- Sunday, March 09, 2025
Students of Asian heritage are nearly 50 per more likely than white Britons to study in highly selective universities, new data indicated. Some 15.6 per cent of Asian heritage students entered universities with tougher entry requirements in 2020-21, compared with 10.5 per cent of white Britons, The Times reported citing…
In a major setback to the suppliers of fashion retailer Missguided, they are expected to receive less than 2 per cent of the £30 million owed to them following the collapse of the firm, The Guardian reported. One supplier said the repayment plan is a ‘massive kick in the teeth’. Workers’ rights…
Britain’s only dedicated gender identity clinic for transgender children and young people is to close, England’s national health service announced on Thursday (28), in response to recommendations from an expert review. The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust has been instructed to shut down its Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS),…
Beating all odds and rising to become Pakistan’s first Hindu woman Deputy Superintendent of Police, Manisha Ropeta is thrilled to have “proven wrong” her relatives and is looking forward to taking on new challenges: to be a women protector by leading a feminist drive and encourage gender equality in a…
British Conservatives Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss Thursday underwent their first grilling in front of party members as they wage a bitter duel to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The hustings in Leeds, northern England, were the opening bout of 12 nationwide events as the grassroots members elect a new…
British defence secretary Ben Wallace has endorsed Liz Truss in the race to become prime minister, a fresh boost to the foreign secretary who is favoured to beat her rival Rishi Sunak. Truss was “authentic” and “straight” and could do the job from day one, said Wallace, who is regarded…
Loads of fun are expected when two Punjabis meet each other. Actor Priyanka Chopra met singer Diljit Dosanjh in Los Angeles recently as she attended Diljit’s live concert with her husband Nick Jonas and YouTuber Lilly Singh. Taking to Instagram, Priyanka dropped some fun videos and pictures from the concert…
Johnny Depp on Thursday sold a collection of prints he created of Hollywood and rock icons for around £3 million via a UK gallery chain. The 59-year-old “Pirates of the Caribbean” star has spent millions on a bitter legal battle with his ex-wife, the 36-year-old actress Amber Heard. Depp wrote…
The era of bankrolling projects based on star power is gone, says Kareena Kapoor Khan, who believes it is the content that would decide the fate of a film. In a world transformed by the streaming services and the coronavirus pandemic, Kareena said the realisation of uncertainty has forced people…
Jason Momoa dropped a photo on Thursday which has sort of confirmed that Ben Affleck is gearing up to return as Batman to the DCEU in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. The photo has gone viral. “REUNITED Bruce and Arthur,” Momoa wrote on Instagram yesterday, along with a photo of…
