News for 'vostok'

Russian missiles hit Kyiv ahead of Trump-Zelenskyy meet

Russian missiles hit Kyiv ahead of Trump-Zelenskyy meet

Rediff.com27 Dec 2025

Ukraine's capital Kyiv came under a large-scale missile and drone attack overnight on December 27, with multiple explosions reported across the city and surrounding regions, one day ahead of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as diplomatic efforts continue to end the four-year-long war.

Hanuman ji was the first astronaut: BJP's Anurag Thakur

Hanuman ji was the first astronaut: BJP's Anurag Thakur

Rediff.com25 Aug 2025

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anurag Thakur has told students at a school event in Himachal Pradesh that Lord Hanuman might have been the first space traveller and urged students to value the country's millennia-old traditions, knowledge and culture.

They can make their own decisions: US on India-China-Russia military drill

They can make their own decisions: US on India-China-Russia military drill

Rediff.com14 Sep 2022

'India's a sovereign nation, they can make their own decisions in terms of who they're going to conduct exercises with'

Day after US voices concern, Indian Army team joins Russian military drill

Day after US voices concern, Indian Army team joins Russian military drill

Rediff.com2 Sep 2022

The exercise from September 1 to 7 is taking place at different locations in Russia's Far East amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

US voices concerns over India's participation in Russian military drills

US voices concerns over India's participation in Russian military drills

Rediff.com31 Aug 2022

Russia said on Monday that the Vostok 2022 military exercises will be held from September 1 to 7 in different locations in the Far East and the Sea of Japan and involve more than 50,000 troops from China, India and several other countries.

The Falcon And The Iceman

The Falcon And The Iceman

Rediff.com8 Sep 2022

After bunkering in the Kremlin through the pandemic, Vladimir Putin is getting out and about these days.

PHOTOS: Surviving the coldest places on earth

PHOTOS: Surviving the coldest places on earth

Rediff.com8 Jan 2014

As the savage Arctic blast threatens the coldest weather in the United States in two decades, Rediff.com looks at some of the coldest places in the world with record-setting low temperatures

Discovered: Mystery lake, Nazi archives in Antarctica

Discovered: Mystery lake, Nazi archives in Antarctica

Rediff.com10 Feb 2012

Russian scientists claim to have achieved a major breakthrough by drilling into Antarctic lake buried under the ice for 20 million years, a feat which could offer a glimpse of unique life forms.

Lake under Antarctica mapped

Lake under Antarctica mapped

Rediff.com2 Aug 2004

Columbia University scientists have mapped a huge lake under Antarctica.