- Monday, February 24, 2025
A couple of weeks ago, Rajinikanth had tweeted that in January 2021, he will be launching his political party and the announcement about the same was supposed to take place on 31st December 2020. However, now, the superstar has decided to not enter politics, and the reason behind it is his…
THE EU gave the green light on Monday(28) to its post-Brexit trade deal with the UK, clearing the way for it to come into effect in the New Year. The British parliament will have to ratify the deal later this week, but Brussels will apply it provisionally, cushioning the economic…
India captain Virat Kohli was named the ICC’s male cricketer of the decade on Monday as Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry swept the top women’s awards. Kohli and Perry were the big winners in the International Cricket Council’s Awards of the Decade, while Australian batsman Steve Smith was crowned the best…
BANGLADESH started moving a second group of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday(29), despite opposition from rights groups worried about the new site’s vulnerability to floods. The UN says it has not been involved in the relocation but urged the government to…
When the world celebrated the dawn of a new decade with a blaze of firework parties and revelry on January 1, few could have imagined what 2020 had in store. In the last 12 months, the novel coronavirus has paralysed economies, devastated communities and confined nearly four billion people to…
THE Serum Institute of India, the local maker of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, said on Monday(28) it expected the British and Indian governments to approve shots for emergency use within a few days. “You will be hearing some good news from the UK very soon,” Serum’s chief executive Adar Poonawalla…
Iconic film star Rajinikanth was on Sunday (27) discharged from a hospital in Hyderabad, where he was treated for blood pressure fluctuation, after his condition improved, authorities said. “His blood pressure has been stabilised and he is feeling much better. “In view of his improved medical condition, he has been…
The dancers stopped strutting on Bollywood film sets this year as the Indian film industry struggled to find any spring in its step during a disastrous 2020. The annus horribilis for the world’s most prolific movie industry began with the heartbreaking deaths in April within 36 hours of luminaries Irrfan…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday (25) offered to hold fresh talks to end a stalemate over new agricultural reforms, in his latest push to win over farmers protesting for almost a month against the move. Tens of thousands of farmers have been camping out near several entry points…
Britain is set for a new chapter on Friday (25) after securing a hard-fought post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union as EU envoys gave the accord, reached only after months of tortuous negotiations, a sober welcome. “There was no great joy because a divorce is not really good news,”…
