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A statue of Dwarkanath Kotnis in Shijiazhuang Hebei,China. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

China to unveil bronze statue of Dr Dwarkanath Kotnis

Kotnis, who hailed from Maharashtra, was sent to China as part of a five-member team of doctors to help the Chinese...

28 Aug 2020 1:39 PM IST

Visitors in Japanese Imperial army and navy uniforms walk near Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japans war dead. (AP)

Japan marks 75th anniversary of war end, PM Abe stays silent on...

Abe has increasingly sought to whitewash Japan's brutal past since taking office in December 2012

16 Aug 2020 9:48 AM IST

In this Wednesday, March 10, 2021 file photo, a couple walks through a park at sunset in Kansas City, Mo. According to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since World War II. (AP/Charlie Riedel, File)

US life expectancy in 2020 saw biggest drop since World War II

The decrease for both Black Americans and Hispanic Americans was even worse, three years

21 July 2021 1:15 PM IST

Britains King Charles III greets newly appointed Conservative Party leader and incoming prime minister Rishi Sunak during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London on October 25, 2022, where he was invited to form a government. - Britains King Charles III on Tuesday appointed new Conservative leader Rishi Sunak as the second prime minister of his reign, shortly after accepting the resignation of Liz Truss. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Britain makes history: Will Rishinomics' bail out UK?

The rich symbolism of the breaking of the glass ceiling on Diwali day by a politician, was most celebrated in India

26 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

Britains Queen Elizabeth II smiles during a reception in the Ballroom of Sandringham House, the Queens Norfolk residence on February 5, 2022. (File photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Era ends: Elizabeth II one of a kind, she'll be missed

Her image and the values she stood for had resonated far beyond a shrinking British Empire

10 Sept 2022 12:11 AM IST

Cover photo Sisters under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris. (Image by Arrangement)

Book Review | Women in WW2 prison camp stick by one another

The novel is based on a true story.

18 Nov 2023 11:20 PM IST

Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year celebrations begin in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. (Photo: AP)

Manish Tewari | Peace or permacrisis': What's the 2023 mantra?

Permacrisis was the Collins Dictionary's word of the year, perhaps unsurprisingly, as we lived through great upheavals

1 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

File photo of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky walking along tranches with border guard officers as he inspects the state border with Russian Federation in Sumy region. (Ukrainian Presidential Press/AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Ukraine to get peace only if both sides can...

A permanent European military presence in Ukraine would rubbish Moscow's claim of defending Russia against Nato by...

23 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

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German doctor warns physicians: Never again partake in atrocities

German medical doctors used radiation to forcibly sterilize 7,200 disabled women in the mid-1930s.

14 March 2018 5:52 PM IST

Overtons longevity and his status as the oldest living American veteran of World War II made him a celebrity of sorts over the past few years. (Photo: AFP)

Oldest man in US, World War II veteran, dies at age 112: Report

Overton, who lived in Austin, Texas, died on Thursday at a rehabilitation home, said his cousin, Volma Overton Jr.

29 Dec 2018 9:54 AM IST

The US also started turning inwards post its involvement in Afghan and Iraq wars that devastated its economy, leading to huge deficits.

Globalisation's ascent & a multi-polar world

Another interesting phenomena that started delineating itself concurrently was the separation of religious temporal...

23 Dec 2018 12:05 AM IST

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Twin brothers reunited 74 years after WWII death at Normandy

The two 19-year-olds from South Dakota (US), will rest in peace side-by-side at the Normandy American Cemetery and...

19 Jun 2018 5:25 PM IST