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Topic: Queen Elizabeth

New British stamp with image of King Charles unveiled

Charles is the seventh British monarch to appear on a definitive stamp. Existing stamps with Elizabeth's image will remain valid and in distribution until stocks are exhausted.

British Sikh man who wanted to ‘kill’ Queen Elizabeth for Jallianwala massacre, admits treason

Jaswant Singh Chail was arrested on Christmas Day 2021 after he was caught on the grounds of Windsor Castle armed with a crossbow to kill the late monarch.

70 years, 15 PMs, one Queen & the most ‘indispensable’ officer of 10 Downing Street

The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

‘The Queen is dead, but don’t you go’: The Royal beekeeper has informed the bees

Not just that, the bees have also been informed Friday that their new master is the newly appointed King Charles III.

India will observe state mourning on 11 September to mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth

Condoling her death, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would always remember the late monarch for her ‘warmth and kindness’.

‘Death of my beloved mother,’ heir Prince Charles will formally be King Charles III tomorrow

The coronation ceremony of the new king will take some time; Britain will observe national mourning till a day after the Queen’s funeral on 19 September.

Kolkata-based consular officer speaks to Britain Queen on Covid response, says dream came true

Sanjibita McDonald Tariang Sen, regional consular development officer at British Deputy High Commission in Kolkata, oversaw repatriation of 18,000 UK citizens during lockdown.

‘No lipstick on campus’ — a ban Pakistan university had to lift after outcry

University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir in Muzaffarabad had enforced a fine on women students wearing lipstick, but withdraw the order after receiving flak.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are likely to suffer more than the Royals by opting out

Royal officials have been tasked to find a compromise, but it is hard to see how Harry and Meghan can be half in, and half out of the royal family.

What Sonia Gandhi could learn from Queen Elizabeth II

The great matriarch of the Congress has to be more than just a manager of the party, and communicate to the public.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.