- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Mikey Hothi, whose parents are from India, has been unanimously elected as the mayor of Lodi city in northern California, becoming the first Sikh to hold the top position in the city’s history. Hothi was nominated by newly-elected councilwoman Lisa Craig, who won election to mayor Mark Chandler’s seat in…
A mouse study demonstrated that remote fear memories formed in the distant past are permanently stored in connections between memory neurons in the prefrontal cortex, or the PFC. But what are remote fear memories? A remote fear memory is a memory of traumatic events that occurred in the distant past…
The UK Opposition Labour Party on Saturday slammed Rishi Sunak over a television clip showing an awkward exchange with a man while volunteering at a soup kitchen for the poor and homeless at Christmas. The British Indian leader was caught on camera during a visit to a shelter run by…
Rishi Sunak surprised diplomats, military personnel, charity workers and other public servants working across the world this Christmas by calling them to personally thank them for their sacrifice and dedication in an “extraordinary” year. Downing Street said the British Indian leader’s calls on Friday to diplomats included one to Pakistan…
A RETIRED judge has asked the Metropolitan Police commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, to investigate TV celebrity, Jeremy Clarkson, for hate crime. It follows the former BBC Top Gear presenter’s column in The Sun in which he said he hated the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle. Clarkson wrote, “At night, I’m unable to sleep as…
Mindy Kaling is a force to reckon with. The 43-year-old wears many hats as she has proved her mettle as a comedienne, producer, writer, and actor. Apart from her professional life, Kaling has lately been in news for her body transformation. She has lost a lot of weight since the…
Hinduja Group, promoter of IndusInd Bank, on Friday made an attempt to revise upward its bid for taking over debt-ridden Reliance Capital to £954 million with upfront cash outgo of £883 million, sources said. The group had made an offer of £815 million in the auction that was held on…
Indian-born entrepreneur Sharan Pasricha, who is behind Gleneagles and Hoxton hotel chain, has received an estimated €260 million (£230 million) by selling the underlying assets of the hotels in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Paris, France. According to The Times, Schroder Capital, which has bought the two properties, is thought to have paid…
An arctic blast that has gripped much of the United States this week, disrupting daily life and holiday travel for millions of Americans, was expected to produce the coldest Christmas Eve on record in several cities from Pennsylvania to Florida. From the Canadian to the Mexican border and coast to…
More than a million US power customers were in the dark Friday as a “bomb cyclone” winter storm walloped the country, closing highways, grounding flights and causing misery for Christmas travellers. Heavy snow, howling winds and air so frigid it instantly turned boiling water into ice took hold of much…
