• Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Royal Italian tiara, rare Kashmir sapphire glitter at Sotheby’s Geneva…

SOTHEBY's auction in Geneva took to a new high this year with million-dollar auctions of some rare jewels. The main highlights of this year’s event were a historically significant Savoy royal tiara, which everyone could try on via Instagram, and the largest Kashmir sapphire ever auctioned. Made of 11 natural…

Covid variant from India now present in 44 countries: WHO

By Pooja Shrivastava VARIANT of Covid-19, which was first found in India, has been detected in more than 44 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday (12). The UN health agency said that the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19 has been detected in more than 4,500 samples uploaded to…

Lex Greensill takes blame for collapse before UK’s parliamentary panel

Financier Lex Greensill faced a grilling session by British lawmakers on Tuesday (11) over his collapsed company Greensill Capital. The group had filed for insolvency in March after having operated for a decade, thereby triggering fears of major job losses and accusations of political wrongdoing in the UK. “I am…

First crematorium in UK to have dedicated Shiva shrine

A Leicestershire crematorium claims to be the first in the UK to have a dedicated shrine to Shiva. The Great Glen Crematorium is part of Westerleigh Group, an independent owner and operator of crematoria and cemeteries, with 35 sites nationwide. Local businessman Sailesh Raja has donated a white marble statue…

HH Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji launches free oxygen drive

LEADING Indian spiritual leader His Holiness (HH) Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji has launched an initiative to provide oxygen cylinders free of charge for homecare patients in Rishikesh and nearby areas. “The biggest need of the hour is to bring these cylinders directly to the patients’ homes because their recovery is…

Indian-American Doctor returns to roots to help fight Covid-19 second…

By Pooja Shrivastava An Indian-American doctor has returned to his home and is helping people to fight the deadly Covid-19 second wave. Harmandeep Singh Boparai was working in New York as a frontline worker until a couple of months ago and is now treating corona patients in India. Boparai is…