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13 min that shrunk world in 1911: World’s first Air Mail by airplane in India made it global ‘Ground Zero’A 13-minute flight from Allahabad to Naini 115 years ago marked India as the birthplace of global airmail. This historic event is celebrate...- Royal Mail owner accepts Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky's takeoverFormer state monopoly Royal Mail was privatised in 2013 and has since seen its core letters business ravaged as consumers increasingly comm...
- Ian Lavender dies at 77 yearsIan Lavender, playing Private Pike in the Dad's Army, has died at the age of 77 years. Lavender was 22 years old when he was cast in the BB...
- UK to introduce new banknotes, stamps with King Charles III’s image. See detailsThe Royal Mail confirmed the printing of new stamps and banknotes with King Charles III’s picture by mid-2024.
- Gun salute to be fired on Friday for each year of 'The Queen's life'A statement says: "Royal Salutes will be fired in London today at 1300 hrs BST in Hyde Park by The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and a...
- New Royal Mail stamps, featuring different looks of Prince Philip, to be available from June 24Queen Elizabeth's husband passed away last last month.
- Numerous hits, awards and a knighthood later, Paul McCartney now gets own set of Royal Mail stampsBritain's Royal Mail will issue a set of 12 stamps depicting McCartney and his work.
- Innovation on the tap: Meet the winners in 9 categories of Govt’s mobile app challengeIT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has also launched a series of other grand contests in categories such as video conferencing and semiconduct...
- Rock band Queen honoured with Royal Mail postage stamps for 50th anniversaryThe collection is inspired by the group's most popular album covers, as well as live performances.
- From Mahatma Gandhi to Sachin Tendulkar, Indians who have their own foreign stampsIndian princess Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh was featured on a heritage stamp released by the UK’s Royal Mail.
- Adorable Prince George wows President Obama in pyjamasThe little prince was allowed to stay up past his bed-time to meet the US President.
- India is more French than British in partisanship over historyIn India, perhaps due to past turbulence, there has been a tendency to emulate the French and construct an idyllic past, unlike the British...
- 'Bend It Like Beckham' in the list of British classicsThe musical version is expected to hit the stage next year and includes an A-list theatre team comprising of lyricist Charles Heart.
- 'India should issue stamp of WW II heroine Noor Inayat Khan'She was the first woman radio operator to be flown undercover to Paris and worked from there for three months under the code name Madeleine.
- NYC Mayor’s Own British EmpireBloomberg Place, roughly the size of a Manhattan city block, is the future European home of Michael R Bloomberg’s company and charity.
- Orkut on way out? Brands & people aching to belong2008 may see the emergence of ‘offline’ social networking as consumers look to find real friends, real experiences, in the real world. Usin...
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