Amman - Visiting Austrian President Heinz Fischer on Monday discussed with Jordanian Prime Minister Nader Dahabi the prospects of boosting bilateral ties particularly in the economic and environmental fields, the official Petra news agency reported.
At the meeting, officials from the two countries signed an accord for cooperation in the field of environmental protection, it said.
Riga - With sales of new cars in Latvia shrinking by more than a third in the first ten months of 2008 according to figures released Monday, it was left to carmakers at opposite ends of the price spectrum to report the strongest results.
Total sales of new cars in the Baltic country for January to October dropped to 10,434 from 17,239 in the same period last year, according to the Latvian Authorized Car Dealers Association.
Jerusalem - Take a successful high-tech entrepreneur. Add the scion of a prominent ultra-Orthodox family. Throw in a Russian billionaire who barely speaks Hebrew, and a pub owner whose campaign symbol is a marijuana leaf. Welcome to the Jerusalem mayoral contest.
Members of the media community of Kolkata arranged a function on Sunday to honor cricketer Sourav Ganguly. Sourav has decided to take retirement from the international cricket after the conclusion of the India-Australia Test series, completing his 13-year cricket career.
Journalists across the city gathered here and honoured his contribution to the Indian cricket. They asked him to lead young cricketers from the state to glorify the name of West Bengal.
Sourav's wife Dona and daughter Sana were also present at the function.
Former players and the Australian media have criticized Ricky Ponting for 'baffling' captaincy in the recent match. Australian media alleged that Ponting used part-timers to try to improve over rate to save his captaincy.
It is to be noted that Ricky has employed part timers instead of his regular pacers after the tea interval during the fifth day of the Nagpur Test. He actually wanted to step up the slow over-rate to avoid a ban in the next Test match.
New Delhi, Nov 10 : Five envoys presented their credentials to President Pratibha Devisingh Patil at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan here today.
The envoys who presented their credentials were: Zady Gbaka Richard, the Ambassador of Cote d''Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Joseph Caron, the High Commissioner of Canada, Roberto Toscano, the Ambassador of Italy, Francisco L. Benedicto, the Ambassador of the Philippines and Kenneth Thompson, the Ambassador of Ireland.
Amman - Visiting Austrian President Heinz Fischer on Monday discussed with Jordanian Prime Minister Nader Dahabi the prospects of boosting bilateral ties particularly in the economic and environmental fields, the official Petra news agency reported.
Riga - With sales of new cars in Latvia shrinking by more than a third in the first ten months of 2008 according to figures released Monday, it was left to carmakers at opposite ends of the price spectrum to report the strongest results.
Jerusalem - Take a successful high-tech entrepreneur. Add the scion of a prominent ultra-Orthodox family. Throw in a Russian billionaire who barely speaks Hebrew, and a pub owner whose campaign symbol is a marijuana leaf. Welcome to the Jerusalem mayoral contest.
Members of the media community of Kolkata arranged a function on Sunday to honor cricketer Sourav Ganguly. Sourav has decided to take retirement from the international cricket after the conclusion of the India-Australia Test series, completing his 13-year cricket career.
Former players and the Australian media have criticized Ricky Ponting for 'baffling' captaincy in the recent match. Australian media alleged that Ponting used part-timers to try to improve over rate to save his captaincy.
New Delhi, Nov 10 : Five envoys presented their credentials to President Pratibha Devisingh Patil at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan here today. 
