Rani Mukerji-starrer Hichki will now be released in “Kazakhstan” with a Russian voiceover. It will be screened across 15 screens in Kazakhstan, and according to makers, it is the biggest release for a Hindi feature film in the nation since 2015. Rani won hearts as well as box office glory with her convincing and spirited …
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August 21, 2018Performing in the final of “Voice of Astana”, an international contest of variety performers in Kazakhstan, singer Shreya Sharma of Meerut has brought laurels to the city in the field of music. Shreya’s performance won the hearts of the international audience on foreign land. “Voice of Astana” was organised from 15-16 June in the capital …
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June 19, 2018India attaches great significance to ties with Kazakhstan.
June 10, 2018Russia came away with the bronze from the Futsal Euro third-place match thanks to the one-and-only goal of the game by Eder Lima at minute 29, which eased some of the pain of not making it into the final after taking second place three straight times – in 2012, 2014 and 2016. The Russian team …
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February 11, 2018India stormed into the women’s Asia Cup semi-final here on Thursday, thrashing Kazakhstan 7-1 in the quarters at the Kakamigahara Kawasaki Stadium. Dragflicker Gurjit Kaur was in sublime form as she pumped three goals while Navneet Kaur scored twice and Deep Grace converted two penalty corners to ensure India remained unbeaten in the tournament. After …
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November 2, 2017An airplane crashed in the south region of Kazakhstan on Tuesday, killing all five people on board, authorities said. An An-28 aero-medical airplane crashed in the Ili district of the Almaty region at 07.15 p.m., Ruslan Imankulov, spokesman for the Emergency Situations Committee of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said, reports Xinhua. Rescuers using three …
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October 4, 2017Wild tigers are to be reintroduced in Kazakhstan 70 years after they became extinct in the country, media reported on Friday. According to the project which is being supported by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the animals will be reintroduced in the Ili-Balkhash region, reports the Guardian. The project also involves the creation of a …
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September 8, 2017A Soyuz capsule carrying three International Space Station crew members has safely landed on time in Kazakhstan on Sunday, according to NASA. Russian Fyodor Yurchijin and Americans Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson, members of the 52nd expedition to the ISS, landed at 7.21 a.m., near a remote area in Dzhezkazgan. Minutes after the spacecraft landed, …
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September 3, 2017Ensuring the supply of nuclear fuel in the event of disruption due to political or market problems is the objective of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Low Enriched Uranium Bank, which opens this week in Kazakhstan. The reserve, scheduled to open on Tuesday, will store 90 tons of low-enriched uranium (LEU), the essential ingredient needed …
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August 29, 2017Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat will embark on a visit to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan starting from Tuesday with a high-level military delegation, an official statement said. Gen Rawat will be the first head of the Indian Army to visit Turkmenistan. Reaching Kazakhstan on Tuesday, he is slated to meet the Defence Minister, Chairman of …
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August 1, 2017Chinese and Kazakh enterprises and financial institutions have signed at least 24 deals worth more than $8 billion during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Kazakhstan, Chinese Commerce Minister Zhong Shan said on Friday. Both sides agreed to push for the progress in cooperation in energy, mining, chemical industry, mechanical manufacturing, agriculture and infrastructure, said …
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June 10, 2017Amid differences with China over a host of issues, Prime Minister Narendra Modion Friday met President Xi Jinping at Astana in Kazakhstan ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit. “PM Narendra Modi meets President of China Xi Jinping on margins of SCO Summit in Astana,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Gopal Baglay tweeted with …
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June 9, 2017Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif here on Thursday ahead of Friday's Shanghai Cooperation Organisatipn (SCO) Summit. According to a source here, Modi enquired about Sharif's health after an open heart surgery in London in May last year. "Both leaders greeted each other at the Leaders' Lounge at the Astana Opera …
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June 8, 2017Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived in Kazakhstan where he will attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and meet some foreign leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping. There were murmurs that he may meet Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the summit, but there was no official confirmation. At the summit …
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June 8, 2017Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will attend the 17th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Kazakhstan capital Astana, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. Pakistan will become a full member of the SCO at the Astana summit starting on Thursday, the Ministry said. Islamabad had been a SCO observer since 2005. On the sidelines of …
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June 7, 2017India and Kazakhstan held a meeting of the Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism here on Wednesday, exchanging views on prevailing regional terrorist threats including state-sponsored, cross-border terrorism in the Af-Pak region. "As strategic partners, India and Kazakhstan held the fourth meeting of the Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism. Both sides assessed and exchanged …
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May 3, 2017After spending 173 days in space, Expedition 50 crew members Astronaut Shane Kimbrough of NASA and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Russian space agency Roscosmos made their way back to Earth on Monday. "Touchdown! Exp 50 crew lands in Kazakhstan at 7:20am ET after 173 days in space," NASA's page for updates from …
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