Ranchi, Oct 31 : At least 11 soldiers of the Chhattisgarh Special Armed Force were today injured in a landmine blast in Chhattisgarh''s Narayanpur District.
Munich - Bayern Munich's Argentina defender Martin Demichelis is delighted about the choice of living legend Diego Maradona as new national team coach.
Helsinki - Finland said Friday the Nordic country was not to sign a pending international ban against cluster weapons.
In early December, an international treaty aimed at banning the weapons was due to be signed in Oslo, Norway.
The decision not to sign the convention was made by the cabinet committee on foreign and security policy and President Tarja Halonen.
Helsinki said it would discuss the treaty again "after an evaluation of defence capabilities has been carried out."
Last month, Admiral Juhani Kaskeala, commander of the Finnish defence forces, said in a keynote speech that "a ban against cluster weapons would seriously weaken Finland's ability to defend itself."
Bangalore, Oct 31 : Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited announced that its Business Process Outsourcing division, Wipro BPO, is setting up a Shared Services centre for AmBev, the largest brewery company in Latin America with leading brands like Brahma, Becks, Stella and Antarctica.
The Shared Services Centre will provide services to AmBev across Latin America in the areas of Finance and Accounting, Order Management, Customer Services and HR Services. The partnership is expected to provide significant financial benefits and leverage transformation opportunities across AmBev operations in the region. These services will be provided from Wipro''s facility at Curitiba in Brazil.
New Delhi, Oct 31 : Vice President Hamid Ansari inaugurated a national conference on the Theme “The Interfaith Movement – Where Do We Go From Here” today.
Speaking at the conference organised by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) here, Ansari said the interfaith dialogue is critical to our health as a society. Its success would lie in widening the ambit of its adherents, and their acceptance of it as an imperative necessity.
