- Monday, March 03, 2025
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch says it is important to go beyond the “thrills and spills” of the superhero genre and shine a light on real-life concerns like mental health, something that his upcoming film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness delves into beautifully. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is known for dealing with…
Bollywood actress Yami Gautam, who was recently seen in Maddock Films’ Dasvi (2022), believes that films from the South Indian film industry are turning out to be pan-India successes as filmmakers are able to share their vision without any hurdles. The actress said directors in the Hindi film industry still find it…
A NEW analysis released on Friday (6) revealed that the unemployment gap between black and minority ethnic (BME) and white workers has widened from 69 per cent to 120 per cent through the pandemic. An analysis of ONS data by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) stated that the unemployment rate for BME workers…
PRINCE CHARLES has praised the “dedication and professionalism of pharmacy staff” at an event held in London to celebrate the work of community pharmacists during the Covid-19 pandemic. Some 200 pharmacists, pharmacy staff and other health service representatives were invited to attend a special reception hosted by His Royal Highness…
ESSEX have been fined £50,000 by an independent Cricket Discipline Commission panel after the English county club pleaded guilty to two charges in relation to a racist comment made at a board meeting in 2017. Essex chairman John Faragher resigned from his role in November 2021 after the allegation that…
SINN FEIN sought to become the first Irish nationalists party to win the most seats in Northern Ireland at an election on Thursday (5) set to test the stability of the British region’s power-sharing governance and talks on post-Brexit trading rules. Victory for a party wanting Northern Ireland to leave…
BRITISH prime minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party lost control of traditional strongholds in London and suffered losses elsewhere in local elections, early results on Friday (6) showed, as voters punished his government over a raft of scandals. Johnson’s party was ousted in Wandsworth, a low-tax Conservative stronghold since 1978, part of…
Vijay Sethupathi, Arvind Swamy, and Aditi Rao Hydari have joined hands for Gandhi Talks, a silent film billed as a dark satirical comedy. Backed by Zee Studios, the movie is directed by Kishor Pandurang Belekar, known for helming Marathi films Sa Sasucha and Yeda. Gandhi Talks is a social commentary on capitalism, racism, and society as…
THREE-QUARTERS of asylum seekers in northern France said that they would still try to cross the Channel in small boats, according to a survey. The survey of more than 60 asylum seekers in Calais and Dunkirk was carried out by the charity Care4Calais, which provides practical support to asylum seekers…
LEADING industrialist Lord Swraj Paul’s wife Lady Aruna Paul passed away peacefully at her home in London on Tuesday night (3). She was 86. She was full of life and always trying to uplift people around her, said a close family member, confirming the news of her death. Lady Paul…
