- Sunday, February 23, 2025
MORE THAN 40 per cent of people in England will be subject to the toughest tier of restrictions on their daily life from Wednesday(3), when the government shifts to its new approach after a month of national lockdown, with just 1 per cent in the lowest band. Parliament approved a…
US president-elect Joe Biden was scheduled to formally introduce his top economic policy advisers on Tuesday (1) as his administration prepares to take power amid a slowing economic recovery hampered by the resurgent coronavirus pandemic. Biden will appear at an event in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, alongside his selections…
THE UK’s new post-Brexit points-based visa and immigration system, described by the government as “simple, effective and flexible”, opened for applications from Tuesday (1). Applicants for the new Skilled Worker Visa can now apply to work and live in the UK from January 1, 2021, when the Brexit transition period…
SRI LANKA evacuated 75,000 people from homes on the east coast, where tropical cyclone Burevi, packing winds of 80 kph to 90 kph (50 mph to 56 mph) is expected to hit the island nation late on Wednesday(2). The cyclone is likely to damage coastal buildings and power lines and…
BRITAIN on Wednesday(2) became the first country in the world to approve the Covid-19 vaccine developed by US drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech , and said it will be rolled out from early next week. “The government has today accepted the recommendation from the independent Medicines and Healthcare…
INDIAN government invited protesting farmers for talks on Tuesday(1) after rallies against agricultural reforms sparked violent clashes with police on the outskirts of the capital, Delhi. The government had earlier invited farmers for talks on Thursday(3) but agreed to meet on Tuesday due to cold weather and the coronavirus pandemic,…
From the past couple of months, we have been hearing a lot that actress Gauahar Khan will be tying the knot with Zaid Darbar soon. And now, it has been officially announced that the two are all set to get married on 25th December 2020. Gauahar took to Instagram to share…
London police said on Monday (30) they have launched an investigation into alleged war crimes by British mercenaries who trained a security force accused of brutalising Tamil people during Sri Lanka’s civil war. The war crimes unit of the Metropolitan Police said it was acting on a referral received in…
TELECOMS tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal has said that satellite operator OneWeb can be at the heart of new relationship between India and the ‘Five Eyes’, the intelligence partnership between Britain, the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Mittal, chairman of Bharti Enterprises, has teamed up with the British government to…
AN appeal against the controversial acquittal of a British-born militant convicted of murdering American journalist Daniel Pearl opened at a Pakistani court on Tuesday (1). A Karachi court sparked outrage earlier this year when it overturned the 2002 murder conviction of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, and acquitted three other men…
