Beijing, May 23 (IANS) China Friday formally greeted Indian Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi and expressed its willingness to work with India to strengthen the strategic and cooperative partnership between the two Asian countries. At a meeting between India’s Ambassador Ashok K. Kantha and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing Friday, the two countries discussed ways […]
Kochi, May 21 (IANS) With the support of the Kerala government, a women-only cab service called “She Taxi” was launched here Wednesday to ensure safety and empowerment of the fairer sex. Kochi is only the second city after Thiruvanathapuram in India to have such a facility focused for women. Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy launched the […]
Kentucky (US), May 21 (IANS/CMC) Trinidad and Tobago’s Olympic medallist Deon Lendore has expressed doubts about his participation in the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. “The Commonwealth Games right now is a kind of iffy situation, because this season I have really been hitting it hard,” CMC quoted Lendore as saying. “I went from being […]
Lagos, May 21 (IANS) Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives Aminu Tambuwal has condemned the two bomb blasts that occurred in the central city of Jos that claimed 46 live and left 45 injured Tuesday. Tambuwal urged security agencies to redouble their efforts so as to fish out the perpetrators of the attacks, Xinhua reported. […]
Martin Place will light up for the very first time during this year’s Vivid Sydney, with seven spectacular light installations transforming the bustling thoroughfare into a gallery of light. Deputy Premier and Minister for Tourism and Major Events Andrew Stoner said Martin Place is one of five new Vivid Sydney precincts in 2014, together with […]
Berlin, May 20 (IANS) German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has said that he is hopeful of cooperation with Russia and will continue with his diplomatic efforts in easing the Ukraine crisis. Steinmeier, who has been seeking a peaceful and diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine, was criticised by some German politicians as “permanently unsuccessful” in […]
Title: The Marwaris – From Jagat Seth to the Birlas; Author: Thomas A. Timberg; Series Editor: Gurcharan Das; Publisher: Allen Lane; Pages: 184; Price: Rs.499 What makes Marwaris so successful as a business community that a quarter of the Indian names in the Forbes billionaires list are from the community? Is it their sense of […]
Washington, May 20 (IANS) Calling India a “very important strategic partner”, the US hopes that its “enduring partnership” with India will only grow under the new government led by Narendra Modi despite the flap over his visa. “Obviously, we have a long, enduring partnership with India. That will continue and hopefully only grow in the future,” […]
Vancouver, May 19 (IANS) The mountains of British Columbia cradle glaciers in west Canada are in rapid retreat, which has become a major climate change issue, a media report said Sunday, citing an American state-of-the union report on climate change. “Most glaciers in Alaska and British Columbia are shrinking substantially,” Xinhua quoted The Canadian Press as […]
After the perceived corrupt practices in the run-up the 2010 Commonwealth Games, both the government and the sports administrators will think twice before bidding for another sporting extravaganza. Yet, the reconstututed Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has the gumption to ask the new government, likely to be installed next week, to consider bidding for the 2019 […]