MANAMA: National carrier Gulf Air yesterday announced it would resume flights to the Greek capital, Athens, from June 16. The airline will initially operate four weekly flights to Athens International Airport. The decision to resume flights to Athens reinforces the airline’s strategy of strengthening its network with key global destinations and providing strategic business and tourism links, Gulf Air acting… Read more →
NEW DELHI: Voters went to the polls in New Delhi yesterday on the first major day of India’s marathon national election, with the capital a key battleground for an anti-corruption party which shot to fame last year. Almost a fifth of parliament’s 543 seats were up for grabs yesterday, the third of nine phases of voting in the world’s biggest… Read more →
For years now China has been the world’s manufacturing powerhouse, leveraging its cheap labour and much else to dominate global trade in general and developing country exports in particular. But, of late, talk that China has reached the Lewis turning point, when it runs out of access to a cheap labour reserve at a near constant real wage has gained… Read more →
Atletico Madrid tamed Lionel Messi and Neymar to eliminate La Liga rival Barcelona from the Champions League after Koke’s early goal secured a shock 2-1 aggregate success at the Calderon on Wednesday. After last week’s quarterfinal, first-leg in Barcelona ended 1-1, Atletico’s stunning 1-0 victory at an electric Calderon stadium was the latest twist in a fairytale season for Madrid’s… Read more →
Indian companies have generally failed to take advantages of the technologies and opportunities offered by the China market, Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of the Tata Group, has said. Mr. Tata, in an address to a high-powered gathering of Chinese politicians and business leaders, said he believed there was “great potential” for Chinese companies to invest in infrastructure in India but… Read more →
BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has, for the first time, publicly acknowledged his wife, drawing an instant taunt from Congress leader Digvijay Singh and strong defence from his brothers, who described the marriage as a “social formality.” Mr. Modi acknowledged his marriage to Jashodaben for the first time in his affidavit filed along with his nomination papers in Vadodara… Read more →
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday he was “confident” that the latest signals picked up by search vessels were from the black box on board missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370. Speaking to reporters after arriving in Shanghai on an official visit, Mr. Abbott said the search area had been narrowed down, indicating that vessels were close to a… Read more →
NEW DELHI: Leg-spinner Amit Mishra got Lahiru Thirimanne caught behind to dealt fourth blow on Sri Lanka at the score of 78 in the 13th over during their chase of 131 in the World T20 final. Scorecard Suresh Raina ended Mahela Jayawardene’s challenge in the tenth over to give Sri Lanka third blow at the score of 65. Jayawardene, playing… Read more →
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella joining the growing list of India-born chiefs at the helm of American companies has caused a “bit of a stir” in China, according to a media report. The Wall Street Journal report titled ‘Why China Doesn’t Export World-Class CEOs’ also said Indians’ good command over the English language and their willingness to move gives them an… Read more →
Actress Sonakshi Sinha hopes the country gets rid of corruption and expects a change in political system after the upcoming Lok Sabha election. Sonakshi’s father, noted actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, is contesting the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Bihar. On her hope of dream India, Sonakshi says, “To stay corruption free… Everyone is fed up of that main root problem and… Read more →
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