• Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Citi hires Asian origin banking head from JPMorgan

Citigroup appointed Viswas Raghavan as its new head of banking from JPMorgan Chase where there has been a management reshuffle. Raghavan will report to Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser and is expected to join in the summer, Fraser wrote in an internal memo seen by Reuters. Raghavan most recently served as…

Lahore crowd angered by a woman wearing print dress with…

A young woman went viral for wearing a dress with Arabic script printed but for the wrong reasons. An angry mob charged at the woman who was spotted in Ichra Bazaar of Lahore city in Pakistan. A prompt action was taken by the police to save the woman as the…

Nottingham stabbing: Families accuse cops of ‘mismanagement’

THE families of British Indian teenager Grace O’Malley Kumar and her friend Barnaby Webber, who were stabbed to death near their university in Nottingham last year, have accused the police of 'ongoing mismanagement' in their handling of the case. Both the Kumar and Webber families issued a joint statement, reported…

Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan pay last respects to Pankaj Udhas

Ahead of the funeral of legendary singer Pankaj Udhas, several celebrities arrived at his residence in Mumbai to pay their condolences to the bereaved family. Musicians Shankar Mahadevan and Ustad Zakir Hussain were spotted arriving at the house of the singer, who passed away on February 26 after a period…

Rajinikanth, Sajid Nadiadwala team up for a film

Filmmaker Sajid Nadiadwala on Tuesday announced his collaboration with south superstar Rajinikanth, for a feature film. The filmmaker, known for backing movies such as Chhichhore, Housefull franchise, and Bawaal, shared the news on his social media account Nadiadwala Grandson. “It’s a true honour to collaborate with the legendary Rajinikanth Sir!…

I am a living proof that UK is not racist,…

Prime minister Rishi Sunak has declared he is “living proof” that Britain is not a racist country as he sought to douse the Islamophobia row, The Times reports. He warned that all politicians had an obligation to be “careful” and not “unnecessarily inflame” tensions after the former deputy Tory chairman,…

Ramaswamy, Noem top straw polls to pick Trump’s running mate

As Donald Trump appears poised to receive a third presidential nomination from the Republican Party, according to media reports, a straw poll conducted at a significant conservative activists’ gathering indicated that Indian-origin biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem were tied as the leading candidates to become…

Swords, headsets and Indian wedding for Zuckerberg’s Asia tour

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg was in Japan on Monday on a mini-Asia tour involving sword-making, mixed-reality headsets in Seoul, and reportedly also lavish pre-wedding celebrations for an Indian multi-billionaire’s son. Zuckerberg posted footage on Sunday on social media of a “special afternoon learning about making katanas” with a sword master,…

Several Indian helpers in Russian army released, says New Delhi

Several Indians who worked as support staff to the Russian army were discharged following India’s demand, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Monday. It said India remains committed, as a matter of “top priority”, to actively pursuing with the Russian authorities all the relevant cases of Indian nationals…

Sunak warns of toxic political culture amid security threats to…

Prime minister Rishi Sunak has issued a warning about the increasing toxicity in political culture, in light of reports that members of Parliament are encountering security threats due to their voting intentions in the House of Commons concerning the Israel-Gaza conflict. He issued a statement on Saturday (24) to condemn…