Jerusalem and paid homage to the Indian soldiers who died during World War I.
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Lawmaker says 'darkest day' in Plymouth since WWII after 6 killed in shoot
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Plymouth [UK] August 13 (ANI/Sputnik): A mass shooting which left six people dead in Plymouth, southwest England, is the darkest hour in the city's history since the end of World War II, a member of parliament for Plymouth, Sutton Luke Pollard told new agencies.
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Commemorating exemplary vision and 15 years of excellence, Whistling Woods
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): Whistling Woods International (WWI), Asia' premium film, communication and creative arts institute opened its door to film and media aspirants in 2006.
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Peaky Blinders' star Paul Anderson to star in WWII action feature 'Immorta
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 14 (ANI): British actor Paul Anderson, best known for playing Arthur Shelby in 'Peaky Blinders', is set to star in WWII action feature 'Immortal', the third feature from Finnish director Jalmari Helander and is set to start shooting in Lapland this September.
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Last surviving soldier who liberated Auschwitz in WWII, dies at 98
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], June 7 (ANI): David Dushman, the last surviving soldier who helped liberate Auschwitz-Birkenau, has died at the age of 98, according to a statement by the Jewish community of Munich and Upper Bavaria.
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Military parade marking 76th Anniversary of WWII victory kicks off in Mosc
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 9 (ANI/Sputnik): A military parade commemorating the 76th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II has begun at the Red Square in Moscow, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Sunday.
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Japanese PM sends offering to war-linked Yasukuni shrine; irks China, S Ko
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 21 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga sent a ritual offering on Wednesday to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo that honours convicted war criminals and over 2.4 million war dead from WWII.
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Police evacuate nearly 2,600 properties in UK's Exeter due to World War II
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], February 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The discovery of an undetonated WWII-era explosive device forced the evacuation of some 2,600 buildings in Exeter city in southwest England, the local police department said on Saturday.
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Whistling Woods International signs affiliation agreement with Rajiv Gandh
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): Since its inception, Whistling Woods International (WWI), Mumbai has distinctly aimed towards providing quality education to the aspirants of the Film, Communication and Creative Arts industry.
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S Korean court orders Japan to pay damages to WWII sex slavery victims
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): A South Korean court on Friday ordered Japan's government to pay damages to the South Korean victims who were forced into sex slavery for Imperial Japan's military brothels during World War II.
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Russian investigators resume probe into Nazi death squad's WWII atrocities
Updated : 5 years, 5 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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