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National Memorial Day 2024: History, importance, all that you need to know

Memorial Day, also called Decoration Day, is a federal holiday observed annually in the US. The day recognizes and grieves the sacrifices of fallen American military personnel

National Memorial Day 2024: History, importance, all that you need to know
Updated On : 27 May 2024 | 11:06 AM IST

Protests against Germany's far-right in Munich end amid safety concerns

A protest against the far right in the German city of Munich on Sunday afternoon ended early due to safety concerns after approximately 100,000 people showed up, police said. The demonstration was one of dozens around the country this weekend that drew hundreds of thousands of people in total. The demonstrations came in the wake of a report that right-wing extremists recently met to discuss the deportation of millions of immigrants, including some with German citizenship. Some members of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, were present at the meeting. In the western city of Cologne, police confirmed tens of thousands of people showed up to protest on Sunday, and organisers spoke of around 70,000 people. A protest on Sunday afternoon in Berlin drew at least 60,000 people and potentially up to 100,000, police said, according to the German news agency dpa. A similar demonstration on Friday in Hamburg, Germany's second-largest city, drew what police said was a crowd of

Protests against Germany's far-right in Munich end amid safety concerns
Updated On : 22 Jan 2024 | 8:51 AM IST

Federal front is tried, tested and failed front: M Venkaiah Naidu

Naidu also said that the BJP has replaced Congress at the centre-stage of Indian politics with pan-India presence

Federal front is tried, tested and failed front: M Venkaiah Naidu
Updated On : 30 May 2016 | 2:30 PM IST