- Thursday, March 13, 2025
British bank Barclays on Monday (28) said that its chief executive officer CS Venkatakrishnan would be undergoing treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer, and that would mean it would work from home for some time. According to a Reuters report, Venkatakrishnan, who was born in India, said in a letter…
Conservative backbenchers have urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to make changes to modern slavery laws to enable the UK to send back “bogus” asylum seekers to their home countries easily. More than 50 Tory MPs including former minister David Davis and 1922 committee chair Graham Brady have written to Sunak…
Eight-year-old Indian-origin girl Aleesha Gadhia won the Rushcliffe Council’s Young Person of the Year 2022 Award at an event in Rushcliffe Arena on Thursday (24). Nominated by the Lady Mayor of Rushcliffe, Aleesha, who is from West Bridgford in Nottinghamshire, works on raising awareness to tackle climate change and save…
The ruling Nepali Congress led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Sunday maintained its lead as the single largest party by winning 53 seats in the parliamentary polls held to end the prolonged political instability that has plagued the Himalayan nation. Elections to the House of Representatives (HoR) and…
A day ahead of his retirement, Pakistan’s Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that his decision to keep the military establishment “apolitical” will protect it “from the vagaries of politics” in the coup-prone country. Gen Bajwa, 61, will retire on November 29 after a three-year extension. Pakistan has…
Babil Khan, the son of late actor Irrfan Khan, is set to follow in his father’s footsteps as he gears up to make his acting debut with Netflix’s upcoming film Qala. Talking to an Indian publication, the 20-year-old debutant said that he felt overwhelmed as people expected him to fill the…
Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh, on Monday, unveiled the teaser of his much-awaited period comedy film ‘Cirkus’. Taking to Instagram, Ranveer shared the teaser which he captioned, “Welcome to our world! Trailer coming out on 2nd December! #CirkusThisChristmas.” In the video, Ranveer and actor Varun Sharma could be seen in retro…
In a tragic incident, two Indian students from the southern state of Telangana drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks in the US state of Missouri during the Thanksgiving weekend, according to police. The victims were identified as 24-year-old Uthej Kunta, and 25-year-old Shiva Kelligari by the Missouri State Highway…
After attaining critical and commercial success with more than half a dozen taboo and issue-based films, Bollywood star Ayushmann Khurrana says he needs to break away from the genre. Right from his 2012 acting debut “Vicky Donor” to films like “Dum Laga Ke Haisha”, “Shubh Mangal Saavdhan”, “Badhaai Ho” and…
Veteran Indian singer Usha Uthup on Sunday recalled how the late former President Nelson Mandela once helped her meet and sing with her idol, legendary South African singer Miriam Makeba. Uthup was on a whirlwind tour of just two performances – at Durban on Saturday night and at Johannesburg on…
