HIGHLIGHTS The Proton rocket carried a US telecom satellite, Echostar-21 The Proton-M was successfully launched at 6:45am (0345 GMT/ 9:15am IST) Echostar-21 will provide telecommunications services in Europe Russia on Thursday sent into space a Proton rocket carrying a US telecom satellite, Echostar-21, the first launch in a year after an engine glitch sparked a probe into manufacturing flaws. “The Read More

The number of Chinese and Russian visitors to Dubai surged in the first three months of the year, boosted by the United Arab Emirates’ recent decision to grant visas on arrival to citizens of the two countries. Overnight Chinese visitors jumped 64 percent to 230,000 in the three months to March 31, making it Dubai’s fourth largest source market during Read More

Where has your best selfie been taken? In a bar? On a rollercoaster? In the bathroom? Sigh, those are nothing compared to the selfies Russian girl Angela Nikolau takes. Angela Nikolau, 23, scales horrifying heights in her bid to get the world’s great cities as her backdrop. Nikolau has posed, in some rather cringe-worthy positions, on rooftops, bridges and skyscrapers Read More

Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) Vice President Rima Batalova has said the country’s paralympians may have to miss the 2018 Winter Games as the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) did not communicate the criteria for Russia’s membership recovery. Russian paralympians will not be able to participate in competitions and gain quotas for the 2018 Winetr Games next year, Sputnik reported citing Batalova. Read More

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on July 11 presented a Ganesha idol to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during the ongoing International Industrial Exhibition ‘Innoprom’ in Ekaterinburg. Fadnavis is currently on an official visit to Russia. At the Maharashtra pavilion at Innoprom, Fadnavis apprised Medvedev of investment opportunities in Maharashtra, an official said. The CM presented the Prime Minister a Read More