- Sunday, February 23, 2025
Kangana Ranaut will be seen playing the role of an IAF pilot in the film Tejas which will be directed by Sarvesh Mewara and produced by Ronnie Screwvala. The shooting of the film kickstarts this month and ahead of the shoot, Kangana and the team of the film met India’s Defence Minister…
India, the world's biggest vaccine maker, is getting set for the massive global blitz to contain the coronavirus pandemic with its pharmaceutical industry and partners freeing up capacity and accelerating investments even without firm purchase orders. India manufactures more than 60% of all vaccines sold across the globe, and while…
Food shortages, tailbacks and congested ports: as talks with Brussels remain unresolved three weeks before leaving the EU single market, the UK is preparing for a chaotic "no-deal". Business groups this week warned of difficulties from January 1 as a frustrating lack of clarity on a post-Brexit trade deal has…
Aware that he owes his presidential victory to Black voters, Joe Biden pledged to name the "most diverse" cabinet in US history. Behind the scenes African Americans have been seeking to ensure he honors such commitments by appointing minorities to key positions. "When this campaign was at its lowest ebb,…
With America poised to become the next country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine, authorities find themselves facing an ethical dilemma: when to give trial participants who received a placebo the real deal. The question is most pressing for studies involving Pfizer-BioNTech's two-shot regimen, which has received emergency approval in Britain…
Joaquin Phoenix's latest film isn't an easy watch -- and given its stark anti-meat agenda, it isn't meant to be. The "Joker" star and vegan activist executive-produced "Gunda," a stripped-down, black-and-white movie delivering intimate portraits of a cast of adorable farmyard animals. The film has no narration, dialogue or plot.…
Trekking for hours in the thin air of the Himalayas, hundreds of maroon-robed Buddhist nuns are carrying vital aid - and health advice - to villagers left destitute and sick by COVID-19. Nicknamed the "Kung Fu nuns" because they train in martial arts, the women come from the Drukpa lineage…
THE US health authorities, shipping services and hospitals stood ready to immediately launch a mass-inoculation campaign of unparalleled dimension, as federal regulators granted emergency approval to the first Covid-19 vaccine in the US. Last-minute preparations for the vaccine rollout came as the US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic approached…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi assured farmers on Saturday(12) that reforms in the agrarian sector were aimed at helping them as thousands of farmers continued protests against three new laws to overhaul procurement and sale of produce. “Reforms will help draw investment in agriculture and benefit farmers, ” he said…
A Brexit trade deal between Britain and the EU looked to be hanging in the balance on Saturday(12) after gloomy assessments from leaders on both sides of the Channel, with just hours left before last-gasp talks conclude. Prime minister Boris Johnson and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen have…
