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Harry and Meghan, it is believed, did not inform a single member of the royal family before announcing their decision. The Buckingham Palace has called the matter “complicated” and said it would take “time to work through.”
A press release issued by the UN in December 2019 quoted President of the UN General Assembly Tijjani Muhammad-Bande as saying that despite efforts throughout the year, one indigenous language disappears every fortnight.
Camels in Australia, which number over 10 lakh today, were first brought to the continent in the late 19th century from India, when Australia’s massive interior region was first being discovered. Over 20,000 were imported from India between the 1840s and the 1900s.
The battery is capable of powering a smartphone for five continuous days — the equivalent of an electric car being able to drive a distance of over 1,000 km.
Previously, Qaani was the deputy commander of the Quds Force, which is the overseas arms of Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), and is responsible for carrying out unconventional warfare and intelligence activities.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced a five-year multiple-entry visa scheme for all nationalities, in a move that is geared towards promoting tourism in the country.
Gurdwara Janam Asthan (also called Nankana Sahib Gurdwara) is built over the site where Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was believed to be born in 1469.
Iran, or Persia, has been home to one of the oldest civilisations in the world. Today, 24 places in Iran find a place in the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
Sinha has been in the crosshairs of the Awami League Party government since 2017, when a SC verdict under him clipped parliament's wings in removing SC judges.
United States President Donald Trump has threatened to hit “very hard” 52 targets in Iran as revenge for the same number of Americans taken hostage by Iran “many years ago”.
On Friday, the Pakistani daily 'Dawn' reported that the amendments to the three Bills would fix 64 years as the age of retirement of the three Service chiefs and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.
As of January 3, over 44 cases have been reported. Out of these 11 were in serious condition and the remaining 33 are believed to be in a stable condition.
Even though her poems, which were written in Marathi, she advocated values such as humanism, liberty, equality, brotherhood, rationalism and the importance of education among others.
Until his death, Soleimani commanded the Quds Force, which is the Arabic word for Jerusalem, and is responsible for carrying out unconventional warfare and intelligence activities. The force is responsible for training, financing and providing to some extremist groups overseas.
In September 2019, the Indian government banned the production, import, distribution, and sale of electronic cigarettes, with penalties ranging from Rs 1-5 lakh fine and 1-3 years imprisonment. The CDC is tentatively referring to the disease as EVALI
The Pentagon said that Gen Soleimani and his Quds Force “were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more”.
The year that just went by witnessed the rare meteorological coincidence of the northeast (winter) monsoon making its onset on the same day as the southwest monsoon withdrew officially.
The Gregorian calendar in current times is the de facto calendar in most countries. The Gazette of India, the Indian government’s authorized legal document, uses this calendar along with the Indian national calendar (the Shalivahana Shaka calendar).
The PFI was set up in 2006 as a federation of the National Development Fund (NDF), which was formed in Kerala in 1993 and subsequently emerged as the Manitha Neethi Pasarai (MNP) in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka Forum for Dignity (KFD) in Karnataka.
Bushfires are routine in Australia, but authorities are calling this season the worst on record. This year, the fires started in August, much before the Southern Hemisphere summer (December to February), and have been aggravated by an impending drought and record high temperatures.
