- Monday, February 24, 2025
The embattled Conservative government unveiled a raft of measures Monday aimed at cracking down on record levels of migration — a key battleground in a general election expected next year. The UK announced it would raise the minimum salary threshold for a skilled worker visa and prevent overseas health and…
Researchers have presented a study unveiling evidence of the neck muscles’ role in primary headaches. This finding was revealed during the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). These insights hold the potential for improved treatment approaches, said the researchers. The distinct underlying causes of primary headaches…
The Oxford University Press (OUP) announced “Rizz” as the Word of the Year 2023 on Monday (4), signifying its resonance with the mood, ethos, and preoccupations of the past year. The word rizz which implies romantic appeal is a colloquial noun defined as “style, charm, or attractiveness; the ability to…
A report by MPs has concluded that NHS “inaction” over more than a decade is resulting in unnecessary deaths among black, Asian, and minority ethnic transplant patients. An inquiry into organ donation in the UK highlighted a “double whammy of inequity” faced by minority ethnic and mixed heritage individuals, The…
A 29-year-old man of Indian origin has pleaded guilty to firebombing a prominent anti-abortion group’s office in Wisconsin on Mother’s Day, May 8, last year, the Justice Department has said. Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury of Madison, who was arrested from Boston’s International Airport in March, pleaded guilty to attempting to cause…
AN INCREASING number of Rohingya people are leaving refugee camps in Bangladesh with their children, taking to boats in search of a better life as hopes fade of returning to Myanmar or being resettled, and camp life gets tougher, aid groups said. Nearly one million members of the Muslim minority…
Dave Sharma, Australia’s first Indian-origin lawmaker in Parliament since 2019, was sworn in as a Senator on Monday (4) following his win in the New South Wales Liberal Senate race. Sharma, who represented the Sydney seat of Wentworth until his defeat at the 2022 election, beat former New South Wales…
A Labour government would not “turn on the spending taps” but will focus obsessively on growth because British prime minister Rishi Sunak’s Tories have wrecked public finances, the party’s leader Keir Starmer will say on Monday (4). With Labour some 20 points ahead in opinion polls before an election expected…
INDIA and China both on Saturday (2) refrained from signing the pledge at the COP28 climate summit to triple the world’s renewable energy capacity by 2030 even though New Delhi already committed to it as part of its G20 presidency. During the UN’s climate talks in Dubai, 118 countries committed…
INDIA’S ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday (3) appeared set to win three of four states in key regional polls, in a big boost for prime minister Narendra Modi ahead of general elections in six months. The heartland states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and the southern state…
