- Monday, February 24, 2025
The Oxford West and Abingdon Conservatives have chosen Dr Vinay Raniga, an award-winning dental surgeon, as their parliamentary candidate, The Oxford Mail reported. Throughout the Covid pandemic, Dr Raniga was redeployed from the oral and maxillofacial surgery department at Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, to the frontline ICU. Recognised for his…
Every Sunday megastar Amitabh Bachchan comes out of his house Jalsa to meet and greet his fans. This time, he was joined by his grandson Agastya Nanda. In the early hours of Monday, Big B took to X and shared a couple of pics from his fans’ meet and greet. He…
In a case of alleged misleading advertisements, the Centre has issued a notice to the gutka companies and actors Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn, and Akshay Kumar. Earlier, in the PIL against several actors for these advertisements, the Allahabad HC has given two directions to the Centre: First, a guideline…
Prime minister Rishi Sunak faces questions Monday over whether his “Eat Out to Help Out” scheme to help the struggling hospitality sector during the pandemic spurred the spread of Covid-19. Sunak, who was finance minister at the time, is due to give evidence to the public inquiry into the UK…
Rijul Maini, a medical student from Michigan, has been crowned Miss India USA 2023 at the annual pageant held in New Jersey. During the event, Sneha Nambiar from Massachusetts was declared Mrs India USA, and Saloni Rammohan from Pennsylvania won the title of Miss Teen India USA. This year marks the…
A recent legal dispute between SpiceJet and lessors over the seizure of an aircraft at Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai has taken a positive turn for the airline. The incident unfolded on November 30 when a Dubai-bound SpiceJet flight, SG 15, was diverted to Al Maktoum Airport, where it…
SOME of the world’s top women cricketers netted lucrative deals during Saturday’s (9) Women’s Premier League auction in India, with Australian all-rounder Annabel Sutherland snapped up for $240,000 by Delhi Capitals. Sutherland, 22, hails from a prominent cricketing family and was the equal most-expensive player at auction alongside Indian all-rounder…
TENSIONS among nuclear powers, mainly in Asia, carry the risks of escalating into major conventional wars, warns a new survey. The Armed Conflict Survey 2023 by the London-based geopolitics think tank, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), revealed that significant Asian conflicts, such as Kashmir and Afghanistan, have seen…
THE UK government’s blocking of a controversial Scottish gender recognition law was ruled lawful by Scotland’s highest civil court. The legislation, passed by the Scottish parliament in December, would have made it easier and faster for people to officially change their gender, dropping the requirement for a gender dysphoria medical…
INDIA’s environment minister, Bhupender Yadav, on Saturday (9) demanded “equity and justice” in UN climate negotiations, holding that rich countries should be leading global climate action. The comments underlined India’s long-held position that, as a developing country, it should not be a forced to cut its energy-related emissions – even…
