• Saturday, February 22, 2025

Birmingham warned of tougher curbs if current measures ‘are not…

"These changes [local restrictions] have been prompted by a very worrying rise in the rate of infection across the city and it’s vital we now all play our part to drive the rate back down," said (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images) BIRMINGHAM faces tougher lockdown curbs if current restrictions…

Japanese dining chain curries favour with Indian market

In this photograph taken on August 26, 2020, a man walks in front of the entrance of an outlet of CoCo Ichibanya Japanese curry chain restaurant in Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi. A popular Japanese restaurant chain is taking on the challenge of wooing India's growing affluent class…

Kangana Ranaut: With a heavy heart leaving Mumbai, my analogy…

Instagram: Team Kangana Ranaut From the past few days, it’s Kangana Ranaut v/s Maharashtra government. It all started when the actress stated that she is scared of Mumbai Police, and then Shiv Sena’s leader Sanjay Raut said that she should not come to Mumbai if she is scared of the…

TikTok rejects Microsoft buyout offer, Oracle sole remaining bidder

FILE PHOTO - An exterior view of the Oracle Field Office at Wilson Boulevard in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., October 18, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Picture US tech firm Oracle is the sole remaining bidder ahead of a looming deadline for the Chinese-owned video app to sell or shut down its US…

China’s military adventure against ‘bolder, better’ India ‘flopped’: Report

"More important, the failures motivate China's aggressive ruler [Xi Jinping] -- who as chairman of the Party's Central Military Commission, is the leader of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the ruling Communist Party of China -- to launch another offensive against Indian positions," the 'Newsweek' report said. (Photo: Kevin…

India may authorise Covid-19 vaccine in a ‘speedy’ way

Medical staff wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) take a nasal swab sample from a woman during a Covid-19 Coronavirus screening outside a quarantine centre, in Nashik on September 13, 2020.(Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images) INDIA has said that it was considering granting an emergency authorisation for a Covid-19…

‘This isn’t a game’: Experts warn of second wave, national…

Groups of people gather in Battersea Park on September 13, 2020 in South West London, England. Concerned by rising cases of Covid-19, the British government will start enforcing a six-person limit on indoor and outdoor social gatherings in England. (Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images) SCIENTISTS have warned of a second wave…

AstraZeneca resumes UK vaccine trials after pause due to patient…

Laboratory technicians handles vials as part of filling and packaging tests for the large-scale production and supply of the University of Oxfords Covid-19 vaccine candidate on September 11, 2020 at the Italian biologics manufacturing facility of Catalent in Anagni, southeast of Rome. (Photo: VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images) PHARMA giant…

Kamala Harris’ parents found common ground in a Black study…

A Black study group that focussed on race drew Shyamala Gopalan, mother of Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, and her husband Donald Harris together when they arrived at the University of California at Berkeley, a media report said. A report in The New York Times said that at an off-campus space…

IPL a good warm-up for India-Australia series – Chappell

Ian Chappell (WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images) Former Australian captain Ian Chappell says the coming IPL season will be good practice for India’s players ahead of their highly anticipated series Down Under in December. Indian and international cricketers — including several Australians — are currently in the United Arab Emirates…