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Krishna's Wisdom at Kurukshetra

The Timeless Teachings of the Bhagavad Gita

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World

2024
At least 145 people were killed and 551 injured in a bombing and mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia.
2014
A massive landslide in Oso, Washington, killed 43 people after engulfing a rural neighborhood, the largest death toll for a standalone landslide in U.S. history.
2013
At least 37 people were killed after a fire in Thailand destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees.
1997
Comet Hale–Bopp (pictured) reached its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU.
1995
Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returned from the space station Mir aboard Soyuz TM-20 after 437 days in space, setting a record for the longest spaceflight.
1992
USAir Flight 405 crashed in Flushing Bay shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, killing 27 people, and leading to studies into the effects of ice on aircraft.

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