- Thursday, March 06, 2025
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to resign on Thursday. Below are some reactions: KEIR STARMER, LEADER OF OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY “It is good news for the country that Boris Johnson has resigned as Prime Minister. “But it should have happened long ago. He was always unfit for office.…
The heads of MI5 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned Wednesday about China’s commercial espionage thrust in the West, in a rare joint address at the British intelligence service’s London headquarters. Speaking to an audience of officials and business executives in Thames House, MI5 Director General Ken McCallum and…
THE Leicestershire County Cricket Club has partnered with Morningside Pharmaceuticals to help charities and good causes showcase their work during games, as part of a new sponsorship agreement. The Loughborough-based medicines manufacturer has continued as an Official Partner for the 2022 campaign, and has secured exclusive naming rights to the…
UK stocks climbed, with the domestically focussed FTSE 250 index hitting a session high after media reports said Boris Johnson will announce his resignation as British Prime Minister on Thursday. The FTSE 100, which tends to benefit from a weaker pound, gained 1.2% by 0825 GMT. Meanwhile, the FTSE 250…
BRITAIN’s newly appointed chancellor of the exchequer, Nadhim Zahawi has urged prime minister Boris Johnson to ‘go now’ in a letter. He also clarified that he took the new role ‘out of loyalty’, adding that he is willing to ‘shoulder the criticism’ for his decision. In his letter, Zahawi said…
India are defeated and deflated now. But skipper Rohit Sharma on Wednesday said only “time will tell” how the crushing loss at Edgbaston impacts the side in the long run India let slip a golden opportunity to record their first series win in England since 2007 as the hosts, in…
HOW SINGER NIKHITA GANDHI CAST A SPELL WITH HIT SONGS Being able to effortlessly take on any genre has turned Nikhita Gandhi into an in-demand singer with impressive momentum behind her. The versatile Indian star’s sparkling voice lighting up songs in languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Bengali, has established…
TWENTY FACTS ABOUT THE 2002 FILM AND LEGACY OF THE TIMELESS NOVEL THAT INSPIRED IT This week marks the 20-year anniversary of the Sanjay Leela Bhansali directed Bollywood film Devdas, which released globally on July 12, 2002, and became a blockbuster success. The highest grossing Bollywood film of that year starred…
Talented actress Reena Aggarwal always enjoyed watching movies in childhood and was massively impacted by cinema, but only realised she loved being in front of a camera after landing her first television role. This love for acting has since driven her to take on popular projects on film and television…
A Dalliance with Destiny by Aman Singh Maharaj: The tale, set in South Africa and India, spans a century and follows the exploits of a young man searching for his epic life story. Using magical realism, the reader is taken through a guttural introduction of the woebegone archetype, wading through the contemporary…
