Section: Daily News & Analysis (India)
Bayern will adopt patient approach against Barcelona, says coach Pep Guardiola
Bayern Munich have no plans to go straight on the attack and score quickly against Barcelona on Tuesday as they look to overturn a 3-0 Champions League semi-final, first leg defeat, coach Pep Guardiola said on Monday. Bayern, who have lost their last four matches in all competitions for the first time since 1991, will instead try to control...
Russia stages huge military parade, Western leaders boycott
Thousands of Russian troops marched across Red Square, tanks rumbled through the streets and jets screamed overhead on Saturday in a huge military parade marking the 70th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany. Western leaders boycotted the parade over Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis but President Vladimir Putin was joined under the...
Russia displays military might in WWII ‘Victory Day’ parade
Russia on Saturday staged a grand military parade here to commemorate the 70th anniversary of its victory over Nazi Germany in the presence of several world leaders, including President Pranab Mukherjee, even as Western powers boycotted the event due to a standoff over Ukraine. Nearly 10,000 soldiers, including an Indian Army contingent and...
Energy, transport deals on the agenda as China’s Xi Jinping visits Russia
Energy, transport and finance deals are likely to be on the agenda as Chinese President Xi Jinping meets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a three-day visit to Russia, where he will attend World War Two commemorations. The two heads of state will sign a joint statement on strengthening the Sino-Russian partnership and will also talk...
Football: Ambitious Krasnodar eye Champions League debut
Russia’s FC Krasnodar could be Champions League debutants next season with the club that was formed only seven years ago on the cusp of joining the big time thanks to the backing of billionaire owner Sergei Galitsky. Hailing from the south of Russia, the team known as the Bulls are second in the Russian top flight behind Zenit St Petersburg...
US aims to make Iran nuclear deal immune to Russian, Chinese veto
Washington wants to be certain that any nuclear deal between Iran and major powers includes the possibility of restoring UN sanctions if Tehran breaks the agreement without risking Russian and Chinese vetoes, a senior US. official said on Tuesday. United Nations sanctions and a future mechanism for Iran to buy atomic technology are two core...
Russia says EU does not want Ukraine truce to hold
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused “someone in the European Union” on Tuesday of trying to ensure a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine does not hold. Pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian government agreed the truce in the Belarussian capital Minsk on Feb. 12, but it has failed to end all fighting and the Lithuanian...
Nepal asks foreign rescue teams to leave; quake toll reaches 7,365
Rescue teams from India and 33 other countries were asked on Monday by Nepal to leave as it prepared to launch massive operations to rehabilitate millions of uprooted victims of the devastating temblor that has killed at least 7,365 people, including 41 Indians. The decision that also applies to India’s National Disaster Response Force...
Chess: Indian women win silver, bronze in World Championship
D Harika and Koneru Humpy came up with fine individual performances to win a silver and a bronze, respectively, even as the Indian eves finished fourth in the women’s world team chess championship. Harika’s silver and Humpy’s bronze though were a big consolation for the team, overall it was a disappointing show by the Indian...
Hindujas displaced from top spot of Britain’s rich list
NRI industrialists Hinduja brothers have been displaced as Britain’s wealthiest family on a rich list released here today which was topped by Ukrainian music baron Len Blavatnik. Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja with a fortune of £13 billion were edged out from the top spot that they held in 2014 to the second place this year by...
