Maranello (Italy), Nov 20 (IANS) Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel signed a three-year deal with Ferrari following Fernando Alonso’s departure, the F1 team announced Thursday. The Italian team’s driver line-up next season will consist of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel. Marco Mattiacci, Ferrari team principal, expressed his enthusiasm at the prospect of fielding Raikkonen and […]
Chennai, Nov 20 (IANS) Spanish wind turbine maker Gamesa plans to invest over 100 million euros in India over the next five years and would launch its 2 MW turbine, the company said here Thursday. “Gamesa plans to invest over 100 million euros in India in the next five years. Our primary focus in India […]
Bangkok, Nov 20 (IANS/EFE) Indonesian National Police Thursday confirmed carrying out virginity tests on female recruits to prove their physical and moral strength, a test that Human Rights Watch (HRW) has branded as humiliating. The director of the legal department of the national police, Inspector General Moechgiyarto said these tests were reserved exclusively for women, […]
London, Nov 20 (IANS) Actor Charles Dance, who portrayed Tywin Lannister on TV drama “Game of Thrones”, has hinted that the fantasy drama is being considered for a big screen adaptation. The 68-year-old has revealed that the producers of the series are actively discussing a possible movie adaptation, reports telegraph.co.uk. “There’s talk of eventually trying […]
New York, Nov 20 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the list of 50 contenders for Time magazine’s Person of the Year. Time’s Person of the Year will be announced Dec 10. Modi, “once a controversial regional leader”, became India’s prime minister after leading his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a “landslide electoral […]
Bangkok, Nov 20 (IANS/EFE) At least 22 guerrilla fighters from the militant wing of the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) have died in a heavy artillery attack by the Myanmar army, media reported Thursday. Another 15 Kachin guerrillas were injured when government troops opened fire late Wednesday on rebel strongholds in the city of Laiza in […]
Seoul, Nov 20 (IANS/EFE) A South Korean court Thursday sentenced the head of a ferry operator firm to 10 years in prison for negligent homicide over the sinking of the Sewol, which killed 304 people in April. Kim Han-sik, 71, “remodelled the ship and overloaded it with cargo in an effort to overcome the company’s […]
Hyderabad, Nov 20 (IANS) Tech Mahindra Ltd., India’s fifth largest software services exporter, has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire US-based Lightbridge Communications Corporation (LCC) for $240 million. LCC is a global network services leader. The transaction is expected to close by fourth quarter of Tech Mahindra’s fiscal year 2015. Headquartered in […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 20 (IANS) The opposition in Kerala Thursday demanded that strong action be taken against a senior bureaucrat whose office and house were raided by the vigilance and anti-corruption bureau. The bureau officials seized documents and cash from the possession of T.O. Sooraj, Kerala PWD secretary. He was under the lens of the vigilance […]
Tehran, Nov 20 (IANS) The head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran has said Tehran will not allow any “special” inspections of the country’s nuclear facilities, media reported Thursday. “We will not accept any special inspections” by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that are exclusively planned for Iran’s nuclear facilities, Ali-Akbar Salehi said, […]