- Monday, March 10, 2025
Kolkata-born journalist and broadcaster Amol Rajan will host the BBC’s quiz programme University Challenge from the autumn of 2023. He will succeed Jeremy Paxman who has been its quizmaster since the show was revived by the corporation in 1994. Rajan, a cricket enthusiast, was appointed as the BBC’s media editor…
The researcher jailed in her native Saudi Arabia over her Twitter activities had been denounced to authorities in the Middle-Eastern kingdom via the crime reporting app, known as Kollona Amn. A Saudi appeals court earlier this month sentenced Salma al-Shehab to 34 years in prison for aiding dissidents who sought…
London police on Wednesday released CCTV footage of a man suspected of knifing an 87-year-old grandfather to death, while on his mobility scooter, in a crime that has shocked the country. The pensioner was murdered in Greenford, west London, in broad daylight on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Metropolitan Police.…
Queen Elizabeth’s School is today (Thursday 18th August) celebrating its best-ever results, with seven out of every ten A-levels awarded the highest-possible A* grade. The results are yet another golden achievement at the end of a year that has seen the boys’ state grammar school earn an ‘outstanding’ rating from…
Pakistan is “descending into a banana republic”, said former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday amid the controversy surrounding the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill, which the PTI chief claims is a conspiracy to target him and his party. Gill was arrested by the police on August…
British businessman Jim Ratcliffe is “definitely a potential buyer” of Manchester United if the English football giants go on sale, a spokesman for the Ineos petrochemicals billionaire said Wednesday. Ineos was responding to reports United’s current owners, the US-based Glazer family, are considering selling a minority stake, with the team…
South Carolina’s highest court on Wednesday blocked enforcement of a state law banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy while it considers a challenge to the law by a Planned Parenthood affiliate and other abortion providers. In a unanimous order, the five justices of the South Carolina Supreme Court…
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss remains far ahead of leadership rival Rishi Sunak in the race to become Britain’s next prime minister, a YouGov poll for Sky News showed on Thursday. The governing Conservative Party is voting by postal ballot to choose a new party leader after Boris Johnson said he…
Asian-owned beauty retailer Escentual.com has launched the #SunPoverty campaign, donating 30,000 sunscreens to children on free school meals this summer to prevent skin cancer. The non-profit initiative wants to ensure all families have access to broad-spectrum SPF50+ sunscreen by donating thousands of sunscreens to schools and food banks across the…
Noted actress discusses her impactful work in Darlings and Delhi Crime Whether it is film, television, or a hard-hitting web series, Shefali Shah has carved out a fearsome reputation for choosing strong material and making every role she portrays memorable. The critically acclaimed actress once again shows off her impressive…
