• Friday, March 14, 2025

Parental nationality requirement scrapped for Britons to apply for MI5,…

Parental nationality will no longer come in the way of British citizens applying for jobs in the country’s top intelligence agencies. The Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ), MI5 and Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) have said the requirement for candidates to have at least one parent who is British or from an…

Bathing every day is ‘really not important’ – Hygiene expert…

As soon as we wake up, a shower in the morning is what most of us do to feel fresh. However, a hygiene expert states that bathing daily is not necessary and ‘really not important – in fact, it does not need to be done ever. According to Professor Sally…

India-UK cooperation in sunrise sectors such as green economy, fintech

India and UK on Wednesday (2) held an All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) inaugural meeting and discussed cooperation in sunrise sectors such as green economy, fintech, etc. The meeting was attended by Greg Hands, UK’s trade minister; Nick Thomas-Symonds, shadow secretary of state for international trade and Welsh Labour MP for…

Study finds sleep quality can impact women’s work ambitions

notably with no gender difference in reported sleep quality. However, women more often reported lowered intentions to pursue more status at work on days following a night of poor sleep. The researchers can only speculate about exactly why sleep’s impact on mood effects women’s aspirations and not men’s, but they…

Damning UK report slams police for inadequate vetting of officers

A culture of misogyny and predatory behaviour is “prevalent” in many police forces across England and Wales, and fuelled by lax vetting standards, according to a report published Wednesday after a high-profile murder. Former Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens was last year jailed for life for the kidnap, rape and…

Sunak reverses decision on COP27, says will attend climate summit

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday (2) that he will attend the COP27 climate summit in Egypt next week, reversing his previous decision to skip the meeting in Sharm El Sheikh to focus on domestic issues and the economic crisis in the UK. Sunak took to Twitter to…

NHS body launches internal review trust after staff members get…

A row has broken out over a Diwali message that was sent on the morning of the festival on October 24 to the employees of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and the trust has launched an internal review of the matter. The controversial email, which made reference to the…

Kangana Ranaut links failure of Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha…

Bollywood star Kangana Ranaut has blamed superstar Aamir Khan for the epic failure of his film Laal Singh Chaddha (2022). The official remake of the cult Hollywood film Forrest Gump (1994), Laal Singh Chaddha hit cinemas on August 11 amid relentless calls for a boycott. However, Ranaut believes that the trend of ‘Boycott Bollywood’ has got…

Hail the King: Karan Johar pours his heart out on…

Filmmaker Karan Johar has been friends for decades with superstar Shah Rukh Khan. On the occasion of Shah Rukh’s 57th birthday, Karan penned an emotional note, recalling the first time he went to meet SRK with his late father Yash Johar. “The film was KARAN ARJUN… the set was in Film…

Pathaan is not just a film, it is an emotion:…

Siddharth Anand is the captain of ‘Pathaan’ as he is the one who helmed the film, which stars Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham in the lead roles. On Wednesday, the teaser of Siddharth’s film was released to mark Shah Rukh’s 57th birthday. Talking about his and the…