Shimla, Dec 28
2016
American actress and singer Debbie Reynolds died, a day after the sudden and unexpected death of her daughter, Carrie Fisher, who was a noted actress and writer.
2008
The Detroit Lions became the first team in NFL history to lose all 16 games in the regular season.
1973
U.S. President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act, which obligates federal and...
Shimla, Dec. 27 Keekli Bureau
2015
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker Ellsworth Kelly—who was a leading exponent of the hard-edge style, in which abstract contours are sharply and precisely defined—died in Spencertown, New York.
2007
Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto, the first woman leader of a Muslim nation in modern history, was assassinated in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, while campaigning for upcoming parliamentary elections.
1978
Houari Boumedienne, president...
Shimla, Dec. 27 Keekli Bureau
Today Boxing Day
Boxing Day is celebrated as a public holiday in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
2006
American politician Gerald R. Ford—who was the 38th president of the United States (1974–77) and the country's only chief executive who was not elected as either president or vice president—died in California.
1985
The slain body of American...
Shimla, Dec. 25
2006
American singer and songwriter James Brown, known as “the Godfather of Soul,” died at the age of 73.Test your knowledge of music
1991
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned the presidency of the Soviet Union, which ceased to exist at the end of the year.How much do you know about Russian history?
1977
Charlie Chaplin, the British comedic actor and director who is widely...
Delhi, Dec. 24
Science policymakers underscored the importance of attracting youth towards science and cultivating an innovative spirit from a very young age to develop scientific temper at a discussion on DD news.
“The biggest challenge is to attract youth into science from an early age for optimal use of India’s talent for the progress of the country,” Director General, CSIR...
Shimla, Dec. 24
2008
English playwright Harold Pinter, who achieved international renown—and was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature—as one of the most complex and challenging post-World War II dramatists, died at age 78.
1997
Japanese actor Mifune Toshirō, known internationally for his energetic, flamboyant portrayals of samurai characters, especially in films directed by Kurosawa Akira, died near Tokyo.
1979
The Soviet Union invaded...
Kushi Jathanna, Class 8; Deens Academy School, Bengaluru
Hey there! I am a human of the age thirteen and my daily dose of anger on a scale of 1 to 10 (were 1 is a bird pooped on your newly washed car angry and 10 is a drunk man bumped into your newly bought car angry.) is a 5.5.
What’s yours?
Now...
Anubha Bellani, New Delhi
A human being thinks around 60 to 70k thoughts in a day. And if that’s not enough the thoughts from the previous day roll on to the next day and the next and the next…you get the drift. 90 percent of the thoughts are recycled from the previous day. And though I maybe poor at Math,...
Delhi, Dec. 23
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has today approved major and transformatory changes in the Centrally Sponsored Scheme ‘Post Matric Scholarship to students belonging to Scheduled Castes (PMS-SC)’ to benefit more than 4 Crore SC students in the next 5 years so that they can successfully complete their higher education.
The Cabinet has...
Delhi, Dec. 23
Gender parity is a global concern and world-wide countries are acknowledging the drawbacks of gender imbalance in sustainable development. One of the pillars for achieving self-reliance is accelerating gender equality by including more women in science, technology and innovation (STI). To discuss the status, the challenges and the way forward, a specific event has been designed in...
Shimla, Dec. 23 Keekli Bureau
2013
Russian weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov—who invented the AK-47 (automatic Kalashnikov Model 1947), an assault rifle that became one of the most successful and ubiquitous firearms of the modern era—died in Izhevsk, Russia.
2001
Argentina announced the suspension of payments on its external debt—the biggest debt default in history to date.
1972
American gridiron football running back Franco Harris of...
The State Government would frame an integrated Drug Prevention Policy for the State i.e State Policy of Drug Prevention, Treatment, Management and Rehabilitation/Social/Integration Programme. This was stated by the Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur while presiding over the first meeting of HP Nasha Nivaran Board held here today.
Chief Minister said that better coordination between the Police, Media and the...