Page-6 of Argentina
Renowned Jazz saxophonist Gato Barbieri passes away
Renowned Latin jazz saxophonist Leandro Gato Barbieri passed away in New York, US due to pneumonia. He was 83. He had won a Grammy Award for best instrumental composition for his music for Last Tango In Paris in 1973. About ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
Amputee mountaineer Arunima Sinha scales Mount Aconcagua in Argentina
India’s star amputee mountaineer Arunima Sinha has successfully scaled Mount Aconcagua in Argentina as part of her Mission 7 Summits. It was her 5th successful summit of the Mission 7 Summits that she had climbed on December 25, 2015 after ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2016
Conservative Mauricio Macri wins presidential polls in Argentina
Conservative opposition candidate Mauricio Macri of Republican Proposal Party has won Argentina’s 2015 Presidential election. Mr Macri had secured more than 53 per cent votes defeating his rival Daniel Scioli of ruling Peronist Party who secured 47 per cent votes ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2015
Chile wins Copa America title 2015 of football for first time
Chile won South America’s most prestigious football trophy, the Copa America title 2015 for the first time. It is Chile’s first ever international trophy in Football. In the final match played at Santiago de Chile, the hosts defeated 14 times ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2015
Russia, Argentina sign agreements on economic & energy co-operation
Russia and Argentina have signed a series of framework agreements on economic and energy co-operation. These agreements were signed following talks between Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her counterpart Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Both leaders hailed ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
Malli Mastan Babu, India’s ace mountaineer passes away
Malli Mastan Babu, one of India’s top mountaineers passed away. His dead body was recovered in the Andes Mountains between Argentina and Chile after he went missing on 24th March, 2015 during an expedition to Cerro Tres Cruces Sur. Babu ..