The “unique” strip of four ten-rupee stamps is considered the most important and desirable item of post-Indian independence philately, Jersey, UK-based dealer Stanley Gibbons said in a statement on Wednesday. The purple-brown stamps are emblazoned with the word ‘SERVICE’ and were issued to the then governor-general’s secretariat for official...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai is set to become the United Nations’ youngest-ever “Messenger of Peace,” the international body’s chief has announced. Ms. Yousafzai (19) will be honoured by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during a ceremony at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 10. She will help...
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Five people were killed and about 40 injured in London on Wednesday after a car ploughed into pedestrians and a suspected Islamist-inspired attacker stabbed a policeman close to Britain’s parliament. The dead, in what police called a “marauding terrorist attack,” included the assailant and the policeman he stabbed. The...
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World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about taking action to tackle the water crisis. Today, there are over 663 million people living without a safe water supply close to home, spending countless hours queuing or trekking to distant sources, and coping with the health impacts of...
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Kendrapara (Odisha): A five-year-old girl from the minority community surprised all here in this coastal district when she topped the Bhagwad Gita recitation contest. Firdaus topped the Gita recitation contest held here on Wednesday by getting the better of senior competitors. A standard-1 student of Sovaniya residential school...
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Aqeedat Naveed and her brother Moarrikh Ahmad have been writing letters to world leaders for three years as ambassadors of peace, urging them to encourage tolerance, equality and understanding all over the world. Ten-year-old Aqeedat is a student of Class V at Cathedral School, while her elder brother Moarrikh...
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After the federal judge in United States blocked Donald Trump’s executive order to ban travelers from Muslim-populated nations last month, the American president has come back with a fresh immigration policy to throw a shocker at those countries. According to the recent policy which was signed yesterday, America will...
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“A Smooth Sea Never Made A Skilled Sailor” !! ThankU #INSViraat 4 guarding our Oceans for the past 30 yrs ???? Will Miss U ????
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The world’s oldest serving aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, will be withdrawn from service on Monday, ending a 56-year-long sea odyssey that saw the British-build ship serve two countries and sail a distance that would have taken it around the globe 27 times. The decommissioning ceremony at the Mumbai dockyard...
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