- Saturday, April 05, 2025
VOLKSWAGEN on Thursday apologised for posting on its Instagram page last month an advert widely criticised as racist, and said it was published because of “a lack of sensitivity and procedural errors”. In the clip of a few seconds, a black man is depicted next to a new VW Golf, being…
After staying in lockdown for more than two months, India has started lifting restrictions in some parts of the country. The Maharashtra government has permitted the reopening of several sectors, including film and TV production. Film and TV shootings will soon resume in the state in compliance with the guidelines…
While studies have shown that men are more prone to dying from COVID-19 than women globally, an analysis of case fatalities in India suggests that females may have a higher relative-risk of COVID-19 mortality in the country. Scientists, including Abhishek Kumar from the Institute of Economic Growth in New Delhi,…
Doctors in one of India’s top private hospitals shuffle through the intensive care unit wearing full protective suits. Every bed is occupied by coronavirus patients, and fear is building that the worst is still to come. “We don’t know when this is going to peak,” Dr Deven Juneja told AFP…
INDIA reported its biggest single-day jump in Covid-19 cases on Saturday (13), adding 11,458 confirmed infections and taking total count to 308,993,, according to data from the health ministry. The death toll rose to 8,884 with 386 new fatalities, it said. The country has 145,779 active cases while 154,329 people…
VASANT RAIJI, the world’s oldest first-class cricketer, died aged 100 in Mumbai on Saturday (13), his son-in-law Sudarsahan Nanavata said. “He (Raiji) passed away at 2.20 am in his sleep at his residence in Walkeshwar in South Mumbai due to old-age,” his son-in-law said. Raiji, a right-handed batsman, played nine…
A FORMER British-Indian lawmaker has launched an impassioned campaign to defend a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Leicester, after an online petition calling for its removal attracted nearly 5,000 signatures. Keith Vaz, who was the longest-serving member of Parliament from Leicester until last year, called for the petition to be…
A husband-wife doctor couple have launched judicial review proceedings against the UK government over what they say is a refusal to address safety issues around personal protective equipment (PPE) for doctors and healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Nishant Joshi and his pregnant wife, Dr Meenal Viz, had initiated…
It has been more than two months since India went into complete lockdown in an attempt to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus outbreak. Everybody’s life has come to a standstill due to the ongoing pandemic and actress Kriti Sanon is no different. “There has not been anything new as…
Director-General of Indian Council of Medical Research on Thursday clarified that India was not in a stage of community transmission. Dr Balram Bharagva, DG ICMR, said that prevalence of coronavirus infections was low when large size of our country is taken into consideration. This, he said, suggested that the country…
