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  Hiroshima Day 2025: What was the codename of US military operation that dropped atomic bombs?

  Explainers | August 06, 2025 15:58 IST

  Operation Centerboard was the codename for the atomic bombing of Nagasaki by the United States on August 9, 1945, during World War II. It was the second and last time nuclear weapons were used in warfare.

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  Researcher hunts for Hiroshima's missing on Ninoshima island 8 decades after atomic bombing

  World | August 04, 2025 8:19 IST

  Rebun Kayo, a Hiroshima University researcher, has been regularly visiting the island in search of the remains of people. He recently visited a hilltop point, where he has been excavating since 2018 in search of remains.

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  G7 Summit: PM Modi, Macron discuss India-France defence, nuclear deal I Why US, Russia should worry?

  World | May 20, 2023 17:44 IST

  Notably, the crucial meeting of PM Modi with Macron came nearly 45 days before his scheduled visit to France where he was invited to attend the Parade in Paris.

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  Japan marks 76th anniversary of US atomic bombing

  World | August 06, 2021 11:01 IST

  Hiroshima on Friday marked the 76th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing.

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  Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day: 76 years of atomic bombing; History, significance and impact

  World | August 06, 2021 8:53 IST

  Hiroshima Day, Nagasaki Day: Japan marks 76 years since the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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  Hiroshima marks 74th anniversary of World War II atomic bombing

  World | August 06, 2019 11:31 IST

  Hiroshima on Tuesday marked the 74th anniversary of its atomic bombing by the US at the end of World War II in 1945, with the city's Mayor urging the Japanese government to join a UN treaty banning nuclear weapons.

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  Today in History: Hiroshima bombed (Watch in pics)

  World | August 06, 2014 10:41 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 6: It has been 69 years now when during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima on  6th