- Sunday, March 02, 2025
AN East London solicitor died from a rare blood clot weeks after taking the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, an inquest heard this week. Oli Akram Hoque, 26, from Ilford, received a dose of the vaccine on March 19 last year before suffering increasingly ‘excruciating’ headaches, reported the MailOnline. After a seizure, a scan showed…
A DANCE filled life has gifted Suba Subramaniam many magical moments, from her Bharatanatyam training to creating eye-catching shows and being artistic director of pioneering companies. This has resulted in her being integral in dynamic productions, which have received great acclaim and expanded the horizons of dance. She continued her creative…
DIRECTOR Ram Gopal Varma summed up the success of April’s big blockbuster release KGF: Chapter 2 perfectly when he said that it isn’t just a gangster epic, but a horror film for Bollywood, which would give the Hindi industry nightmares about its success for years to come. He further added that it…
ACTOR Ajith Kumar is one of the biggest names in Indian cinema and carved out an impressive career that has included countless blockbuster hits like action entertainer Valimai, which clocked up huge box office numbers earlier this year. The mega-movie star will turn a year older on May 1 and receive…
THE big Pakistani Eid film release is taboo-busting comedy Parde Mein Rehne Do. The stereotype smashing story revolves around a married couple unable to have children and how their happy life starts falling apart when the wife asks her husband to get an infertility test. Ali Rehman Khan takes on the…
STATE BANK OF INDIA UK has appointed former Bank of Ireland (BoI) executive Iain Smith as its new head of intermediary, a statement said on Thursday (28). In his new role, Smith will be responsible for managing the sales teams dealing with intermediaries placing Buy to Let business with SBI UK…
INDIAN conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd and US buyout firm Apollo Global Management are planning a joint bid for UK high street pharmacy chain Boots, a spokesperson for Apollo confirmed on Wednesday (27). The Financial Times, which first reported on the joint bid citing people familiar with the matter, said the…
BARCLAYS on Thursday (28) announced an 18 per cent drop in net profit during the first quarter on litigation and bad debt charges. Profit after tax declined to £1.4 billion compared with £1.7 bn in the first three months of 2021, the British bank said in an earnings statement. “We…
BRITISH prime minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party said it was looking into reports that a lawmaker watched pornography on his phone in the House of Commons debating chamber. Two British newspapers reported that a male Conservative member of parliament was seen by colleagues watching pornography in parliament. The issue of…
THE live south Asian music scene has thrived in recent years with singing superstars filling up major arenas around the UK and London based promoter Vijay Bhola has been at the forefront. His Rock On Music events company has produced huge live shows with the biggest names in music, including…
