- Wednesday, April 02, 2025
India is likely to see average monsoon rains this year, the state-run weather office said on Monday (15), which should support agricultural production and economic growth in Asia’s third-biggest economy, where half of the farmland lacks irrigation. Monsoon rainfall is expected to be 96 per cent of the long-term average,…
Actor Jameela Jamil has revealed she was told that she was too “fat, old and ethnic” for Hollywood, during the beginning of her career. The Good Place star opened up about the setbacks she has faced in her career at the Create & Cultivate Desert Pop Up at the 2019 Coachella Music…
India's finance minister said today (15), fast economic growth and rapid urbanisation would slash the number of people in extreme poverty by 2021 and end it completely in the decade after that. More than 21 per cent of India’s 1.3 billion people lived on less than $1.90 a day in…
Scientists in Israel unveiled a three dimensional (3D) print of a heart with human tissue and vessels on Monday (15), calling it a first and a "major medical breakthrough" that advances possibilities for transplants. The heart, about the size of a rabbit's, marked "the first time anyone anywhere has successfully…
India today (15) named a tried and tested squad for the World Cup led by Virat Kohli with selectors going for experience in all the slots with no certain candidate. Dinesh Karthik, 33, was given the second wicket keeper's slot over rising 21-year-old star Rishabh Pant. Karthik's form has been…
INDIA’S gold smugglers have slowed their operations over worries their shipments will be caught up in seizures of cash, bullion, booze, and drugs that are aimed at controlling vote-buying in the country’s national elections, industry officials said. In India, political parties and their supporters often offer money or goods in…
Jet Airways' lenders were to meet today (15) to decide whether to release crucial funds to keep the stricken Indian carrier flying as it teeters on the brink of collapse. Thousands of passengers have been stranded in recent days after the airline, which has debts of more than £763 million…
According to the reports, Randeep Hooda is set to reteam with acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair for a project. Having worked together on the 2001 film Monsoon Wedding, the untitled project will mark their reunion after a huge gap of 19 years. Nair is presently working on a digital series, which is…
INDIAN election officials have ordered a clampdown on a television channel devoted to prime minister Narendra Modi which they say breaches campaign rules. As the country of 1.3 billion people embarks on its huge vote, the Election Commission said NaMo TV, which is sponsored by Modi’s party, had to submit…
India's Supreme Court today (12) ordered parties to name anonymous donors behind tens of millions of pounds in funding as hostilities intensified in the country’s mega-election. The order came ahead of the second round of voting and after the election watchdog called for a clampdown on prime minister Narendra Modi’s personal…
