Tag: Russia
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Tea body chief moots promotion of tea as aspirational experience
Kumar also mooted the idea of promotion of tea on social media to make it more targeted and cost-effective.
January 20, 2019 -
WADA say ‘successfully retrieved’ doping data from Moscow lab
"This is a major breakthrough for clean sport," said WADA President Craig Reedie.
January 18, 2019 -
Russia, US plan no direct contacts for early 2019
Putin has repeatedly said that he is ready to meet Trump and discuss multiple issues on the bilateral and international agendas.
January 6, 2019 -
WADA must act now on Russia missing deadline: NADO
"NADO leaders implore WADA to use its full authority and resources to expedite this matter."
January 3, 2019 -
WADA athletes body seeks Russia ban over missed deadline
Russia's athletics team was barred from the 2016 Rio Olympics and also missed the IAAF World Championships in London a year later.
January 3, 2019 -
New sanctions loom as WADA confirm Russia misses doping deadline
Russia faced the possibility of renewed sporting sanctions on Tuesday when the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed the country had missed a December 31 deadline to hand over data from its anti-doping laboratory in Moscow.
January 2, 2019 -
Merkel, Macron urge Russia to release Ukrainian sailors
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron have urged Russia to release the Ukrainian sailors who were detained during tensions in the Sea of Azov, the media reported.
December 29, 2018 -
US imposes sanctions on Russian individuals, entities
The Donald Trump-led US administration to date has sanctioned 272 Russia-related individuals and entities, said the Treasury Department.
December 20, 2018 -
As Opec’s power wanes, Saudis tie up with Russia
OPEC is in the midst of a major crisis made more evident by Qatar’s announcement that it would be leaving OPEC, partly to protest Saudi dominance over the group.
December 17, 2018 -
Laws and the Reality
Laws and regulations like the minimum wage, say Rs 15,000 per month, touch only the organized sector of the economy which in India covers only 16 per cent of the worker population. The remaining 84 per cent are in the unorganized sector and do not get the benefit of government stipulations. On this basis alone, there is a strong case for lifting all wage stipulations.
December 17, 2018 -
India, Russia discuss joint mechanism to counter terror threats from Afghanistan
The situation in Afghanistan, in the context of developments in the region, came in for discussion when visiting Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev met National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval in New Delhi last week.
December 10, 2018 -
Historic religious rift
The Ukrainian Orthodox church has been granted independence, and last Friday’s development is indubitably a significant blow to Moscow.
December 5, 2018 -
India, Russia, China hold 2nd trilateral meeting after 12 years
US President Donald Trump, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Indian Prime Minister also held a trilateral meeting, the first ever of its kind.
December 1, 2018 -
Trump says may cancel Putin meet after Ukraine-Russia sea clash
The incident was the first major confrontation at sea in the long-running conflict pitting Ukraine against Moscow and Russian-backed separatists in the country's east.
November 28, 2018 -
Russia blackballed
Lithuania’s parliament voted unanimously last Tuesday to consider leaving Interpol if the Russian candidate had won the vote.
November 26, 2018 -
A race Pakistan cannot win
The completion of the first deterrence patrol by INS Arihant, India’s first home-developed, nuclear-powered submarine, completing the nuclear deterrence triad, procurement of the S400 missile systems from Russia and the induction of new heavy-calibre guns for the artillery are changing the balance of power in the subcontinent. There was immense criticism by Pakistan in every …
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November 20, 2018 -
US facing military crisis, may lose war against Russia, China, warns panel
The panel found that America's focus on counter-insurgency operations this century resulted in it slipping in other warfighting areas such as missile defence, cyber and space operations, and anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare.
November 15, 2018