UK PM Boris Johnson to Resign
The Wire | 7 July 2022.
New Delhi: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to resign on Thursday, with his office saying he will make a statement to the country.
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Turkey is now Türkiye
By Jorge Liboreiro | Euronews | 28 July 2022.
Say goodbye to Turkey and hello to Türkiye.
When Nazis tried to trace Aryan race myth in Tibet
By Vaibhav Purandare | BBC | 16 September 2021.
In 1938, Heinrich Himmler, a leading member of Germany’s Nazi party and a key architect of the Holocaust, sent a five-member team to Tibet to search for the origins of the supposed Aryan race. Author Vaibhav Purandare recounts the fascinating story of this expedition, which passed through India.
Joe Biden says ‘time to turn the page’ after victory confirmed
BBC | 15 Dec 2020.
Joe Biden has said it is “time to turn the page” after his presidential election victory was confirmed by the US electoral college.
Vladimir Putin wins Russia vote that could let him rule until 2036
By Andrew Roth | The Guardian | 2 Jul 2020
Moscow: The Kremlin and its supporters have won a controversial vote to amend the constitution and reset Vladimir Putin’s term limits, potentially allowing him to rule as president until 2036.
CBSE and ICSE cancel remaining board exams
Amit Anand Choudhary & Manash Pratim Gohain | TNN | 26 June 2020
NEW DELHI: In view of increasing Covid-19 infections across the country, CBSE has decided to cancel the remaining Board exams for Class XII and X which were scheduled to be held in July. The Board told the Supreme Court on Thursday that Class XII students, not happy with the marks to be accorded to the pending papers, will also be given an option of taking the exam to be conducted when the atmosphere becomes “conducive” while the re-exam option will not be available for Class X.
China further restricts Tibet’s links with outside world following coronavirus crisis
By John Jones | Free Tibet | 13 June 2020.
London UK: Influential Tibetan exiles have been blocked from contacting their relatives inside Tibet. Free Tibet’s research partner, Tibet Watch, has found that those using WeChat, a Chinese digital communication tool which is usually their method for contacting friends and family in Tibet, have been blocked.
‘Coronavirus Made In Lab, Not Natural’, Says Union Minister Nitin Gadkari
“This is not a natural virus. It is an artificial virus and now many countries in the whole world – they are researching it for a vaccine,” Gadkari said.
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Coronavirus: Germany’s Bundesliga to resume behind closed doors on 16 May
The Bundesliga will resume behind closed doors on 16 May, becoming the first European league to restart following the coronavirus shutdown.
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Beijing’s long arm reaches into small Swiss villages
By Kathrin Ammann | Swissinfo.cn | 16 April 2020
China’s coronavirus aid for Europe has raised the question of whether the country is using the pandemic to build influence in the West. Yet many other, more direct, interventions from Beijing go virtually unnoticed, such as events in southwestern Switzerland last month.