Section: Daily News & Analysis (India)
Russian court sentences Ukrainian pilot to 22 years in jail
A Russian court sentenced Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko to 22 years in jail on Tuesday after finding her guilty of involvement in the killing of two Russian journalists during the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said his country would never recognise the verdict of what he called a “kangaroo...
Spain: At least 13 dead, over 30 injured as bus carrying exchange students crashes
At least 13 people were killed when a bus carrying a large group of foreign university students crashed early on Sunday midway between the Spanish cities of Valencia and Barcelona, authorities in the northeastern region of Catalonia said. Eight of the 43 passengers had also been seriously injured. The students were from at least 19 countries and...
EU calls for more countries to impose sanctions over Crimea
The European Union called on Friday for more countries to impose sanctions on Russia over Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula two years ago, saying European governments were very worried about Moscow’s military build-up in the region. In a statement issued on the anniversary of Russia’s formal absorption of...
Sergio Aguero urges Manchester City to seal top-four spot with United win
Striker Sergio Aguero has admitted the Premier League title is slipping out of Manchester City’s reach and urged his team mates to keep rivals Manchester United at bay in the race for Champions League qualification ahead of Sunday’s derby. City are fourth in the league, two places and four points above United, but trail leaders...
World Anti-Doping Agency says 99 cases of meldonium doping this year so far
The drug at the centre of the Maria Sharapova doping case has produced 99 positive tests so far this year, the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Friday. WADA spokesman Ben Nichols told The Associated Press in an e-mail that since meldonium was banned on Jan 1, “there have been 99 adverse analytical findings” for the drug. Nichols did...
Fukushima’s ground zero: Where radiation even ‘kills’ robots
The robots sent in to find highly radioactive fuel at Fukushima’s nuclear reactors have “died”; a subterranean “ice wall” around the crippled plant meant to stop groundwater from becoming contaminated has yet to be finished. And authorities still don’t know how to dispose of highly radioactive water stored in...
End of the road? Maria Sharapova provisionally suspended by ITF for failing drug test
Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova, the highest-paid woman in sports, said on Monday that she failed a drug test at the Australian Open due to a substance she has been taking for 10 years for health issues. The 28-year-old Sharapova, a five-time grand slam champion, will be provisionally suspended starting March 12, the International Tennis...
German Open: Kidambi Srikanth, P Kashyap reach second round
Top Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap crossed the opening hurdle to reach the second round of men’s singles competition at the $120,000 German Grand Prix Gold. Srikanth, who clinched the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold at Lucknow in January this year, saw off Japan’s Takuma Ueda 12-21 21-18 21-11 in a hard-fought...
Indian-origin director Asif Kapadia’s documentary on Amy Winehouse wins at Oscars 2016
Indo-British filmmaker Asif Kapadia won the best documentary Oscar for Amy, a poignant examination of singer Amy Winehouse’s life and her tragic death at the age of 27. Kapadia, who had already won the Golden Globe and Bafta awards for the documentary, paid tribute to Winehouse, who died in 2011 following a battle with drug and alcohol....
Indian-origin director Asif Kapadia’s documentary on Amy Winehouse wins at Oscars 2016
Indo-British filmmaker Asif Kapadia won the best documentary Oscar for Amy, a poignant examination of singer Amy Winehouse’s life and her tragic death at the age of 27. Kapadia, who had already won the Golden Globe and Bafta awards for the documentary, paid tribute to Winehouse, who died in 2011 following a battle with drug and alcohol....
