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His Royal Highness Prince Philip, 99, passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.

An announcement about the death of Queen Elizabeth II's husband and her devoted companion for 73 years was made on the Royal Family's social media accounts as well as the Royal Family's official website. According to the tradition, an official notice of his death was posted on the railings of Buckingham Palace. However, it was removed shortly afterwards to avoid too many people gathering at the spot. Still, lots of public mourners head to Windsor Castle to put tribute notes and leave flowers all across the territory.

This year Dedaena Day is commemorated with an essay contest at Grigol Robakidze University.

Professor Diana Tkebuchava, the head of the Journalism and Mass Communication program, and Assistant Professor Meri Lomia, together with the student participants from Grigol Robakidze University and Tbilisi Open University, arranged a special event to underline the importance of mother language. The two freshmen of the Journalism and Mass Communication program, Lizzie Chimchiuri and Otto Arabidze, will host the contest and also take part in it.

The event will be held online at 14:00 on 17 April 2021.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh's Independence that commemorates the country’s declaration of sovereignty in 1971.

Newham Council hosts an online webinar "Heritage, culture and tradition: being British, Bangladeshi & me" to explore and celebrate the intertwined histories of British Bangladeshi communities and their contributions to the wider social and cultural aspects of British life.

Date: 26 March 2021

Location: Zoom

Time: 18:00 - 19:30

Happy Independence Day, Bangladesh!

One of Britain’s leading public intellectuals, Professor Richard Dawkins celebrates his 80th birthday today.

In 1976, his book "The Selfish Gene" was published that established Professor Dawkins as a leading figure in evolutionary theory, which polularised the idea that replicating genes are the central force behind evolution, not individual organisms or species.

Nodar Tabidze, professor of journalism, would become 90 today. He authored dozens of monographs and books and hundreds of articles and brought up every Georgian journalist during his 50-year teaching career at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. He was a nephew of Galaktion Tabidze, "King of poetry".