- Tuesday, March 04, 2025
After performing at actor Sonam Kapoor’s baby shower, British-Pakistani singer Leo Kalyan, who prefers the pronouns he/she/they, found themselves at the receiving end of trolling on social media. A section of social media users criticised Leo for wearing a strappy dress at the bash. One Instagram user called out the…
FORMER Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday (17) alleged that prime minister Narendra Modi does not understand what the people of the country want as he cannot hear anything except the voice of his “friends”. He said this a day after the government raised the upper age limit to 23…
THE country’s first-ever girl Panchayat, “Balika Panchayat”, which was started in several villages of Gujarat’s Kutch district, aims to promote the social and political development of the girls and ensure the active participation of girls in politics. This is a unique initiative of the Women and Child Development Welfare department…
Production companies T-Series and Almighty Motion Picture on Friday announced that they have acquired the adaptation rights of the upcoming book “Coffee King: The Swift Rise and Sudden Death of Cafe Coffee Day Founder V.G Siddhartha”. The book has been written by investigative journalists Rukmini BR and Prosenjit Datta. It…
RUSSIA has already “strategically lost” its war with Ukraine, suffering heavy losses and strengthening NATO, the UK’s chief of defence staff said in an interview published on Friday (17). “This is a dreadful mistake by Russia. Russia will never take control of Ukraine,” said Tony Radakin, the country’s highest-ranking military…
Britain will set out a new data protection regime on Friday that diverges from EU regulations, which it says will ease the burden of compliance on businesses and reduce the number of annoying cookie pop-ups that plague consumers online. The government said it believed the new rules would not stop…
The Omicron variant of coronavirus is less likely to cause long COVID than previous variants, according to the first peer-reviewed study of its kind from the United Kingdom. Researchers at King’s College London, using data from the ZOE COVID Symptom study app, found the odds of developing long COVID after…
British Gymnastics prioritised medals over the safety of young gymnasts who were subjected to physical and mental abuse, an independent review said on Thursday. Anne Whyte, a lawyer, revealed the “systemic” abuse issues in a 306-page review commissioned in 2020 after a host of complaints from high-profile British gymnasts. Safeguarding…
Apple is facing a £750 million (878 million euros, $918 million) lawsuit in Britain after a consumer rights champion on Thursday filed a claim accusing the US tech giant of secretly slowing down older iPhone models. Justin Gutmann says Apple “throttled” the performance of older iPhone handsets after users installed…
THE UK on Thursday (16) announced the biggest shake-up of the private rented sector in 30 years. As part of the overhaul announced by housing secretary Michael Gove, landlords will have to refund rent if homes are not kept in good condition. Besides, fixed-term tenancies are outlawed and replaced with…
