- Wednesday, April 02, 2025
SP BALASUBRAHMANYAN, whose prolific output as a singer included around 40,000 songs in 16 Indian languages, died on Friday (25) aged 74 after a prolonged battle with coronavirus. His decades-long career included stints as a musician, composer, producer and voiceover artist, but it was his singing which won him millions…
A FLURRY of world leaders have appealed again to the United Nations to reform the Security Council, reviving a bid launched 15 years ago. But chances of transforming the world's body most powerful institution are seen as close to zero by most experts, who see little incentive from today's Permanent…
THE recent death of an eight-year-old boy whose parents worked as bonded labourers has triggered demands for authorities to crack down on thousands of other suspected cases in nearby villages in central India. Debt bondage is India's most common form of slavery despite being outlawed four decades ago, and millions of bonded…
MUMBAI INDIANS skipper Rohit Sharma said on Thursday (24) that the IPL's coronavirus bio-security bubble was "mentally tough", but the team was finding ways to stimulate players and keep in good spirits. The virus-delayed Twenty20 tournament begins Saturday in the United Arab Emirates, with holders Mumbai playing the Chennai Super…
GROWING UP, Naseem Badar heard stories from her parents, uncles and aunts of how they fled for their lives from their village in northern India amidst bloody riots during the Partition and made their way to the newly created country of Pakistan. The Partition in 1947, following India's independence from…
RISHI SUNAK'S appointment as Britain's finance minister after only five years in politics raised eyebrows because of his age and relative inexperience. But he is now the subject of leadership talk as one of the few ministers to emerge largely unscathed by the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Sunak,…
RISHI SUNAK launched new, scaled-back job support on Thursday (24) for workers hit by the resurgent Covid-19 pandemic, but warned he could not save everyone during the unprecedented economic turmoil. The chancellor also unveiled plans to extend loan repayments for businesses and delay ending a tax cut for the hospitality sector which…
INDIA'S coronavirus infections surged again on Wednesday (23), a day after falling to their lowest figure in almost a month, as leaders mourned the death of a central minister. Junior railways minister Suresh Angadi died aged 65, after being hospitalised with coronavirus complications. The Bharatiya Janata Party leader -- the…
BUSINESS sentiment among Asian firms rebounded in the third quarter as easing coronavirus restrictions lifted sales but lingering uncertainty over the pandemic thwarted a return to business-as-usual, according to a survey. Asian firms' outlook for the next six months tracked by the Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Asian Business Sentiment Index jumped to…
INDIA'S parliament on Wednesday passed "historic" labour laws that the government says help workers and business alike, but activists fear a loss of labour rights in a push for profits. Experts said the laws - aimed at protecting workers and streamlining labyrinthine regulation - exempt tens of thousands of smaller…
