ENGELS, Russia — The long-range aviation crews of the Russian Aerospace Forces conducted test trials on commander flights of strategic bombers in the Saratov Region of the Volga Federal District in the southeast of Russia on March 11. Strategic missile carriers Tu-160 (Tupolev-160, NATO nomenclature: ‘White Swan’ or Blackjack’) and Tu-95MS (Tupolev Tu-95, NATO nomenclature: ‘Bear’) can be seen performing training flights at the Engels Air Force Base, which is a strategic bomber military airbase in Russia. Both strategic bombers were produced by Joint Stock Company Tupolev, which is a Russian aerospace and defense company headquartered in the Basmanny District…
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PROMISSÃO, Brazil — A 101-year-old woman, who went viral after sending her CV to a local business seeking a job to live life on her own terms, has landed a new job as an influencer for a local wine brand. Maria Cardoso, who lives in the south-eastern Brazilian municipality of Promissao, started her new job last week. “I’m finding it very good. I didn’t expect it, I’m extremely happy,” said Cardoso. Maria Cardoso, 101, with her resume prepared by her great-granddaughter to get her employment. ( Pamela Cristina Matias Gomes/Newsflash)As part of her job, Maria’s relatives will film her tasting the…
ARNHEM, Netherlands – A lion from Burgers’ Zoo had to undergo a vasectomy procedure to keep the animal population under check. The 11-year-old male lion named Thor is the father of five cubs with two partners in the past year and had to go under the knife on March 11 in the early morning. The chief vet performed the procedure at the Royal Burgers’ Zoo, Henk Luten. “Why are we doing it? Because he’s a proven breeder,” said Luten. “We have a lot of offspring, and we don’t want to have him overpopulating the genetic pool.” Realizing they would be facing…
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — A video of muscular men fighting it out against each other in a game of ‘Regball’ is fast catching the attention of viewers across the globe. The footage of the 22nd Championship in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia was played from Feb. 26 – 28, 2021 which was widely viewed by the people. “There are two teams of six players. A regball team can have up to 13 players, but no more than six players can be on the court, the rest are substitutes. The aim is to throw the ball into the opponent’s hoop,” said Kirillovykh…
BRUSSELS — A young Egyptian man who mistakenly received GBP 650,000 ($905,297.25) in his bank account from a Belgian company returned the money, thus becoming a social media hero. Ahmed Gad El-Rab, who works as a translator in Belgium, said he was shocked to see EUR 760,732 ($907,732.05) credited in his bank account. In Egyptian pounds (EGP), the sum amounts to 14.3 million. He said that he did not hesitate for a moment to return it, and being a millionaire for a day was enough for him. “I did not hesitate for a moment, and I contacted the bank to discuss the procedure…
The retrospective tax feud between the Indian government and UK-based oil and gas major, Cairn Energy, is set to get bitter. Cairn Energy has begun identifying assets of the Indian government to enforce the $1.2-billion arbitration award it won in December 2020, according to a March 9 investor communiqué from the firm. The firm plans to appeal in the courts of different nations, including the U.S. and the U.K., for seizing those assets, if the award is not honored. “Clearly, this is an asset which has value in the eyes of third parties, either to participate directly in our claim or as lenders…
MUMBAI, India — In December 1971, as Bangladesh was going through its birth pangs and South Asia was roiled by another conflict between India and Pakistan, an Indian journalist found himself in a Pakistani jail. Walter Alfred, now 101 years old and a resident of Mumbai, was in Pakistan as a war and diplomatic relations correspondent for India’s largest news agency, the Press Trust of India. As East Pakistan — now Bangladesh — descended into civil war, and India intervened on its behalf, Alfred was accused of espionage and arrested. So was his wife, Millicent Alfred. “I was in a Grade-C…
PUNE, India — Caller-identification app Truecaller has shut down its UPI (United Payments Interface) services, Truecaller Pay, in India after four years. Truecaller will continue to offer digital loans on the app, while the Truecaller Pay UPI ID will be deregistered. India is the fastest-growing digital payments market in the world and UPI, launched in 2016, has become the de-facto payment method in the country. It hit over 2 billion transactions a month last year. UPI was set up by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to increase the adoption of digital transactions. Truecaller will focus its investments on products…
MUMBAI, India – On a chance visit to a home for people with visual impairment in 2013, film director Abhijit Zanjal was surprised to find many residents working at a mechanical workshop. Other residents of this home in Lonavala, a small hilly town 85 km (53 miles) southeast of Mumbai, were also using social media on their special phones. “This was the year Indian cinema was celebrating its centenary,” Zanjal told Zenger News. “Film pioneer Dadasaheb Phalke had made his first silent feature ‘Raja Harishchandra’ in 1913.” But films about people with visual impairment — especially those dealing sensitively with…
KASHMIR, India — Nadiya Nighat liked playing cricket with boys. But an 11-year-old girl — that was Nighat’s age in 2007 — playing with boys was not common in her hometown, Srinagar. “People would ask my mother why she allowed me to play with boys,” Nighat told Zenger News. “I had only boys as friends, and I was very comfortable with them. “But people would comment on how inappropriate it was,” she said. “So, when I went home, my mother would scold me.” Yet, one morning when she went out to play with her friends, they told her that they would…