NSW Minister for Sport and Recreation Stuart Ayres has joined with the entire motor sport community in paying tribute to the late Sir Jack Brabham AO, OBE. Sir Jack passed away aged 88. He won three world championships – 1959, 1960 and 1966. His first two titles were in cars he helped develop, clinching his […]
Canberra, May 19 (IANS) Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Ocean Shield has arrived at Geraldton, Western Australia, to receive spare parts related to the transponder mounted on it and the transponder mounted on the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Bluefin 21, the Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) said in a statement Monday. The ADV Ocean Shield and the […]
Mumbai, May 19 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets was trading 227.29 points or 0.94 percent up Monday as banking and capital goods stocks surged. Good buying was observed in banking, capital goods, oil and gas, metal and auto sectors, while selling pressure was seen in the IT sector. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) […]
Sao Paulo, May 19 (IANS) Organizers have hailed as a success the first official test event at the Itaquerao stadium, which will stage the FIFA World Cup opener between Brazil and Croatia next month. The venue in Sao Paulo and Arena Pantanal in Brazil’s western city of Cuiaba opened Sunday by hosting Brazilian Serie A matches, […]
Jakarta, May 19 (IANS) A two-day conference on nuclear test ban for Southeast Asia and Pacific Far East regions commenced Monday in Indonesia, attracting 50 experts from 21 countries. The conference, ‘Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) – Regional Conference for States in Southeast Asia, the Pacific and Far East’, is being attended by officials from the […]
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) It will be a partly cloudy Monday in Delhi, the Met Office said. The minimum temperature was 24 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average. “The sky will be clear in the morning but will become cloudy in the afternoon,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department. The maximum […]
Moscow, May 19 (IANS/ITAR -TASS) The self proclaimed People’s Republic of Luhansk in east Ukraine has elected Valery Bolotov as its leader. Bolotov was elected at an assembly session Sunday. The session also approved a temporary constitution for the people of Luhansk. Along with electing the leader, Vassily Nikitin has been elected as the prime minister. […]
Canberra, May 19 (IANS) Australian researchers has developed a new online tool called “We Feel” which analyses words from millions of tweets to display a real-time view of our emotions, a statement from Australia’s national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), said Monday. According to this statement, this tool, which was developed […]
Rio de Janeiro, May 19 (IANS) Paulo Henrique Ganso expressed his disappointment at missing Brazil’s World Cup squad after scoring both goals in Sao Paulo’s 2-0 victory over Flamengo. “We have been playing well for a while but people only see that against opponents like Corinthians and Flamengo,” Xinhua quoted Ganso as saying after the match […]
Jammu, May 19 (IANS) A soldier was killed and two were injured in a guerrilla attack near the international border in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday, an official said Monday. Two soldiers were injured Sunday in a landmine explosion in the Akhnoor area of the international border in the state. Sources said a patrol party had gone […]