- Sunday, February 23, 2025
THE leader of India’s main Congress opposition party, Rahul Gandhi, last Sunday (14) began a new cross-country march from a troubled northeastern state, aiming to generate political momentum to take on prime minister Narendra Modi in general elections due by May. The “Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra”, or Unite India Justice…
FUJITSU has a moral obligation to help compensate UK postmasters wrongly convicted because of a bug in its accounting software, its European director said on Tuesday (16). Paul Patterson apologised to those affected by the glitches in its Horizon system that saw some 700 local post office managers receive theft…
In a crucial test of his leadership, prime minister Rishi Sunak successfully navigated a key parliamentary vote on Wednesday (17), overcoming opposition from right-wing rebels for his controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda. Sunak, in power since October 2022, has staked his political future on the scheme, as Britain…
INDIA’s Akasa Air said on Thursday (18) it has ordered 150 Boeing MAX narrowbody planes, showcasing its confidence in the troubled planemaker as the budget carrier seeks to fly to more destinations at home and abroad. This is the first major order announcement for Boeing’s MAX jetliner programme since a…
INDIAN information technology (IT) firms TCS and Infosys, both signalled weak revenue growth in quarterly results last Thursday (11) as a slowdown in client spending deepened a seasonally weak time for the sector. Both companies, the second and fifth-biggest in India by market cap, respectively, earn more than 80 per…
Celebrity couple Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas recently celebrated their daughter Malti Marie Chopra Jonas’s second birthday. On Wednesday, the actress took to Instagram and shared a string of pictures from her daughter’s second birthday celebrations. She captioned the post, “She is our miracle. And she is 2,” followed by…
Assamese filmmaker Mehdi Jahan’s debut feature film Joymoti Never Left (Tumi Najaba, Joymoti) will have its world premiere at the 53rd edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2024 (IFFR 2024), producers said in a statement Thursday. Joymoti Never Left earned the distinction of being only the second Assamese feature…
Actress Pranutan Bahl on Thursday said she is set to feature in her maiden Hollywood feature Coco & Nut, opposite American actor-filmmaker Rahsaan Noor. Billed as a “spirit-lifting romance”, the love story is directed by Rahsaan, best known for his 2018 critically acclaimed movie Bengali Beauty. It is slated to…
April will be extremely exciting for music lovers as Coachella is returning with its new edition. Lana Del Rey, Doja Cat, Tyler, The Creator and No Doubt will headline the 2024 Coachella festival, promoters Goldenvoice announced on Tuesday, Variety reported. Pluma, Blur, J Balvin, Ice Spice, Sublime, Lil Uzi Vert,…
INDIAN purchases of Russian crude in defiance of Western pressure over the Ukraine war have fallen to an 11-month low as the price tag on the discounted oil rises, figures show. Since the invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago, India has bought hundreds of millions of barrels of cut-price…
