- Friday, February 28, 2025
British Asian actor Naveen Andrews, who features in Hulu’s The Dropout – about fallen biotech star Elizabeth Holmes – talked to Variety about playing the role of Holmes’s boyfriend Sunny Balwani in the show. Holmes (played by Amanda Seyfried) was a Stanford University dropout (hence the show’s title) and founder of Theranos,…
Steve Smith said he was annoyed at missing out on a century Monday as Australia’s first Test in Pakistan in nearly a quarter of a century headed for a draw in Rawalpindi. Mitchell Starc was on 12 and skipper Pat Cummins four as Australia reached 449-7 in reply to Pakistan’s…
India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Sunday surpassed pace bowling great Kapil Dev’s 434 wickets in the second Test against Sri Lanka. Ashwin sent back Charith Asalanka for 20 with his off spin on day three in Mohali to become India’s second-highest wicket-taker behind spin legend Anil Kumble, who finished his…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party was set for a resounding victory but a reduced majority at elections in the country’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh, exit polls forecast Monday. Exit polls are not always reliable in India, but an average of four indicated that the Bharatiya Janata…
Sunil Gavaskar feels the late Shane Warne sent down “magic deliveries” and mastered a difficult craft during his career but the Australian wasn’t the greatest spinner of all time as his performance in India was “pretty ordinary”, a view that was criticised as ill-timed in some sections of the media…
Ravindra Jadeja was hailed Monday as one of the world’s best all-rounders after his swashbuckling unbeaten 175 with the bat and nine-wicket haul with the ball propelled India to a first Test victory over Sri Lanka inside three days. The left-hander’s match-defining knock in Mohali, his best in Tests, and…
BRITAIN’S import of Russian energy faced resistance from workers who refused to unload oil shipped from the Eurasian country. A German cargo ship – Seacod – with oil from Primorsk in Russia – was moored in Liverpool from where Stanlow Refinery, operated by Essar Oil gets its supply. Last week,…
The upcoming biopic on Indian cricketer Pravin Tambe, starring Shreyas Talpade in the lead role, is set to premiere on Disney+ Hotstar on April 1, the streamer announced on Monday. Titled Kaun Pravin Tambe, the biopic is backed by Fox Star Studios along with Friday Filmworks and Bootroom Sports Production. It will…
SRI LANKA’S water supply minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara on Monday (7) said he will boycott cabinet meetings to protest against the sacking of his two colleagues by president Gotabaya Rajapaksa during a snap cabinet reshuffle last week. In a statement last Thursday (3), the president’s press office announced a snap cabinet…
PAKISTAN’S prime minister Imran Khan has hit out at Islamabad-based Western envoys who last week urged the south Asian country to condemn Russia’s actions in Ukraine, asking them if they thought Pakistan was their “slave”. The heads of 22 diplomatic missions, including those of European Union member states, released a…
