Washington [US], July 1 (ANI): Disney+ Spain has teamed up with Morena and Beta films, picking international distribution rights to the young-adult mystery drama "The Invisible Girl," based on the best-selling book trilogy of the same name by Blue Jeans, a leading figure in YA literature.

The draw for the 2022/23 La Liga season has revealed Matchdays when the two El Clasico matches between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid will take place

The Spanish football club, which has won the prestigious UEFA Europa League six times, announced a five-year collaboration with FC Bengaluru United in early 2021.

Seville [Spain], May 19 (ANI): Eintracht Frankfurt have won their first European trophy for 42 years after overcoming Rangers FC 5-4 on penalties following a pulsating 1-1 draw in the UEFA Europa League final in Seville.

Seville [Spain], April 25 (ANI): The Winners of the 2022 Laureus World Sports Awards have been unveiled at a digital ceremony hosted from Seville.

Seville [Spain], April 6 (ANI): Lindsey Vonn, the greatest women's skier of all-time, will be the host of the 2022 Laureus Awards Show in the picturesque Spanish city of Seville on Sunday, April 24, when the winners of this year's Laureus World Sports Awards are revealed.

Sevilla would take on West Ham in a round of 16 in UEFA Europa League 2021-22 on Thursday, March 10. The match would be contested at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium in Seville on March 10 (Thursday) and it is set to begin at 11:15 pm IST (Indian Standard Time). The Spanish side are a tough outfit to beat […]

New Delhi Dec 30 PTI The Indian armed forces devised an assertive approach in 2021 to deal with national security challenges that largely stemmed from Chinas push to realign the balance of power in South Asia amid the prolonged military standoff in eastern LadakhThe sudden and unexpected seizing of power in Kabul by the Taliban in August also triggered consternation among national security planners in the backdrop of Pakistans proximity with the organisation and the possibility of Afghanistan becoming a hotbed for various terrorist groupsAs Indias top military brass was preparing a mammoth exercise to roll out the ambitious tri-services integration it was hit by a massive tragedy when Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat the countrys senior-most military official died in a chopper crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on December 8Gen Rawats wife Madhulika his defence advisor Brigadier LS Lidder staff officer to the Chief of Defence Staff CDS Lt Col Harjinder Singh and decorated pilot Group Captain Varun Singh were among 13 others killed in the crashAs Indias first CDS Gen Rawat 63 was devising a national security approach to effectively confront future threats and set the ball rolling for implementation of the ambitious plan to modernise the armed forces including restructuring of the military commandsA former Chief of Army Staff Gen Rawats death appeared to create a void in the senior military hierarchy with the government yet to appoint a new CDS to implement the mega reform initiativesBesides firming up an assertive national security doctrine in the backdrop of Chinas aggressive military posturing along the Line of Actual Control LAC the Indian armed forces procured a raft of military platforms and weapons in the course of the year to further bolster their combat capabilitiesThe Indian and Chinese troops remained locked in a standoff in several friction points in eastern Ladakh for over 18 months though they managed to complete the disengagement process in the Gogra area in August and in the north and south banks of the Pangong lake in FebruaryThe 13th round of Corps Commander-level military talks in October ended in a stalemate with the Indian Army saying that the constructive suggestions made by it were not agreeable to the Chinese sideIf the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army PLA is there to stay in eastern Ladakh so is the Indian Army Army Chief Gen MM Naravane said in October in reflection of Indias approach to deal with the situationIn February China officially acknowledged that five Chinese military officers and soldiers were killed in the clashes with the Indian Army in Galwan Valley in June last year though it is widely believed that the death toll was higherEach side currently has around 50000 to 60000 troops along the Line of Actual Control LAC in eastern LadakhSeparately Indian and Chinese troops were engaged in a brief face-off near Yangtse in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh in October and it was resolved within a few hours of the incidentClose to 100 soldiers of Chinas Peoples Liberation Army PLA transgressed the LAC in the Barahoti sector of Uttarakhand on August 30 and the Chinese troops returned from the area after spending a few hours in yet another incidentThe Indian Army also continued its anti-militancy operations in Jammu and Kashmir besides keeping a strong vigil over the Line of ControlThe Indian and Pakistani armies on February 25 announced that they would cease firing across the LoC while recommitting themselves to a 2003 ceasefire agreementEarly this month the Indian Army came under severe criticism after 14 civilians were killed in a botched counter-insurgency operation in the Mon district of Nagaland The December 4 incident triggered massive public outcry in Nagaland and a demand to lift the Armed Forces Special Powers ActThe major procurement projects finalised by the defence ministry in 2021 included sealing of a Rs 48000 crore deal in February to procure 83 Tejas light combat aircraft from state-run aerospace behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd that was billed as the biggest ever indigenous defence procurement programmeIn June the ministry cleared another mega project to domestically build six conventional submarines for the Indian Navy at a cost of Rs 43000 crore in a major move aimed at significantly boosting the countrys naval prowessIn September India sealed a nearly Rs 21000 crore deal with Airbus Defence and Space to procure 56 C-295 transport aircraft to replace the ageing Avro-748 planes of the IAF under a project that entails manufacturing of military aircraft in India for the first time by a private companyUnder the agreement Airbus will deliver the first 16 aircraft in fly-away condition from its final assembly line in Seville Spain within four years The subsequent 40 aircraft will be manufactured and assembled by Tata Advanced Systems TASL in IndiaIn another significant development Indias first indigenous aircraft carrier IAC Vikrant the largest and most complex warship to be built in the country began its sea trials in August ahead of its planned induction into the Indian Navy by August next yearRussia also started delivery of components of the S-400 missile defence systems to India that is expected to significantly enhance the countrys air defence mechanismsIn October 2018 India had signed a USD 5 billion deal with Russia to buy five units of the S-400 air defence missile systems despite a warning from the Trump administration that going ahead with the contract may invite US sanctionsIn the last few months India carried out test-firing of a number of missiles and other weaponsThe year 2021 also witnessed the defence ministry starting the groundwork on long-term goals to ensure procurement of futuristic weapon systems platforms and extensive use of artificial intelligenceThe ministry also unveiled a slew of reform initiatives to make India a hub of manufacturing defence equipment and platformsOne such decision was to dissolve the over 200-year-old Ordnance Factory Board and set up seven new defence public sector undertakings DPSUs replacing itThe Indian armed forces participated in a number of bilateral and multilateral military exercises in the year that included the high-voltage Malabar drillsThe Malabar exercise featured the navies of all four Quad countries -- India the US Australia and Japan The US deployed its nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson for the exerciseAnother important development was the Supreme Court paving the way for the entry of women into the prestigious National Defence Academy NDA that has been a male bastion for recruitment into the three servicesIn new appointments Admiral R Hari took charge as the new Chief of the Indian Navy after the incumbent Admiral Karambir Singh In September Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari became the new Chief of Air Staff PTI MPB ZMN

Seville [Spain], November 26 (ANI): A study revealed new data about how plants handle stressful situations. They studied how plants react to and cope up with stressful conditions in order to design biotechnological approaches to decrease the economic losses in the agriculture sector which are caused by the ever-changing climate.

Lisbon [Portugal], November 15 (ANI): Serbia stunned Portugal 2-1 in Lisbon on Sunday night as they qualified for the next year's FIFA World Cup.