• Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Five get jail as multi-million pound drugs gang busted in…

Five men have been sent to jail for their role in an operation worth multi-million pound which sold large quantities of cocaine, MDMA, cannabis, and ketamine over four years. According to a report by Manchester Evening News, the network, led by brothers Mohammed and Ebrahim Sadigh, supplied illegal drugs worth up…

Biden administration proposes massive hike in immigration fees including H-1B…

The Biden administration has proposed a massive hike in immigration fees, including the much sought-after H-1B visas for high-skilled foreign workers which is very popular among Indian tech professionals. Under the proposed rule, published by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Wednesday (4), the application for the H-1B…

Robbery conspirator on the run after temporary release from Sudbury…

A robbery conspirator has been on the run following his temporary release and Derbyshire Police have appealed for information to find. Faruk Suleman, 52, convicted in 2018 of plotting to commit robbery and possess a firearm, was lodged in HM Prison Sudbury, serving a jail term of 13 years and…

Photography ‘rooted in colonial notions of blackness as otherness’, claims…

Photography is “rooted in colonial notions of blackness as otherness”, according to an art project backed by Transport for London (TfL). A lecture series to be run as part of TfL’s art scheme ‘Art on the Underground’ will explore how photography, used as a tool of surveillance and documentation, influenced…

As a Hyderabadi you can’t insult me by saying Biryani…

Microsoft Executive Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella had a disagreement with ChatGPT and the software apologised. All this over Biriyani. ChatGPT is a popular AI-enabled software and a chat robot.   Nadella asked ChatGPT to come up with the most popular south Indian tiffin items in the future and it…

Training common people in CPR, AED may increase chances of…

Having community members trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) in public spaces can increase the chances of surviving a sudden cardiac arrest, according to a statement issued by American Heart Association. The rate of bystander CPR in North America is estimated at only 39-44 per cent,…

Avoid ‘quickie’ focus on enjoyment to boost chances of conceiving…

A recent fertility study suggests that those couples trying to get pregnant should focus more on having fun between the sheets and avoid a ‘quickie’ because according to experts, being excited helps boost men’s sperm count, thereby increasing their partner’s chances of conceiving. For the study, experts considered 63 sperm…

Prime Video sets Feb 10 premiere for Shahid Kapoor, Vijay…

Crime thriller series Farzi, which marks the digital debut of actors Shahid Kapoor and Vijay Sethupathi, is set to premiere on Prime Video on February 10, the streaming platform announced Thursday. Created by Raj and DK, the series also stars Kay Kay Menon, Raashi Khanna, Amol Palekar, Regina Cassandra and Bhuvan…

Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan and Amitabh Bachchan’s grandson…

Speculations are rife in the tinsel town of Bollywood that Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan is dating Amitabh Bachchan’s grandson Agastya Nanda. For those not in the know, the two are gearing up to begin their acting career together with Zoya Akhtar’s much-anticipated Netflix film The Archies, which started rolling…

Asian cinema gems that sparkled last year

LAST year may have been a bad one for Bollywood, but that didn’t stop it from being an interesting 12 months for films with a strong south Asian connection. There were marvellous movies made across different languages and genres, which delighted audiences on multiple platforms, from streaming sites to cinemas…