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India look to shake off burden of history at hockey World Cup

India look to shake off burden of history at hockey World Cup With the hockey World Cup getting closer by the day, Indian players are toiling hard for the quadrennial tournament in Monchengladbach, Germany, to improve upon their track record in the competition, which has not been much to write home about. Once considered the superpower of the sport, Indias run in the World Cup so far has not been very memorable over the last three decades. The eight-time Olympic champions won their only World Cup in 1975 beating arch-rivals Pakistan in Kuala Lumpur in the third edition of the event. Under the

Germany score last-minute goal to get past India

Germany score last-minute goal to get past India Defending champions Germany opened the mens World Cup Championship with a last minute 3-2 win over India here yesterday. Christopher Zeller dived onto Matthias Witthaus cross to the right post, 17 seconds before the final hooter, to break the 2-2 deadlock and give Germanys 7,000 partisan fans plenty to cheer about. We have a young and inexperienced team so our target is to make the semi-finals, said Bernhard Peters, Germanys coach. More : thestar.com.my

India, Germany to hold strategic dialogue

India, Germany to hold strategic dialogue India and Germany have agreed to set up a strategic dialogue at the level of Defence Secretary/State Secretary of Defence and three sub-groups on strategic, defence and military-to-military cooperation. The agreement was part of a large defence framework cooperation accord signed by visiting Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee with his German counterpart Franz Joseph Jung. Talking to presspersons after the agreement was signed late on Wednesday night, Mr. Mukherjee said the two sides would set up a High Defence Committee comprising the Defence Secretary/State Secretary of Defence which would meet once a year, alternately in India

Swiss want more spice in trade ties with India

Swiss want more spice in trade ties with India Wrapping up his visit to India, Swiss Economics Minister Joseph Deiss says both countries have every interest in cementing and pushing economic ties. Deiss was speaking in the Indian capital, New Delhi, late on Monday after talks with the Indian commerce and trade minister, Kamal Nath. At a briefing for journalists after their meeting Kamal Nath said he hoped that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) would soon have a better role to play in bilateral ties. "I have asked Mr Deiss to work out a visit of a Swiss SME delegation which the Indian

Swiss want more spice in trade ties with India

Swiss want more spice in trade ties with India Wrapping up his visit to India, Swiss Economics Minister Joseph Deiss says both countries have every interest in cementing and pushing economic ties. Deiss was speaking in the Indian capital, New Delhi, late on Monday after talks with the Indian commerce and trade minister, Kamal Nath. At a briefing for journalists after their meeting Kamal Nath said he hoped that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) would soon have a better role to play in bilateral ties. "I have asked Mr Deiss to work out a visit of a Swiss SME delegation which the Indian