- Sunday, March 09, 2025
THE UNIVERSITY of Birmingham recently unveiled a portrait of Lord Karan Bilimoria, to commemorate his tenure as its seventh chancellor. Bilimoria, the first India-born chancellor of a Russell Group university in Britain, has stepped down. During his 10-year-long tenure, the university established its Dubai campus, which now hosts nearly 2,000…
INDIA and the UK have firmed up a landmark technology security initiative (TSI) that sets out a bold new approach for collaboration in a range of "priority" sectors including telecom, critical minerals, semiconductors and artificial intelligence. The decision was made public in New Delhi on Wednesday following a wide-ranging talks…
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden addressed the nation on Wednesday for the first time since dropping his reelection bid, saying he decided to forgo personal ambition to save democracy in a sedate Oval Office speech that contrasted with the rough-and-tumble campaign. Shortly before the speech, Republican Donald Trump laid into Democratic…
FORMER security minister Tom Tugendhat has said he was running to become leader of the Conservative Party, which lost the general election to Keir Starmer's Labour Party after being in power for 14 years. Britain's Conservative Party is set to name its new leader on November 2 after its worst-ever…
THE WELSH Labour Party confirmed Eluned Morgan as its new leader on Wednesday, replacing Vaughan Gething who was forced to announce his resignation last week after several ministers quit in protest at his leadership. Morgan, 57, will eventually become first minister of Wales - leader of the semi-autonomous Welsh government…
SHOPLIFTING offences in England and Wales increased 30 per cent in the year ending March 2024 to the highest level in 20 years, official data showed on Wednesday. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said there were 443,995 shoplifting offences recorded by the police over the year, up from 342,428…
SINGING diva Celine Dion, who stepped away from the spotlight after being diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome in 2022, will reportedly make her stage comeback with a performance at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on Friday. The Canadian singer was spotted at the Royal Monceau hotel near the…
IPHONE maker Apple is believed to be the biggest beneficiary of a 5 per cent reduction in import duty on mobile phones and the tech titan could save as much as $35-50 million, market experts have said. Industry watchers also believe that the latest proposals could result in Rs 2,000-4,000…
DRESSAGE star Charlotte Dujardin withdrew from the Paris Olympics on Tuesday after a video emerged allegedly showing her mistreating a horse. Dujardin, a three-time Olympic champion and the joint most-decorated British woman Olympian, said she had made an "error of judgement" and expressed deep remorse. The International Federation for Equestrian…
PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer suffered his first rebellion in parliament on Tuesday when several of his Labour MPs voted against the government over its refusal to abolish a two-child limit on welfare payments for parents. The rebellion is a warning to Starmer that not all will be smooth sailing despite…
