Section: Daily News & Analysis (India)
Facebook, Instagram widely used to sell counterfeit luxury goods
As the smartphone population and internet penetration around the world grows, criminals are using the same platforms and technology offered by social media and e-commerce giants to attract sell counterfeit goods, a post on the World Economic Forum (WEF) said. According to a post contributed to WEF by Andrea Stroppa, Facebook, Amazon, Google,...
Hapless Reus! Germany’s Marco Reus out of Euro 2016 due to injury concerns
Winger Marco Reus was left out of Germany’s final Euro 2016 squad on his 27th birthday on Tuesday over injury concerns, missing out on his second consecutive major tournament. Coach Joachim Loew also cut 20-year-old midfielder Julian Brandt along with his Bayer Leverkusen team mate Karim Bellarabi and defensive midfielder Sebastian Rudy....
International Friendlies: Marcus Rashford gets a dream debut as England trump Australia
Marcus Rashford made a bold claim for a place at Euro 2016 as the Manchester United sensation took just 135 seconds to became the youngest player to score on his England debut in the 2-1 win against Australia. Rashford’s meteoric rise hit new heights when the teenage striker opened the scoring in the Euro 2016 warm-up with a clinical volley...
Germany’s Angela Merkel says G7 has no plans to lift Russia sanctions
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday said that the Group of Seven has no plan to withdraw sanctions slapped on Russia over its involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Her comments came on the sidelines of G7 summit talks in Japan, ahead of a formal communique from the club of rich nations due Friday. “For me it’s too...
Ukraine bans Soviet leader Gorbachev for backing Crimea annexation
Ukraine’s security service on Thursday said it had banned the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for backing Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Ukraine’s National Security Service (SBU) said the 85-year-old who presided over the breakup of the Soviet Union was barred from entering the country for five years. “For publicly...
He’s Ours! Putin ensures Ukraine-born Neustadter can play for Russia at Euro 2016
Russian president Vladimir Putin has given the green light for defender Roman Neustadter, who was born in Ukraine, to play for Russia at the Euro 2016 soccer finals by approving his passport. Russia head coach Leonid Slutskiy had on Saturday included the Schalke 04 defender Neustadter, who has been living in Germany since he was a child and has...
French Open: Defending champion Stan Wawrinka relieved, Andy Murray teeters on the brink
Defending champion Stan Wawrinka breathed a huge sigh of relief and Andy Murray faced a sleepless night after both got bogged down by belligerent Czechs at a sodden French Open on Monday. A day that began two hours late after torrential rain ended with world number two Murray hanging on against 37-year-old Czech qualifier Radek Stepanek having...
Terror attack most likely scenario for EgyptAir disappearance
Several scenarios could explain the mysterious disappearance of the Egyptair flight between Paris to Cairo early on Thursday, but experts say a terrorist attack is the most likely. Both France and Egypt have been leading targets for Islamist extremists in recent months. In October, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for bombing an...
51 Islamic nations do not want transgender and gay groups to attend UN AIDS conference
Major Western nations are protesting a move to block gay and transgender groups from attending a high-level United Nations conference on AIDS. A letter from Egypt on behalf of 51 countries in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation asked that 11 organisations not be allowed to attend the conference next month. The letter, dated April 26 and...
Getting slots for Rio 2016 just got much harder for Indian women boxers
Five-time champion Indian star M C Mary Kom (51kg) will take on Sweden’s Juliana Soderstrom in her opening bout of a highly competitive World Women’s Boxing Championship where only three of her compatriots were given seedings in Astana on Wednesday. The event — the final qualifying tournament for women boxers in the three...
