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18 hours ago · A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of platforms, b) duplication of services, c) regional services, d) part time operations, and e) audio. For the Sky platform alone, there were 485 TV stations, additionally 57 "timeshifted versions", 36 HDTV versions, 42 regional TV options, 81 audio channels, and 5 promotion channels as of mid-2010.
18 hours ago · This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (January 2021) The 12th-century Lewis chessmen in the collection of the National Museum of Scotland The history of chess can be traced back nearly 1,500 years to its earliest known predecessor, called chaturanga, in India ; its prehistory is the subject of speculation ...
18 hours ago · IN. Internet TLD. .in ( others) India, officially the Republic of India ( ISO: Bhārat Gaṇarājya ), [21] is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country as of June 2023; [22] [23] and from the time of its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy.
18 hours ago · July 22, 1904 (Friday) In Bakersfield, California, Superior Judge Mahon sentenced James Cowan, who had been convicted of manslaughter for the March 11 lynching of James Cummings in Mojave, California, to eight years at Folsom State Prison. The jury which convicted Cowan recommended him to the mercy of the court.
18 hours ago · Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural state, with Nepali as the official language. The name "Nepal" is first recorded in texts from the Vedic period of the Indian subcontinent, the era in ancient Nepal when Hinduism was founded, the predominant religion of the country.
18 hours ago · Juzefs Petkēvičs, 83, Latvian chess grandmaster. Victoria Prego, 75, Spanish journalist and television presenter . Uma Ramanan, 69, Indian playback singer. Chauhdry Abdul Rashid, 83, Pakistani-born English politician, lord mayor of Birmingham (2008–2009). Barry Romo, 76, American antiwar activist, heart attack.
18 hours ago · The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2022 . Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
