- Wednesday, April 16, 2025
RISHI SUNAK started off his maiden Budget statement on Wednesday (11) with focus on a £30-billion package to tackle the coronavirus outbreak, assuring the nation that “we will get through this—together”. The chancellor said the NHS will get “whatever extra resources” it needed to cope with COVID-19, and pledged financial…
LISA NANDY believes the row over Labour’s suspension of veteran anti-racism campaigner Trevor Phillips for alleged Islamophobia highlighted how “badly discredited” the party’s complaints process had become. The Labour leadership candidate said on Tuesday (11) that was she was “troubled” by certain views on Islam put forth by the former…
A DAY after announcing his resignation from the Congress party, Jyotiraditya Scindia joined the ruling BJP on Wednesday (11) in the presence of party president JP Nadda. The BJP on Wednesday named Jyotiraditya Scindia as its Rajya Sabha, upper house of Indian parliament, candidate from Madhya Pradesh soon after he joined the party. He…
INTERNATIONAL arms exports over the five years from 2015 to 2019, grew by 5.5% from the 2010-2014 period, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). However, arms imports by India and Pakistan decreased by 32% and 39% respectively between 2010-14 and 2015-19. India retained its position…
STAFF from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds face worsening incidence of bullying, harassment and abuse, says latest NHS England data. Last year saw the highest spike in cases since the NHS started filing Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) reports in 2016. The number of BME staff reporting ill-treatment by…
INDIA’S business tycoon Mukesh Ambani has lost his crown as Asia’s richest person to Jack Ma after the latest rout across global markets wiped almost $6 billion (£5bn) off his fortune, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. All told, the world’s 500 richest people lost $238.5bn on Monday (9), according…
INDIA’S vaccine tycoon Cyrus Poonawalla’s business has inked a deal with the US company Codagenix to rapidly co-develop a live-attenuated vaccine against the emergent coronavirus. With the latest collaboration, “hopefully in six months, we should be able to enter into human trials, that is our target,” Poonawalla said in a statement…
THERE were over 130 Indians on board the Grand Princess cruise ship that US authorities allowed to dock in California on Monday (9) after keeping it away at sea for days off because of an outbreak of Coronavirus on board affecting both passengers and crew. The ship was carrying 2,421 passengers and 1,113…
THE seven-day long International Yoga Festival (IYF) at Parmarth Niketan at Rishikesh, India, concluded on Sunday (8) with the celebration of International Woman’s Day on the banks of river Ganga. More than 1,500 participants from 76 countries and 20 states of India have attended the event which included yoga and…
THE number of coronavirus cases in India rose to 43 on Monday (9) with four people, including a three-year-old child in Kerala who had returned from Italy, testing positive for the disease, Health Ministry officials said. Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu reported one case each, officials said. The new data suggests the spread…
