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On This Day in History, July 4: Declaration of Independence proclaimed, Battle of Hattin, Statue of Liberty presented, Philippines gains independence, Higgs boson discovery and moreOn This Day in History, July 4, the United States proclaimed the Declaration of Independence, while other landmark events included the Batt...
On This Day in History, June 8: Porsche is born, Ghostbusters release, Siam renamed Thailand, Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four published, NFL merger announced, Robert F. Kennedy laid to rest and other major eventsOn This Day in History, June 8, the world witnessed events that shaped politics, warfare, literature and culture. The Viking raid on Lindis...
Trump set to become first living president on US passport for America’s 250th anniversaryThe US State Department is preparing a limited release of commemorative passports for America's 250th anniversary, featuring President Dona...
Trump draws Marie Antoinette comparisons as he leans into the gilded trappings of the presidencyPresident Donald Trump's attention to grand White House projects like a new ballroom draws criticism. Opponents say this shows he is out of...
First video of handcuffed Nicolás Maduro in US surfaces after Venezuela capture; ‘Greets Happy New Year to DEA officials’Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been arrested and brought to the United States, arriving in New York in handcuffs. He and his wife,...
Congress raises dropping of Preamble from NCERT textbooks, Nadda says govt committed to ConstitutionCongress leaders in the Rajya Sabha expressed their discontent over NCERT's removal of the Constitution's Preamble from textbooks, alleging...
David Copperfield's Lunar Illusion: What is the moon vanishing act and when is it happening?David Copperfield, the world-famous magician, is embarking on an ambitious celestial venture with a grand illusion that he has meticulously...
Fans of BTS' V and BLACKPINK'S Jennie are convinced that K-pop singers are dating. Here's whyDating rumours kicked off after a few fans spotted similarities in V and Jennie's pictures.
View: History is distorted by every group; setting that right is tougher than toppling statuesPulling down a statue is relatively easy. What’s far more difficult is presenting a historical counter-narrative to the one that has been f...
PM Narendra Modi shares news of Sardar Sarovar water level reaching 134 mtsModi also tweeted pictures of the dam, located at Kevadiya in Gujarat, across the Narmada river.
View: While India builds statues, China’s making huge purifiers. Can the twain meet?At the time an inert Sardar Patel was rising in Gujarat, China was constructing an air purifier.
Statue of Unity also a tribute to Indian engineering skills: Larsen & ToubroThe statue is conceived as a naturalistic depiction of Sardar Patel in characteristic garb in a walking pose and it rises out of a star-sha...
- Discover the Statue of Liberty's true colours
New York, June 30 (IANS) The Statue of Liberty is an iconic olive-green symbol of American freedom. But did you know she wasn't always that...
Larsen and Toubro bags contract to build 'Statue of Unity' for Rs 2,979 croreWork on the 182-metre tall statue of Sardar Patel is to be completed at a cost of Rs 2,979 crore, said Gujarat Chief Minister Anandi Patel.
Afghanistan's megaflag symbolises 'Hind-Afghan Dosti'The 97 by 65 feet flag -- taller than the Statue of Liberty replica in Las Vegas - was personally presented by Sushma Swaraj to Hamid Karza...
Unity statue, meant to dwarf Nehruvian legacy integral to Narendra Modi's iconoclastic projectModi identified Nehruvian secularism, the ‘pseudo-secular’ English press and Congress party as the establishment that had to be destroyed.
- Warming may sink 136 of 700 heritage sites
Climate change is threatening the world’s cultural heritage with scientists estimating that 136 of 700 listed cultural monuments by Unesco ...
BJP patriarch LK Advani accuses Congress of abandoning Sardar Vallabhbhai PatelIn his first interview in more than a year, BJP patriarch LK Advani accused Congress of all but abandoning the country's original iron man.
Why Narendra Modi is claiming Sardar Patel's legacyBy claiming the Sardar through the tallest statue, Modi has declared a desire for a reversal, namely to force the Congress to consider Hind...
- New York: Exploring the landmarks and the 9/11 void
The big-city hubbub of New York reminded Bidisha Bagchi of Shanghai, but there was no mistaking the landmarks... and the 9/11 void.