2014
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was impeached following widespread protests after he abandoned an association agreement with the European Union; he fled the country and was later accused of embezzlement.
2011
After enduring more than five months of tremors, Christchurch, New Zealand, and its surrounding area were struck by a massive destructive aftershock (magnitude 6.3).
1980
During the 1980 Winter Olympics, against the backdrop...
Shimla City’s St Thomas School selected from Himachal for the first ever virtual toy fair
India’s local toy and games industry is set to play a crucial role in realising the aspirations of many children, and in an effort to make India stand out for its rich and multifarious toy production, it's time to team up for Indian toys.
In a...
Helping and caring for special children takes a lot of patience, love and care, and at the same time you need support and financial help. Serving these young kids for over a decade now, the Malsawm Initiative – A School for Children with Special Needs – was inaugurated on February 19, 2011, located at Malsawm Ability Resource Centre, Pearsonmun,...
2019
German fashion designer and photographer Karl Lagerfeld—the creative power behind the modern revival of Chanel, the legendary French fashion house founded by Coco Chanel in the early 20th century—died in Paris.
2016
American author Harper Lee—who was nationally acclaimed and revered for her first novel, To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), which movingly depicts small-town life and racial prejudice—died in Monroeville, Alabama.
2008
Fidel...
Vritti; Class X, St Marks Sr Sec School, Janak Puri, Delhi
So many try
But some reach high
Everyone dreams to fly
Across the boundless sky
So many cry
But some ask why?
Everyone has to get dry
But the truth is that
Legends never die
So many know
Where we have to go?
It’s that, some show
And some don’t
So many try
To reach the sky
And shine so bright
But the truth is...
Ritanjali Hastir & Keekli Bureau, 18th Feb, 2021, Shimla
In a direct conversation with the Aggarwal Book Store Vendor and Auckland House School Director Principal, at the school premises, Keekli Editor asked few pertinent questions especially regarding supply of ICSE Syllabus course books for the current academic year. The major issue being that parents were unable to buy selective books...
Book - Along Came A Spyder
Author: Apeksha Rao
Review: The adventure begins from the word go. Samira Joshi has had several previews of the life of a spy, having travelled with her parents on some of their missions, of course, only as a matter of chance. Her holiday in Dubai with RAW agents Alka and Ranjit Joshi, is no different. The stage...
Sahaj Sabharwal, Jammu City, Feb, 2021
Today, the world is suffering from many unexpected problems. These problems include corona virus pandemic, poverty, violence in many subjects and rise in prices in almost every item. These problems got a boost after this corona virus pandemic. Providing essential items to everyone according to their needs have been one of the major problem. Almost...
Shimla, Feb.
2016
Egyptian scholar and statesman Boutros Boutros-Ghali—who, as UN secretary-general (1992–96), vigorously supported UN mediation in post-Cold War strife and oversaw lengthy and difficult peacekeeping operations in several war-torn countries—died at age 93.
2005
The Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty aimed at reducing the emission of gases that contribute to global warming, went into effect.
2005
The NHL became the first North American...
2008
More than five months after his single-engine airplane went missing in Nevada, American adventurer Steve Fossett was legally declared dead; his body was recovered later in the year.
1989
Under President Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union withdrew its last troops from Afghanistan after occupying the country since 1979.
1978
Leon Spinks defeated Muhammad Ali to become the heavyweight boxing champion of the world.
1965
Canada...
Delhi, Feb - Kendriya Vidyalayas across the Country have resumed face-to-face teachings for various classes as per the guidelines issued by the MHA and State Governments. KVs started opening from the month of October in a phased manner.
According to the data compiled on February 11, 2021 from all the KVs, an average of 42% Students of Class 9, 65%...
Shimla, Feb
Today
Today is Valentine's Day, the feast day of St. Valentine, a priest and physician who was martyred about 270 ce in Rome, and the tradition of exchanging greetings of love on Valentine's Day is based on the legend that Valentine had signed a letter to his jailer's daughter, with whom he had fallen in love, “from your Valentine.”
2018
Amid...