- Friday, February 21, 2025
AN INDIAN woman’s SOS email to Boris Johnson and his team’s quick response have helped India’s Delhi police prevent her from attempting suicide. “If help is not met in next two hours, would commit suicide,” the woman wrote in an email to the British prime minister on Wednesday night (26).…
Bangladesh has approved a late-stage trial of a potential Covid-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd in the hope of being a priority recipient for the jab, the health minister said. The state medical research agency had given ethical approval to the Phase III trial last month, and now…
Actor Rhea Chakraborty on Thursday said there was a threat to her and her family’s life and requested the Mumbai police for protection. Chakraborty took to Instagram and shared a video where her father was seen being hounded by the media outside her building compound. She said they have been…
Indian cricket superstar Virat Kohli and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma announced on Thursday (27) they are expecting their first child in January. Photos of Kohli and a pregnant Sharma were posted on the celebrity couple’s social media accounts. “And then, we were three! Arriving Jan 2021,” Kohli tweeted. The pair…
When Mohammad Amir bowls against England in the first Twenty20 international on Friday (28), he may cast his mind back 10 years to the spot-fixing scandal that cost him the chance to become one of Pakistan’s greatest players. Exactly a decade earlier, on August 28, 2010, Amir’s exciting young career…
THE news that Lionel Messi wants to leave Barcelona may have shocked the football world but his fellow Argentines back his decision and they are excited by growing reports of a reunion with coach Pep Guardiola at Manchester City. One of Argentina’s top newspapers reported that Messi believes his time…
TORRENTIAL rain lashed the Pakistani financial capital of Karachi on Thursday (27), causing widespread flooding, as downpours in August shattered 89-year-old records for the city, meteorological officials said. Thursday marked the third day of heavy rain this week, during which at least 13 people have died, according to media, while…
AROUND 3am each morning this week, Khurshid Alam woke up in his Pakistan home to watch survivors give testimony against the man who shot dead 51 worshippers in New Zealand mosques, including his brother, Naeem, and nephew, Talha. Divided by thousands of miles, a seven-hour time difference and the coronavirus…
INDIA reported on Thursday (27) a record daily jump of 75,760 coronavirus infections, taking its total caseload to 3.31 million as cases surged across the country, data from the federal health ministry showed. This is for the first time that the country reports over 75,000 Covid-19 cases in a day.…
TEN members of India’s dwindling Great Andamanese tribe have tested positive for coronavirus, fuelling concerns about the safety of the group and other indigenous people in the remote archipelago. Six of the 10 have recovered and are in home quarantine, officials told AFP, while the rest are undergoing treatment at…
