New Delhi | 7 days ago
Indian boxers set to kick-off season
New Delhi, May 14 - Indian boxers are set to begin their 2013 season with a couple of international exposure tours leading up to the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships in June, where the participation of the Indian team has been sanctioned by the International Boxing Association -.Over 50 Indian pugilists have been engaged in the final phase of Indian Boxing Federation's - groundwork ch ... read more

Thiruvananthapuram | 7 days ago
Kerala-based Telmoco launches Android tablet phone
Thiruvananthapuram, May 14 - Telmoco Development Labs Pvt. Ltd., Kerala's first incubated consumer electronics start-up based in Technopark here, has forayed into the retail segment with Attitude Next 6339 -- a seven-inch Android tablet phone.The company's new offering was unveiled by Minister for Industries and Information Technology P.K. Kunhalikutty and handed over to Francis Mukkannikal, direc ... read more

Havana | 8 days ago
Cuba intensifies fight against corruption
Havana, May 14 - Corruption and illegal activities in areas like fuel distribution are of great concern for the Cuban government, the official media reported here Monday.Those issues were analyzed at a meeting of the Council of Ministers held last Friday at which President Raul Castro emphasized that the great battle being fought today in Cuba is against its own limitations and deficiencies in all ... read more

Havana | 11 days ago
Belarus wants sports ties with Cuba
Havana, May 10 - Minister of Sport and Tourism of Belarus Alexander Igorievich Shamko says his country wants to strengthen sports cooperation with Cuba.Shamko said his trip to Havana aims to encourage joint training in both countries in volleyball, wrestling and gymnastics, reports Xinhua.We want our athletes to prepare well for the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and the climatic condit ... read more

12 days ago
Russian medal count at 3 at Weightlifting Worlds
Lima -, May 9 - Artem Okulov took gold in the 85 kg category at the junior weightlifting World Championship, bringing Russia's medal count to three.Okulov Wednesday lifted 165 kg in the snatch and 195 kg in the clean and jerk for a total result of 360 kg. His 56 points overall surpassed silver-medallist Aleh Khuhayeu of Belarus and Cuba's Arley Mendez, who won bronze.Earlier in the nine-day event, ... read more

Havana | 13 days ago
Cuba to expand lodging capacity to boost tourism
Havana, May 8 - Cuba's tourism industry plans to expand its lodging capacity to upwards of 85,000 rooms by 2020, Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero said.Speaking at the opening of the 33rd International Tourism Fair -, held at the beach resort of Varadero, Marrero Tuesday said Cuba currently has nearly 60,000 hotel rooms, 65 percent of which belong to four- or five-star hotels, reported Xinhua.The co ... read more

Washington | 14 days ago
Documents from Hemingway's time in Cuba come to US
Washington, May 8 - Thousands of documents and photographs that belonged to Ernest Hemingway and have been stored until now in the house where he lived in Cuba will now become available to the public thanks to a US foundation that has just put them into digital format.The materials had remained unavailable until now at Finca Vigia, where the novelist lived during his 1939-1960 period in Cuba, and ... read more

Miami | 14 days ago
William Levy to star in film about world of salsa
Miami, May 8 - Cuban actor William Levy will star with Jada Pinkett-Smith in a new film that has as its background the world of salsa.The film Salsa will tell the story of a woman - who finds herself in a transition phase in her life and gets to know a salsa instructor -, and through dance she begins to see life in another way.Amy Heckerling will write and direct, while Pinkett-Smith and Miguel Me ... read more

Kochi | 14 days ago
SEBI approves Start-up Village Angel Fund
Kochi, May 7 - Market regulator SEBI has approved an angel fund of $10 million to address the problem of resource crunch for start-up companies across the country.The fund that could go up to $20 million with a green shoe - option would focus on telecom and internet firms. It would start investing once the initial close of $2 million is achieved.Consultancy KPMG is the advisor and ILFS is trustee ... read more

Havana | 17 days ago
Mesa in charge of Cuban baseball team till 2017
Havana, May 4 - Cuban baseball manager Victor Mesa, who led the national team to a fifth place at the III World Classic, will continue for the next fours years till 2017.Cuban Baseball Federation President Higinio Velez said that Mesa will continue for the next fours years, reports Xinhua.The national leadership of baseball, along with the direction of the National Sports Institute -, has decided ... read more