- Sunday, April 20, 2025
“Success is when the boats have been stopped”. He has been short of political victories in the past six months, but prime minister Rishi Sunak was not content to hail the Safety of Rwanda bill finally getting through parliament without continuing to raise expectations about how much he will achieve…
AS MANY AS 65,960 Indians officially became US citizens, making India the second-largest source country for new citizens in America after Mexico, according to the latest Congressional report. An estimated 46 million foreign-born persons resided in the US in 2022, approximately 14 per cent of the total US population of…
According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), there has been a significant expansion in more than 27 per cent of the identified glacial lakes in the Himalayas since 1984, with 130 of them located in India. Long-term satellite imagery spanning from 1984 to 2023 revealed notable changes in the…
TWO Indian students in the US were killed on the spot in a head-on traffic collision near Lake Pleasant in Arizona, according to police. The victims, reportedly from Telangana, have been identified as Nivesh Mukka and Goutham Parsi (both 19). The two Indians were enrolled as international students at Arizona…
BRITISH INDIAN entrepreneur Deep Valecha-owned Regent Group will acquire building services group, TClarke, for £90.56 million, subject to regulatory approvals, a statement said. Regent is currently an existing shareholder in TClarke, holding approximately 21.5 percent of the stake. Established in 1889, TClarke provided electricity to Windsor Castle and lit up…
PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak promised to start sending asylum seekers to Rwanda within 10 to 12 weeks as the upper house of parliament finally passed required legislation, delayed for weeks by attempts to alter the plan. Sunak said the government had booked commercial charter planes and trained staff to take…
INDIA’s Reliance Industries reported a double-digit jump in fourth-quarter revenue on Monday (22), helped by steady growth in its consumer-facing businesses. Reliance is led by Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani and is India’s most valuable company by market capitalisation. Operating revenue rose over 11 per cent to $28.8 billion (£23.3bn)…
BAFTA award winner Romesh Ranganathan took six and a half hours to finish the 2024 London Marathon after saying his only aim was to complete the course before the roads reopened. Speaking to BBC Sport ahead of the event, he said, “My target time is to finish while the roads…
Superstar Rajinikanth‘s upcoming film with Lokesh Kanagaraj has been titled Coolie, the director has announced. The movie, backed by Chennai-based production house Sun Pictures, is the 171st film of Rajinikanth’s career. “We love you Thalaiva @rajinikanth #Coolie,” Kanagaraj posted on social media platform X on Monday evening alongside a teaser…
Judges on Britain’s Got Talent could not hold back their tears during Sunday night’s episode as they watched eight-year-old Ravi Adelekan appear on the ITV stage backed by a choir called Ravi’s Dream Team, and perform to a packed audience. Judge Alesha Dixon was left sobbing as she hit the…
