Yearly Archives: 2015
Das Kadam: PM Modi proposes 10-point initiative for BRICS nations
July 9, 2015
Ufa (Russia): Pitching for closer cooperation and coordination among BRICS nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday proposed a 10-point initiative that includes India hosting the first trade fair for the grouping and establishing research centers for railways and agriculture.
Believe it or not: Macho man and judo black belt holder Putin finds Yoga...
July 8, 2015
Ufa (Russia): With Prime Minister Narendra Modi talking about yoga in a meeting with him in Ufa, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said the ancient Indian spiritual practice "looks difficult" and that is why he has not tried it.
As an Indian citizen I don’t want Modi as my PM: Amartya Sen
July 8, 2015
New Delhi: Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen on Tuesday expressed skepticism about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's idea of secularism, asserting he would like to see "more action" in reaching out to the minorities.
Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen on Tuesday expressed skepticism about Modi's idea of secularism.
Cricket: Australia’s Marcus Stoinis hits six sixes in an over
July 8, 2015
AUSTRALIA – Marcus Stoinis, an allrounder playing for Commonwealth Bank Bushrangers in Australia's domestic circuit, matched a rare feat on Wednesday as he hit National Indigenous Squad's medium-pacer for six sixes in an over.
Australia’s Marcus Stoinis hits six sixes in an over© Getty Images
Truth about Nehru: Why conspiracy theorists are wrong about him
July 8, 2015
NEW DELHI – Last week, certain malicious revisions were made to Jawaharlal Nehru's Wikipedia page from an IP address that belonged to the state-run National Informatics Centre (NIC).
SC Senate votes to remove flag from Statehouse grounds
July 7, 2015
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Senate voted Monday to pull the Confederate flag off the Capitol grounds, clearing the way for a historic measure that could remove the banner more than five decades after it was first flown above the Statehouse to protest integration.
How likely is nuclear war with Russia?
July 7, 2015
I spent much of this spring obsessed with a question: Could the United States and Russia stumble into war, perhaps even nuclear war?
Results of survey on risks of war. (Jay Ulfelder)
Vyapam scam: All-out strife in BJP as Uma, Shivraj trade barbs
July 7, 2015
NEW DELHI – An open war broke out in the BJP on Monday as Union Water Resources Minister and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti fired a barrage of accusations at Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over discrepancies in the Vyapam scam . She feared for her own life, she said. Over 40 deaths have been linked to the scam so far.
Wimbledon: Sania Mirza, Martina Hingis advance to quarter-finals
July 6, 2015
LONDON – The Indo-Swiss pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis stormed into the women's doubles quarter-finals at the Wimbledon Championships on Friday by beating the 16th-seeded Spanish team of Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-4, 6-3 in just 66 minutes.
Philae’s comet may host alien ‘life’: astronomers
July 6, 2015
Astronomers proposed a novel explanation Monday for the strange appearance of the comet carrying Europe's robot probe Philae through outer space: alien microscopic life.
An image taken by Rosetta's Philae on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko shows part of the lander, in a photo released by the European Space Agency (ESA) on November 13, 2014
