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Inspired by Sylvester Stallone to take arm-wrestling, Sergey Sokolov is now Master Referee at Pro Panja League Remember the 1987 sports drama film ‘Over the Top’ featuring American actor Sylvester Stallone? The movie revolved around the world of competitive arm-wrestling. Stallone plays the lead role of Lincoln Hawk, a truck driver and professional arm-wrestler, and brought attention to the techniques involved with the sport to the fore. While the movie did not become as popular as Rocky or Rambo in the USA, in Central Asia, it left a long-lasting impression on the people of Kazakhstan,...
Inspired by Sylvester Stallone to take arm-wrestling, Sergey Sokolov is now Master Referee at Pro Panja League
Inspired by Sylvester Stallone to take arm-wrestling, Sergey Sokolov is now Master Referee at Pro Panja League
Source: IANS
5/08/2023 3:18:24 PM
South Korea calls on North Korea to make 'audacious choice' for its future South Korea's Foreign Minister Park Jin has called for North Korea to immediately halt its "provocations" and make an "audacious" choice for a better future during a visit to Uzbekistan, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. Park made the call during a meeting with Uzbek scholars and experts at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent on Saturday, while deploring that the North's focus on its nuclear and missile programs came at the expen...
South Korea calls on North Korea to make 'audacious choice' for its future
South Korea calls on North Korea to make 'audacious choice' for its future
Source: IANS
4/06/2023 2:59:46 PM
Iran, EAEU finalise talks on free trade of over 7,500 commodities: Iranian official Iran announced the finalisation of negotiations between the Islamic republic and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) on bilateral free trade of over more than 7,500 commodity items, Tasnim news agency reported. Mirhadi Seyyedi, the Head of Iran's negotiating group with the EAEU, said on Friday that during 30 rounds of talks with the EAEU over the past two years, the dimensions of the free trade agreement were discussed and the agreement was reached, which has the largest coverage in ter...
Iran, EAEU finalise talks on free trade of over 7,500 commodities: Iranian official
Iran, EAEU finalise talks on free trade of over 7,500 commodities: Iranian official
Source: IANS
10/12/2022 11:04:41 AM
India purchased 40% of seaborne Russian Urals oil in November. -Refinitiv data, traders India bought about 40% of all Urals seaborne export volumes loading in November, outperforming other states as buyers, Reuters calculations based on Refinitiv and traders' data showed on Monday. Russian Urals oil shipments to India accounted for about 40% of the total sea exports of Urals in November, not including the transit of oil from Kazakhstan, which is sold as KEBCO, Reuters calculations showed. At the same time, shipments of the grade to Europe, which was previously the larg...
India purchased 40% of seaborne Russian Urals oil in November. -Refinitiv data, traders
India purchased 40% of seaborne Russian Urals oil in November. -Refinitiv data, traders
Source: Reuters
29/11/2022 10:59:36 AM
Eurasian Economic Union members gather to promote economic integration  The five member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) have vowed to enhance cooperation in various fields during a meeting in Armenia's capital Yerevan. During the two-day meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council kicked off Thursday, which brought together the prime ministers of the five post-Soviet states, including Armenia, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, the participants reached several agreements in the fields of agriculture, energy and e-commerce, ...
Eurasian Economic Union members gather to promote economic integration
Eurasian Economic Union members gather to promote economic integration
Source: IANS
23/10/2022 10:09:42 AM
India to unlock trade potential with Central Asia through Chabahar: Sarbananda Sonowal  India will be unlocking trade potential with the Central Asian region through the use of Chabahar Port in Iran, Union Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Sunday. "Our vision is to make Chabahar Port a transit hub under the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) to reach out to CIS countries," he said in his address on 'Chabahar Day', where Indian officials interacted with the high-level diplomatic delegation from Central Asian countries. Ch...
India to unlock trade potential with Central Asia through Chabahar: Sarbananda Sonowal
India to unlock trade potential with Central Asia through Chabahar: Sarbananda Sonowal
Source: IANS
1/08/2022 8:53:52 AM
Oil slips as Kazakh supply concerns ease LONDON - Oil prices slipped on Friday, with some supply concerns easing after a partial export resumption from Kazakhstan's CPC crude terminal, while the European Union remained split on whether to impose an oil embargo on Russia. Brent crude fell $1.29, or 1.1%, to $117.74 a barrel at 1049 GMT and U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude slid $1.80, or 1.6%, to $110.54 after both had dropped more than 2% the previous session. Despite the fall, both benchmarks were heading for ...
Oil slips as Kazakh supply concerns ease
Oil slips as Kazakh supply concerns ease
Source: Reuters
25/03/2022 7:21:47 PM
Bharti-backed OneWeb to provide connectivity services in Kazakhstan Bharti group-backed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network OneWeb has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Kazakhstan and local players for satellite connectivity in the country. A company statement said that the MoU develops OneWeb's partnership with the Government of Kazakhstan which began in 2020 to support Kazakhstan's ambition to digitise its economy and become a pioneer of the latest satellite communications technologies. ...
Bharti-backed OneWeb to provide connectivity services in Kazakhstan
Bharti-backed OneWeb to provide connectivity services in Kazakhstan
Source: IANS
13/04/2021 11:15:51 AM