- Saturday, March 01, 2025
PAKISTANI actress Mahira Khan has been appointed as the new ambassador of the British Asian Trust to support its work across south Asia. Khan has been supporting the charity’s Peace of Mind campaign which aims to raise awareness about mental health issues in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The trust, founded by…
FORMER head of Crown Prosecution Service has said that judges should be given powers to force guilty offenders to attend court and face victims’ families, a media report said. Lord MacDonald has called for ‘urgent change’ to stop killers from insulting families by not attending court to face their sentencing, reported MailOnline.…
THE UK on Tuesday (12) started a call for evidence to form a new 10-year mental health plan to level up mental health across the country and put mental and physical health on an equal footing. People with lived experience of mental health conditions and those who support people with mental ill-health…
INDIA is willing to commit up to another $2 billion (£1.54 bn) in financial assistance to Sri Lanka while also supporting the island nation with food and fuel, five sources said, as New Delhi tries to regain ground lost to China in recent years. Sri Lanka, hit by its worst…
PAKISTAN’S new prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has abolished two weekly offs in government offices as he attempted to revive the cash-strapped country’s economy. Sharif also changed office hours to 8 am instead of 10:00 am. He announced that only Sunday will be the weekly-off day in government offices. “We have…
Influential businessman Lord Karan Bilimoria has been added to the Ricketts family’s bid to buy Chelsea Football Club. The Cobra Beer founder, who is a lifelong Chelsea fan, joins a consortium led by US multi-billionaires Ken Griffin and Dan Gilbert and Tom and Laura Ricketts – owners of the Chicago…
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai met Indian external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Tuesday (12) and both agreed the newly relaunched US-India Trade Policy Forum could help boost bilateral trade and reduce barriers, Tai’s office said. Tai and one of her deputies, Sarah Bianchi, discussed bilateral trade relations and the…
INDIA and the UK on Tuesday (12) reiterated their commitment to a joint programme of action in implementing the Enhanced Cyber Security Partnership, agreed upon by the prime ministers of the two countries last year. The two countries held their Annual Cyber Dialogue in London on Monday (11) and Tuesday…
Shivam Dube and Robin Uthappa smashed 17 sixes between them to help holders Chennai Super Kings register their first win of the Indian Premier League season against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday. Dube struck an unbeaten 95 and Uthappa hit 88 as the pair built a third-wicket partnership of 165…
BIG Indian crypto exchanges CoinSwitch Kuber and WazirX have disabled rupee deposits for the purchase of cryptocurrency using a widely-used state-backed transfer system, spurring users to voice concern on social media. India has spent years on a law to ban or regulate cryptocurrencies, with its central bank backing a ban over their…
