World War
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Woman who survived Spanish flu, world war succumbs to COVID
World | Sep 30, 2021, 01:42 PM ISTPrimetta Giacopini’s mother, Pasquina Fei, died in Connecticut of the Spanish flu in 1918 at age 25. That pandemic killed about 675,000 Americans — a death toll eclipsed this month by the 2020-21 coronavirus pandemic.
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Coal set for largest decline since World War II, says IEA
Business | Apr 30, 2020, 02:59 PM ISTIn a historic shock amid the COVID-19 pandemic, coal is set for the largest decline since World War II alongside sharp reductions for oil and gas, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday in a report.
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Special Report: Is third world war coming?
Special Report | Feb 02, 2020, 11:18 PM ISTSpecial Report: Is third world war coming?
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If there would be a world war, this time nuclear war would happen
News | Sep 30, 2019, 06:17 PM ISTIf there would be a world war, this time nuclear war would happen. Know which country will support whom if world war happens?
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Kim Jong-un threatens US, says nuclear button is always on 'my desk'
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Aaj Ka Viral: Scientists warned of devastating 'megathrust' earthquakes
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Will Kim Jong-un incite another World War?
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Xi Jinping instructs army to improve its readiness for war
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Yakeen Nahi Hota: Countdown for atomic war begins
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yakeen Nahi Hota: Is Kim Jong Un planning to launch a missile over US?
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PM Modi visits Haifa, pays homage to Indian World War I heroes
World | Jul 06, 2017, 02:38 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi today visited the Indian cemetery in the Israeli city of Haifa and paid homage to Indian soldiers who laid down their lives during the World War 1 while protecting the city from the powerful forces of the Ottoman Empire
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‘Third world war will start over a cow’, predicts MP government official
National | Aug 08, 2016, 06:30 PM ISTGiri is the chairman of executive council of the Madhya Pradesh Gaupalan Evam Pashudhan Samvardhan Board, which is responsible for protecting and conserving the cow in a state with a recent history of vigilantism.
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World War II submarine found with 71 dead bodies
World | May 27, 2016, 11:13 AM ISTA long lost British Second World War submarine that vanished 73 years ago has been found with 71 dead bodies of crew off the coast of Italy.
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PM Modi lays wreath at Soviet World War II memorial
World | Dec 24, 2015, 08:53 PM ISTMoscow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a war memorial dedicated to Soviet soldiers killed in World War II.The prime minister, braving cold weather, stood for
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US pushing world to brink of World War-III: Azam Khan
National | Dec 11, 2015, 01:19 PM ISTLucknow: Uttar Pradesh minister Mohd. Azam Khan has accused the US of pushing the world to the brink of the Third World War.At an event in Rampur, his home constituency, the urban development minister said
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British enlisted Indian children during World War I, new book reveals
World | Oct 25, 2015, 10:22 PM ISTLondon: Britain's World War I army included Indian children as young as 10-years-old fighting against the Germans on the western front, according to a new book on the role of Indian soldiers in the Great
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Kate Winslet might play World War journalist
Hollywood | Oct 15, 2015, 03:58 PM ISTLos Angeles : Actress Kate Winslet is in talks to star in a feature film about model-turned-war journalist Elizabeth "Lee" Miller.The Oscar winner is expected to play the acclaimed correspondent who worked for Vogue magazine
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UN food agency facing worst challenge since World War II
World | Feb 21, 2015, 09:02 AM ISTUnited Nations: The World Food Program is confronting its worst challenge since World War II in trying to tackle five top-level humanitarian crises at the same time, the head of the U.N. agency said Friday.Ertharin
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BSP supremo Mayawati compares herself with Winston Churchill in her autobiography
National | Feb 04, 2015, 09:44 AM ISTLucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has compared herself with the World War II British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.Mayawati said that Churchill had emerged victorious in World War
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A painting by Adolf Hitler sold off for 130,000 Euros
World | Nov 23, 2014, 08:22 AM ISTFrankfurt: A 1914 water colour painting of the city hall in Munich, painted by none other than Adolf Hitler himself was sold off for 130,000 euros ($161,000) at an auction on Saturday. The buyer however chose