• Friday, February 28, 2025

Goldy Notay: Being party to an exploration of race, class…

BRITISH actress Goldy Notay has played diverse roles in film and television, but she is perhaps at her best delivering a power-packed theatre performance. She returns to the stage with a lead role in a new adaptation of acclaimed Mike Leigh theatre play Abigail’s Party. The Pravesh Kumar-directed revival of a…

“I’m enjoying this space of films and shows,” says Undekhi…

Popular actor Nandish Sandhu, known for essaying lead characters on such successful shows as Uttaran and Beintehaa and also for playing superstar Hrithik Roshan’s brother in Super 30 (2019), says he is enjoying the space of films and streaming shows. The actor makes his digital debut with the streaming show Undekhi 2 which premieres today on SonyLIV. Eastern Eye recently…

Peacock’s Pitch Perfect series adds Jameela Jamil to the cast

Peacock’s Pitch Perfect TV series has added several actors to its growing cast, including Jameela Jamil. For the uninitiated, the series is set a few years after the last Pitch Perfect film and sees Bumper Allen moving to Germany to revive his music career after one of his songs becomes a hit in Berlin. The…

Vayu Naidu: Finding new ways to tell old stories

STORYTELLING has existed since the dawn of time and was an early way of documenting history, but over time, it was replaced with things like books, theatre plays, films, art, and technology. Vayu Naidu has kept the ancient art of live storytelling going with magnetic performances for all ages. The…

OneWeb suspends Baikonur launches

GLOBAL satellite communications company OneWeb has announced that its board had voted to suspend all launches from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. With this, OneWeb has joined a growing list of companies snapping or suspending ties with Russia. Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has sought guarantees from OneWeb and Europe’s Arianespace that satellites it plans to launch this…

Ukraine crisis: Relief for Indian exporters likely

INDIA is considering guarantees of lenders’ letters of credit and soft loans for exporters hit by a cash squeeze following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Western sanctions imposed on Moscow, two people familiar with the matter said.  Indian banks are scrambling after bills for imports from Russia have started bouncing…

India’s largest bank stops transactions of Russian entities under sanctions

STATE BANK OF INDIA (SBI) has stopped processing transactions of Russian entities sanctioned by the West over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, sources said. India’s largest lender has issued a circular as it fears that any transaction with entities or sectors under sanction will invite sanction on it as well, the…

Ukraine: No joint condemnation at Quad summit

US president Joe Biden on Thursday (3) met virtually with the leaders of Japan, Australia and India over Ukraine, but the “Quad” group failed to agree on condemning Russia’s invasion, with New Delhi hesitant to censure Moscow. The impromptu meeting was held shortly after it was announced by Delhi.  Washington has called…

Bangladesh name South African great Donald as bowling coach

Bangladesh on Friday named South African fast bowling great Allan Donald as the new pace bowling coach of the national side, the country’s cricket board said. “Allan will join us as bowling coach and will work with the national side until Twenty20 World Cup in Australia this year,” the Bangladesh…

Shane Warne, the man who made spin sexy again

SHANE WARNE was not only one of the greatest cricketers ever to play the game but he can also probably be credited with saving the art of spin bowling in a sport that had become dominated by relentless pace. His extraordinary figures tell the first half of the story and…