- Saturday, February 22, 2025
When is a pub not a pub, and is a Cornish pasty a proper meal? These are the questions facing the hospitality industry in Britain as new coronavirus restrictions bite. Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week announced new restrictions on the northwestern English city of Liverpool to deal with a…
India on Wednesday (14) contributed one million dollars to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to support Palestinian refugees who have been facing extreme challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a move hailed by the UN body as “timely help”. The Government…
India is among seven countries to back a UK-led campaign against end-to-end encryption of messages by social media giants such as Facebook, which they say hinder law enforcement by blocking all access to them. The UK and India are joined by the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan in…
A Pakistani man on Tuesday (13) was charged with being the main suspect in the gang rape of a mother on the side of a motorway, a case which sparked nationwide protests. The woman said she was raped in front of her two children after her car ran out of…
India's economy will contract by a huge 10.3 percent this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday, the biggest slump of any major emerging nation and the worst since independence. Even before the pandemic, Asia's third-largest economy was struggling to gain traction, and the hit…
President Donald Trump told a Pennsylvania crowd Tuesday that he's fighting "Marxists" and "lunatics" while his Democratic challenger Joe Biden accused him in Florida, another key electoral state, of having treated Americans as "expendable" during the Covid-19 pandemic. With only 21 days until the November 3 election and badly down…
One of India's top jewellery retailers has withdrawn an advert featuring an interfaith baby shower after a vicious backlash on social media by Hindu hardliners who said it glorified "love jihad". Critics of the withdrawal said it exemplified the atmosphere of religious intolerance towards minorities that has grown since Hindu…
An Indian government unit established to develop soaps and medicinal products from cow dung has branched out with a "chip" it claims can protect people from cellphone radiation. Without explaining how the technology works, the head of the National Cow Commission -- set up last year -- said the device…
India coach Ravi Shastri on Tuesday urged South African batsman A.B. de Villiers to come out of international retirement after he hit an explosive 73 in the Indian Premier League. The 36-year-old, who ended his international career two years ago, smashed six sixes in a 33-ball blitz in Sharjah on…
Apple joined the move to 5G on Tuesday, unveiling four new iPhones which use the new standard in what could be a turning point for the high-speed wireless technology. "Today is the beginning of a new era for iPhone," Apple chief executive Tim Cook said during a streamed launch event…
