India's defense exports reach all-time high of 2.63 bln USD

STORY: India's defense exports reach all-time high of 2.63 bln USD SHOOTING TIME: File footage DATELINE: April 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India Gate 2. various of Indian government buildings 2. various of tanks and missiles on parade STORYLINE: India's defense exports reached an all-time high of 2.63 billion U.S. dollars during the financial year 2023-24 running from April 2023 to the end of March 2024, announced the federal government on Monday. The figure registered a 32.5 percent growth over the last financial year, it said. The data indicated that the defense exports have grown by 31 times in the last 10 years as compared to the financial year 2013-14, said a statement issued by the ministry of defense. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi. (XHTV)

Ski jump star Takanashi donates schoolbags to children

Ski jump star Takanashi donates schoolbags to children

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese teenage ski jumper Sara Takanashi poses for photos with children during a ceremony at the Osaka prefectural government building on March 26, 2014. Takanashi, who won the World Cup women's overall title for the second year in a row, used a portion of her 2013-14 season's prize money to donate "randsel" schoolbags to 149 children of single-parent families who will enter elementary schools in April.

Soccer: Havenaar breaks Okazaki's Japanese scoring record

Soccer: Havenaar breaks Okazaki's Japanese scoring record

Mike Havenaar (L) controls the ball in ADO Den Haag's 1-1 draw at home to Heerenveen in the Dutch first division on May 8, 2016. Havenaar finished the season with his 16th goal, the most ever by a Japanese in a single European top-flight campaign. Shinji Okazaki scored 15 goals in the 2013-14 German Bundesliga season with Mainz. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo