African swine fever has been reported from two farms at Mananthavady in Kerala's Wayanad district, officials said on Friday.
The UK on Saturday detected two cases of the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, according to health secretary Sajid Javid as he added four more African countries to Britain's travel red list.
Togo's soccer team has decided to play in the African Nations Cup following a deadly attack on the squad, even though its government has withdrawn the side, French sports newspaper L'Equipe reported on Sunday.
Military affairs experts said his key challenge will be to build consensus among the three services for the theaterisation plan as the Indian Air Force has some apprehensions about its roll-out.
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More than 50 Africa-born or African-origin players are spread across 11 teams -- excluding sides from the continent -- that are part of the tournament in Qatar.
This is the first time that a retired officer has been appointed at this position for which a gazette notification was issued to announce the change in rules for the appointment.
The Indian teams made winning starts in the Open and women's sections of the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai on Friday.
A consortium of European companies has signed up an agreement with Angolan government for exploration of its gas and oil reserves. The consortium includes two Spanish (Gas Natural and Repsol YPF), and Portuguese companies (Galp Energia and EXEM), one Italian company (Eni) and Angolan state energy company, Sonangol.
India 'B' blanked Estonia 4-0 in the second round of the Open section in the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram, Chennai, on Saturday while the second-seeded India 'A' team defeated Moldova 3.5-0.5 to make it two wins from as many matches.
Senegal showed their teeth on the opening day of qualifiers for the 2021 African Cup of Nations but other continental heavyweights struggled to find form on Wednesday.
Two workers from Vadodara, who were recently released from jail by Angolan authorities along with others, returned to the city on Saturday night and reunited with their families. Three workers from Gujarat, out of the total 26 workers who were recently released from jail by Angolan authorities, returned to the state. Jignesh Prajapati and Ashish Maheshwari from Vadodara arrived at the civilian Harni airport on Saturday. One Mukesh Nakum is from Jamnagar.
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) in a statement urged world leaders not to implement 'knee-jerk' policy decisions in response to the detection of the Omicron variant.
Aubameyang used social media to highlight their plight after arriving at Banjul airport on Sunday, ahead of Monday's Group D clash in the Gambian capital.
India's exports during the first week of September jumped 13.35 per cent year-on-year to $ 6.12 billion, official data released on Thursday showed. At the same time, imports declined by 21.37 per cent to $ 6.85 billion. Consequently, the deficit during September 1 to 7 worked out to $ 730 million.
A night of unrelenting emotion ended in joy for South Africa and Cape VerdeIslands and sorrow for Morocco and Angola as the four Group A teams served up an African Nations Cup treat on Sunday.
Endiama, Angola's largest diamond mining company, has sought help from the Indian government for sewing up a partnership with the Tatas, for diversification into manufacture of commercial vehicles and helicopters. President of the state-run Endiama, Manuel Aranaldo de Sousa Calado, discussed the proposal to form a joint venture with the Tatas, with India's Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh in Angola on Monday. The company plans to set up its office in Mumbai soon.
Former World Footballer of the Year Rivaldo, 40, has left Kabuscorp after completing a short-term contract with the Angolan team.
Ivory Coast's safety first approach paid off as they reached the African Nations Cup quarter-finals on Thursday but similar tactics backfired for Angola in a 2-2 draw with Sudan, who had not scored at the tournament for the previous 36 years.
Sudan advanced into the African Nations Cup quarter-finals after a 2-1 win over Burkina Faso on Monday handed them second place in Group B by the slimmest of margins.
India and the US had on July 17 signed a preliminary agreement for cooperating on emergency crude oil reserves, including the possibility of India storing oil in the US emergency stockpile.
The attack on Togo's football team in Angola brought back "horrible memories" for last year's Lahore terror strike survivor ICC match referee Chris Broad, who feels sportspersons are becoming soft targets for militant outfits.
'Putting tanks on the Ladakh border is not enough to combat China, what is needed to ensure resilience against any cyber-attacks or attacks in outer space or China flexing its economic muscle, as it did with Australia.'
Egypt retained hopes of a successful African Nations Cup title defence with a 2-1 win over Angola in their quarter-final.
Tunisia and Angola played out a goalless stalemate in Tamale to qualify for the African Nations Cup quarter-finals.
On July 1, 2021, Britain's Princess Diana would have turned 60 and two decades after her tragic death in a car accident near the end of summer 1997, she still holds an exalted place on the altar of the most admired people in the world, her status secure as a style icon -- as is her legacy of having forever changed the British monarchy.
Images from the FIFA World Cup qualifiers matches.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has lost out on a bid for an oil block in Angola to a Chinese-led consortium.
Indian tank commanders on Wednesday secured a respectable third spot in the second stage of the annual Tank Biathlon, a mechanised military sport invented in Russia.
With three straight victories, Portugal look equipped to mount a serious title challenge in the last 16 stage.
A qualifier between Algeria and Angola has been postponed because of fears over an outbreak of the Marburg virus.
'No other Communist leader after Lenin had such an internationalist vision as Fidel,' says Prakash Karat, the CPI-M leader in this eloquent tribute to Fidel Castro who passed into the ages on Friday.
The United Nations General Assembly today elected Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela as the new non-permanent members of the Security Council for a two-year term beginning in January next year.
South Africa closed in on the African Nations Cup knockout stages with a win on Wednesday while debutantsCape VerdeIslands narrowly failed to do the same as Group A came alive after its moribund start.
Mesut Ozil netted a superb double to fire Real Madrid to a 3-2 comeback win at Real Valladolid on Saturday and lift Jose Mourinho's side within two points of second-placed Atletico Madrid in La Liga.
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Double European champions Greece made a shock exit from the Olympic basketball qualifiers on Friday following a narrow 80-79 defeat against Nigeria.
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