New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) India will launch a mega scheme for saving and educating the girl child in 100 districts of the country that have the least child-sex ratio, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said Tuesday. The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme will be based on a strong system of incentives […]
Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Monday closed trade 35.33 points or 0.13 percent up as banking stocks soared. Good buying was observed in banking, auto and capital goods sectors, while selling pressure was seen in consumer durables sector. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange […]
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking to rename India as Bharat and asked the petitioner to approach an appropriate authority with its plea. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice H.L. Dattu asked the petitioner to first make an appropriate representation before an authority in […]
The retreat ceremony at the Wagah land crossing, the main immigration and trade point between India and Pakistan, has been taking place daily since 1959. Soldiers on both sides stomp around in a synchronized drill that climaxes in a shutting of the double gates, while crowds gather on either side to watch the show. Their […]
Madrid, Nov 9 (IANS) Spanish football giants Real Madrid beat Rayo Vallecano 5-1 to remain top of the BBVA Primera Liga. Real Madrid’s strike trio of Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo all scored in an entertaining game Saturday night, where Rayo probably deserved a better result given that they controlled the ball as much […]
Athens, Nov 8 (IANS) Kenyan runner Dennis Kimetto says he is keen to participate in the Athens Marathon Sunday, and add to his burgeoning trophy cabinet. “May I return to Greece and be awarded again? All the marathon runners want to compete in the Classic Marathon in Athens,” Xinhua quoted him as saying. Kimetto and compatriot […]
Madrid, Nov 8 (IANS) Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said young striker Jese Rodriguez is close to completing his recovery following an injury to his cruciate knee ligament earlier in the year. Jese had begun to earn a regular place in the side prior to his injury and was even being talked of as a possible […]
Mogadishu, Nov 7 (IANS) A Somalian environmentalist has won the 2014 UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) Champions of the Earth award for her fight against illegal charcoal trade, an official said Friday. UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said that Fatima Jibrell, 67, has joined the ranks of global icons who made history for championing environmental sustainability, Xinhua […]
Helsinki, Nov 5 (IANS) A Finnish woman will face murder charges in a case of five dead infants found in June in Oulu, north Finland, a media report said. Five deceased near-term foetuses or new-born babies were found in a cellar of an apartment block in Oulu with a 35-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of murder […]
You would be forgiven if you thought that Varanasi, one of the oldest cities known to man, which is now Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency, would be a sight for sore eyes. Sadly for me, what lies in “the city of Shiva” only managed to make the soreness worse. It was one of […]