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    WORLD WAR 2

    Daylight saving time: These US states have laws ready to end a World War 2 practice but Congress just can't make up its mind

    Nineteen U.S. states have adopted laws supporting year-round daylight saving time, pending Congressional approval. The proposed Sunshine Protection Act seeks to abolish the semiannual clock adjustment, but critics worry about the consequences for students and morning commuters. If Congress does not act, the tradition of shifting clocks twice a year will continue as the federal norm.

    'Not all 'hijabs' are unacceptable to BJP': Pawan Khera slams Centre over covering slums for BRICS Summit

    Congress MP Pawan Khera criticized the government's installation of curtains along transit routes. He accused the administration of hiding poverty from visiting foreign dignitaries. Manish Tewari emphasized engagement through platforms like BRICS and ASEAN. He stated the world order has collapsed and a new one is emerging. India is hosting the 18th BRICS Summit under its 2026 Chairmanship.

    On September 2, 1945, two Japanese officials signed the surrender document in a 23-minute ceremony. They were later convicted of war crimes

    The formal end of Japan's war took place on September 2, 1945, during a historic signing ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. This pivotal surrender marked the culmination of years of brutal conflict, with different nations commemorating this date in varying ways each year. Following the surrender, Japan underwent a seven-year occupation by the U.S., eventually leading to strengthened relations and development aid initiatives across Asia.

    In 1944, a whole village in France was destroyed in World War 2. Instead of rebuilding the haunting ghost village, the country has turned the ruins into a memorial

    A French village destroyed during a 1944 World War II massacre was deliberately never rebuilt. Instead, its ruined streets, homes and church were preserved as a memorial to the 643 people killed there. France continues to conserve the site, including traces of bullets and fire, so future generations can understand the scale of the tragedy and remember the community that once lived there.

    In 1944, German U-boat U-672 sank off Devon; more than 80 years later, divers find the wreck — all 52 crew members survived

    In 1944, U-672 sank on July 18, 1944, after being attacked by HMS Balfour and now almost eight decades later, divers have discovered the German wartime submarine 20 miles off the coast of Devon. This particular ship held 52 crew members and all of themiraculously survived. The divers has to sink nearly 70 meters down to reach the wreck on the sea floor.

    In 1919, a Harvard graduate secretly became a spy in Germany. He warned the world about Hitler and Holocaust, 20 years before World War II

    Winthrop Pickard Bell, a Harvard-trained philosopher and secret British intelligence agent, warned about the growing Nazi threat years before World War II. After being imprisoned in Germany during World War I, Bell returned as a spy and reported on rising antisemitism. In 1939, he also warned that Hitler’s plans could lead to racial extermination, years before the Holocaust became widely known.

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