- Monday, March 10, 2025
BUSINESS activity between the UK and India has flourished in 2024 as the value of payments received by clients in Britain from India rose by 121 per cent, according to the latest data released by HSBC UK. The multinational bank, which highlighted the figures based on its two-way support for…
ACTOR Sonakshi Sinha has hit back at veteran actor Mukesh Khanna for his recent remarks criticising her upbringing and lack of knowledge about the Ramayana. Khanna’s comments stem from an incident in 2019 when Sonakshi was unable to answer a question about the Hindu epic on the quiz show Kaun…
ALLU ARJUN starrer "Pushpa 2: The Rule" has become the second-biggest hit in Indian cinema after earning ₹9.3 billion (£86.26m) in just 12 days domestically. The Hindi version contributed ₹5.73 billion (£53.15m) to this total. The Telugu film, directed by Sukumar, released on December 5 worldwide in multiple languages, including…
TATA STEEL has operationalised an all-women shift at its Noamundi iron mine in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, an initiative introduced in the country for the first time, a company statement said. Women employees were engaged in all the mining activities of the shift, including heavy earth moving machinery, shovel, loader,…
JIM CARREY has expressed openness to reprising his role as Stanley Ipkiss in the iconic 1994 film “The Mask”, but only if the right idea comes along. Speaking to Comicbook.com, Carrey said, "Oh gosh, you know, it has to be the right idea. If somebody had the right idea, I…
TWO bills that lay down the mechanism to hold simultaneous elections were introduced in the Lok Sabha after a fiery debate on Tuesday, with the opposition terming the move "dictatorial" and law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal asserting that the legislation would not tamper with the powers enjoyed by states. The…
INDIA could not carry out its decadal census exercise in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and now there are reports that it may begin in early 2025 and the data will be declared by 2026. The country has been carrying out its population count every 10 years since 1951.…
JASPRIT BUMRAH and Akash Deep pulled off an unlikely 10th-wicket partnership on Tuesday to avoid the follow-on and put the third Test against Australia in Brisbane on course for a draw. When the pair came together the tourists still needed 33 runs to make Australia bat again at the Gabba…
IN A show of support for the people of Palestine, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Monday carried a bag to Parliament that had "Palestine" emblazoned on it. The Congress general secretary has been raising her voice against Israel's actions in Gaza and expressing solidarity with Palestinians. Gandhi was seen carrying…
TWELEVE years after the horrific Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder that shook the nation's collective core, the victim's mother on Monday said the daughters are still not safe in the country. On the night of December 16, 2012, a 23-year-old physiotherapy trainee (name changed to Nirbhaya) was raped and mutilated by…
