- Wednesday, April 16, 2025
THE UK government has accepted India’s appeal against the closure of Ambedkar House in north London and said the memorial to the architect of the Indian Constitution will remain open to visitors. UK communities secretary Robert Jenrick confirmed that he had granted retrospective planning permission on Thursday for 10 King…
WITH the coronavirus outbreak spiralling into a pandemic, the simple and humble namaste is trending across the world as a respectful and safe greeting option. Prince Charles was recently spotted offering namaste during the Prince’s Trust Awards event at the London Palladium, and through the Commonwealth Day service in Buckingham Palace. The…
INDIA will import sex-sorting technology, used to remove the male chromosome from semen, from the US to overcome the problem of stray cattle, Union Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries Giriraj Singh said on Friday (13). India is dealing with a large population of stray cattle that has been let…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday proposed formulation of a joint strategy by SAARC nations to fight coronavirus, with member states such as Nepal and Sri Lanka promptly hailing the idea of unitedly taking on the pandemic. Calling on SAARC member states to set an example for the world, Modi…
HOME SECRETARY Priti Patel is being sued by a top police officer, who claims he’s being paid less than a black female colleague because he is a white man. Matt Parr, one of the five inspectors of constabulary monitoring UK’s police forces, noted that his annual salary of £140,000 was…
THE US presidential candidate and the first Hindu member of Congress Tulsi Gabbard on Thursday (12) said that testing for coronavirus was a “major issue” in the US. She opined that testing should be free of cost for all. In a video, shared on Twitter, she said: “I agree with…
RISHI SUNAK’S Budget delivery seems to have hoisted his “PM-in-waiting” tag, with analysts hinting that he could emerge as Boris Johnson’s successor. The chancellor—who had made a “surprise entry” into No 11, after Sajid Javid quit to preserve his “self-respect”—displayed grace under fire as he had hardly a month to…
INDIA has recorded its first death due to coronavirus in the Southern Indian state of Karnataka. The victim, a 76-year-old man who passed away on Tuesday, was tested positive for the coronavirus, the Karnataka health department confirmed the same on Thursday (12). “The 76-year-old man from Kalaburagi who passed away and was…
By Nadeem Badshah BRITAIN confirmed that six people had died and more than 370 were infected with the coronavirus on Tuesday (10), as more than 115,124 cases have been recorded in 105 countries and territories worldwide. Airlines have cancelled flights and places of worship have adopted special measures to stop…
THE World Health Organization is characterising the outbreak of the new coronavirus as a pandemic, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday (11). “We are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction. We have therefore made the assessment…
