• Sunday, February 23, 2025

Kriti Sanon: I’d like to inform everyone that I have…

There were reports that Kriti Sanon has been tested positive for Covid-19. But the actress had not shared any official statement about it. However, today, Kriti took to Instagram to inform her fans that she has been tested positive. The actress posted a note which read, “I’d like to inform…

‘I feel it is my duty’, says race relations campaigner…

RACE RELATIONS campaigner Dr Hari Shukla became one of the first people in the world to get a vaccine against Covid-19 when he received his first of two Pfizer/BioNTech jab at a hospital in Newcastle on Tuesday(8). “I’m so pleased we are hopefully coming towards the end of this pandemic…

‘Best early birthday present I could wish for’, says Margaret…

A 90-year-old British grandmother became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 jab following its clinical approval. Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, said it was “the best early birthday present” and added: “My advice to anyone offered the vaccine is to take it. If…

Australia avoid T20 whitewash despite Kohli blitz

India captain Virat Kohli’s breezy 85 went in vain as Australia prevailed by 12 runs in the final Twenty20 International to avoid a series whitewash at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday. Chasing 187 to sweep the three-match series, Kohli kept India in the hunt before falling in the penultimate…

India’s Serum Institute seeks emergency approval for AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine

INDIA’s Serum Institute has sought approval for emergency use of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine in the country, its chief executive officer said on Monday(7). Serum Institute is the world’s largest vaccine producer by volume. The UK pharmaceutical giant is chasing rivals Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc with a vaccine that…

UK MPs extend support to protesting Indian farmers; demands ‘ministerial…

BRITISH parliamentarians have extended their support to farmers in India who are protesting against new agricultural reforms in the country. A group of 36 cross-party parliamentarians has written to UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab asking him to make representations with his Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar, about the impact on British…

India’s Modi to lay foundation stone for new Parliament building…

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the country’s new Parliament building on Thursday (10),  Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has said. The new building with an area of 64,500 square metres is expected to be completed by 2022 at an estimated cost of about  £99 million.…

Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai actress Divya Bhatnagar passes away

Actress Divya Bhatnagar, who had worked in TV serials like Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, Udaan, Silsila Pyaar Ka, Sasural Genda Phool, and others, passed away today. The 36-year-old was tested positive for Covid-19 and passed away due to cardiac arrest. She was admitted to the Seven Hills Hospital in Mumbai. A…

Hundreds rushed to hospital in India, one dead from unknown…

One person has died and more than 400 have been hospitalised in southern India due to an unidentified infection that caused many to fall unconscious following seizures and nausea, a senior health department official said on Monday (7). Government and medical authorities in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh said…

India can bank on match-winner Pandya for next five years:…

India captain Virat Kohli has identified Hardik Pandya as their “bankable” match-winner for the next four to five years after the all-rounder dazzled in their series-clinching Twenty20 International victory over Australia on Sunday. India needed 25 runs off the last two overs and Pandya delivered in style, smashing two sixes…