- Friday, February 28, 2025
BRITISH prime minister Boris Johnson on Thursday (24) condemned Russia’s “unprovoked” and “horrific” attack on Ukraine, as he prepared to chair an emergency meeting of top ministers and officials. Johnson spoke to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky overnight and vowed “the West would not stand by as (Russian) president (Vladimir) Putin waged…
Tamil legislators attempted to storm the Sri Lankan president’s office Thursday to protest against what they call a government land grab in areas traditionally dominated by the ethnic minority. Critics accuse the government — representing the Sinhalese majority — of breaking promises made at the end of a bloody 37-year…
Mother’s Day will be celebrated on Sunday, March 27, this year. Eastern Eye readers can send their loved ones messages which will be published in the newspaper’s edition of March 25. This offer is free of charge to subscribers, while non-subscribers will have to pay £25 to have their messages…
A leaked report into the work culture of Dudley council has exposed hidden racism in the local authority, including “disproportionate” use of disciplinaries by senior managers to BAME colleagues. The report, titled ‘Dudley council equality review’ was made available to council staff via their intranet in December 2021. It was…
THE Mayor of South Yorkshire held a Round Table discussion with the Indian High Commissioner on increased trade opportunities earlier this week, a statement said. Mayor Dan Jarvis MP MBE, High Commissioner of India to the UK Gaitri Issar Kumar and chair of the South Yorkshire India Advisory Board Richard Stubbs…
AN INDIAN delegation of 17 people led by Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla visited the BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday (23). The delegation was accompanied by UAE Federal National Council Member Ayesha Mohammed Al Mulla. “The BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi is an ideal example of…
A sacked receptionist in a London law firm has won almost £25,000 in compensation as she won her discrimination claim against her bosses, reported MailOnline. Kiran Nasreen’s pregnancy and health conditions were ‘inconvenient’ to her former bosses as they said she ‘was no longer needed’ after working at the firm for three years. Earlier,…
INDIA has paid Cairn Energy Plc Rs 79 billion (£780 million) in a refund of taxes it had collected to enforce a retrospective tax demand. The payment ends a seven-year-old dispute that had tarred the country’s image as an investment destination. Cairn Energy, which is now known as Capricorn Energy…
BRITISH bank Barclays has announced that its 2021 net profit more than quadrupled as the economy recovered from coronavirus fallout. Profit after tax surged to almost £6.4 billion, helped by the release of £700 million that had been set aside for bad loans during the pandemic, Barclays said in a…
BRITISH finance secretary Rishi Sunak underscored his faith in low taxes on Wednesday (23) ahead of an increase in social security contributions in April that will take the government’s tax take to the highest since the 1950s. “I firmly believe in lower taxes,” Sunak, widely seen as a possible future prime minister,…
