- Sunday, February 23, 2025
INDIA is cooperating with Canada and bilateral ties are improving after tensions spiked over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia, a top Canadian official told CTV in an interview published on Friday (26). Diplomatic relations soured after prime minister Justin Trudeau last year said Canada was…
THE proportion of people in England and Wales who are married or in a civil partnership has fallen below 50 per cent for the first time, latest figures show. Figures from the Office for National Statistics, published on Thursday (25), estimate that in 2022 only 49.4 per cent of the…
THE former head of religious studies at Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire remains in hiding, nearly three years after sparking protests for displaying a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad to students, reported The Times. The incident, which occurred in March 2021, led to several days of demonstrations outside the…
THE NHS Race and Health Observatory on Wednesday (24) launched a learning and action network designed to address stark disparities in maternal, perinatal and neonatal health outcomes for women from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds. Data shows alarmingly higher rates of maternal and baby deaths amongst black and Asian…
OLLIE POPE led England’s battle to save the opening test with a fighting fifty but hosts India looked on course for a comprehensive victory on day three of the contest at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Saturday (27). India, who have not lost a test series on home soil since…
British singer-songwriter Nadine Shah has said that her decision to go to rehab in 2022 turned out to be “the best thing I ever did”. She is presently writing a memoir about her time in rehab. Talking about the same, she told a publication, “I was ashamed about being there.…
The romantic novel One Day, which turned out to be an instant bestseller in 2009, is set for a small screen adaptation at Netflix, after being adapted as a film in 2011, starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess in lead roles. It follows the complicated love affair of the lead…
Actor Dev Patel is set to unleash his desi-John Wick in Monkey Man, the upcoming action thriller set to release in theatres worldwide on April 5. Hollywood studio Universal Pictures unveiled the official trailer, featuring well-choreographed and spectacular fight and chase sequences, of the film, which also marks Patel’s directorial debut, on Friday…
Indo-British filmmaker Asif Kapadia says the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) modified the criteria for the best international feature category after his 2002 Irrfan Khan-starrer The Warrior was ignored at the Oscars. The film, which marked Kapadia’s directorial debut, was the UK’s official entry for the Oscars’…
ACCLAIMED actress Yashashri Masurkar has lit up Indian television with her bright presence following her winning debut in 2010 with the hit drama serial Rang Badalti Odhani. She has, since then, consistently delivered dynamic performances in diverse serials that includes her current show Dabangii – Mulgii Aayi Re Aayi, which…
