- Thursday, April 03, 2025
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked relevant authorities to take steps to bring back PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif from London and to ensure that he faces the corruption cases pending against him in the courts, according to a media report on Wednesday. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting…
Sri Lanka is looking forward to a $1 billion currency swap with India to boost its foreign reserves and attract more investment into the island nation after its economy was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Issuing a government reaction to the downgrading of Sri Lanka's credit rating by Moody's investor…
LORD BILIMORIA, the first ethnic minority president of the confederation of British industry (CBI), launched a campaign on Wednesday(30) to increase the numbers of black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) directors on the boards of top UK companies. The drive-Change the Race Ratio- targets at least one BAME board member at…
AN INTERPRETATION board telling the story of Clive of India will soon be put up to accompany the statue in Shrewsbury after Shropshire Council received a £7,000 grant. Councillors discussed the controversial statue for a third time at a full council meeting on September 24 after a petition was handed…
THE UK has launched a campaign to inform businesses about upgraded rules to hire foreign workers once the Brexit transition period ends on December 31, 2020. The new points-based immigration system will require UK-based employers to be registered as a licensed sponsor in order to be able to hire employees…
BORIS JOHNSON has said the UK is at a “critical moment” in its battle against the pandemic, as a further 71 deaths took the country’s death toll from the deadly virus to 42,143 on Wednesday (30). Addressing a 10 Downing Street news briefing, the prime minister struck a sombre note…
A BRITISH INDIAN academic, who recently made history as the first woman of colour to become the head of Cambridge University’s sociology department, believes it is high time to rectify the education system’s “myopia” in viewing subjects such as imperialism and racism. Manali Desai, a reader in Comparative and Historical…
HUNDREDS of migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Morocco and Algiers, who are on their way to Europe, are stranded in forests and ruined former factory buildings near Bosnia’s border with Croatia. They reside in their makeshift tent camp high in the woods above the town of Velika Kladusa, built of cardboard and…
INDIAN POLICE imposed emergency laws on Thursday(1) in a village barring gatherings of more than five people after clashes erupted following the cremation of the gang-rape victim. The 19-year-old victim died from her injuries on Tuesday(29), having been attacked and gang-raped on September 14 in a field near her home…
Britain suffered a record collapse in economic output in the second quarter of 2020 when Covid-19 lockdown measures were in force and people had few opportunities to spend, though the decline was slightly smaller than first estimated. Gross domestic product shrank by 19.8 per cent in the three months to…
