- Friday, April 04, 2025
Mantasha Bano was 28-weeks pregnant when her cries of sudden, unbearable pain prompted neighbours to call an ambulance in the rural Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It never came, and Bano's baby was stillborn. Medical workers in the northern state have reported a marked increase in stillbirths as the coronavirus pandemic…
TWO Indian officials on Monday (14) said Chinese troops were laying a network of optical fibre cables at a western Himalayan flashpoint with India, suggesting they were digging in for the long haul despite high-level talks aimed at resolving a standoff there. Such cables, which would provide forward troops with secure lines…
AN Indian court's decision to stall the release of a Netflix Inc series on four Indian tycoons facing fraud allegations "freezes free speech" and hurts the company financially, the US streaming giant has argued in a court filing. Bad Boy Billionaires is a documentary series about liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, Sahara group's…
AUTHORITIES in Britain's second city of Birmingham announced new coronavirus restrictions on Friday (11) as the nation's reproduction rate, or R number, exceeded 1.0 for the first time since March. From next Tuesday, more than 1.1 million people are banned from mixing with any other household, after the rate of…
INDIA'S airline regulator on Friday (11) asked IndiGo, the country's largest airline, to take action against passengers that broke flying rules while chasing a Bollywood actress onboard an aircraft. Actress Kangana Ranaut, who has been in the limelight lately due to a tussle with the ruling political party in the…
BLACKVILLE town of the American state of South Carolina is in shock after a “good-hearted” Gujarati convenience store owner was shot dead in a “robbery turned homicide” on Tuesday (8). Reports said community members were “trying to cope” with the death of Ashwinbhai ‘Andy’ Patel, 60, who they said was…
More than half the arrests this year under a tough national security law in India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh have involved suspects in cases of cow slaughter, data showed. The northern state has used the National Security Act (NSA), which allows for those deemed a threat to national security…
MILLIONS of coronavirus cases may have gone undetected in India earlier this year, a research paper estimates, saying that for every confirmed case in May, there were 82 to 130 infections that were not recorded. The paper, published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research, estimated that the country had nearly 6.5 million…
A SPRAWLING mansion in the heart of London which was presented as a marital home to Maharaja Duleep Singh's son, Prince Victor Albert Jay Duleep Singh, has gone on sale as a modern refurbished family house with a price tag of £15.5 million. Duleep Singh, as Maharaja Ranjeet Singh's youngest…
PRITI PATEL has urged Boohoo to “ensure that workers are protected and remediated” as the fashion retailer promised action on reports of “labour exploitation” in its supply chains. The home secretary, according to the Times, asked the brand to “step up and take responsibility” for its suppliers, which had been…
