Moscow: More than 500 people, including 84 children, were injured when a meteorite shower rained down on three regions of Russia, and neighbouring Kazakhstan, officials said Friday. Officials said 112 people have been hospitalised, with three in a “grave” condition, it was reported. Most people were injured by shattering windowpanes and many of the injuries [...]
Moscow: Russia has topped a list of the world’s most educated countries, according to a new report that analysed education systems all over the globe. According to the “Education at a Glance 2012″ report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 54 percent of Russians aged 25-64 hold academic degrees. Russia, which is [...]
Moscow: The Russian and Spanish football federations have both received UEFA charges relating to alleged racist chanting by fans at the Euro 2012. Russia’s case relates to their opening 4-1 win over the Czech Republic June 8, when an anti-racist observer in the crowd reported monkey chants directed at Czech defender Theodor Gebre Selassie, [...]
New York: The all-star comedy The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel starring Judi Dench and Dev Patel generated a strong opening in North America as it debuted in limited release with an estimated $750,000 from only 27 theatres for a per-theater average of $27,789 – second best among all films after The Avengers. Set in [...]
Toronto: Rajyogi BK Brijmohan from India, who is the Chief Spokesperson of the Brahma Kumaris organization based in India will be in Toronto on May 5 at the Brahma Kumaris Centre at 3000 Isglington Avenue from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The event is open to the public. His visit is to further popularize The Brahma [...]
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Launching itself into an elite club of nations with the capability of hitting targets 5,000 km away, India Thursday successfully tested a long-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile that can reach Beijing and Shanghai in China, and all of Pakistan. With its launch from Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast at 8.07 a.m., [...]
Visakhapatnam: The Indian Navy Wednesday inducted a Russian-origin nuclear submarine, INS Chakra, into its fleet, giving its underwater combat capabilities much-needed muscle and becoming the sixth navy in the world to operate such a vessel. The Akula-II class submarine “K-152 Nerpa” renamed INS Chakra-II is on a 10-year lease from Russia at a [...]
Mississauga: IMAX Corporation and Cine Star Cinema Pakistan recently announced a sale agreement to install three digital IMAX theatre systems into new construction projects in Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi, beginning in 2013. The deal marks IMAX’s first commercial theatres to open in Pakistan and brings the total number of IMAX theatres open or [...]
Cannes: With non-member Greece throwing the G20 Summit here into a tailspin, India Thursday called for urgent steps to resolve the Eurozone crisis and said emerging economies cannot be made to suffer its spillover effects. India also made a strong plea for tackling the issue of illicit money stashed away in tax havens [...]
by John Lee In a recent security conference in Washington, a Chinese delegate caused an awkward silence among the congenial group at a post-event drinks session when he stated that India was “an undisciplined country where the plague and leprosy still exist. How a big, dirty country like that can rise so quickly amazed us”. [...]
