India Edition
Shaheed Diwas leads today's complete edition for India.
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Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
The anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination in 1948. At 5:17 PM, the exact time of the shooting, a silence of two minutes is observed across the nation. The silence is more powerful than any speech. The man who taught nonviolence was killed by violence, and the nation remembers by being still.
You know Botswana through its world-renowned diamonds and the De Beers operations that shaped the nation's economy and global reputation for gemstone quality. You understand that diamonds represent Botswana's transformation into Africa's most stable economy and a symbol of the country's mineral wealth and careful resource management.