- Monday, February 24, 2025
An alarming increase in premature births was attributed to Covid-19, but researchers, analysing birth records in California, US, have found that vaccines played a crucial role in restoring the premature birth rate to pre-pandemic levels. Maternal Covid-19 infection increased the probability of preterm delivery, which is birth occurring before 37…
Fronted by R Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Divvyendu Sharma, and Babil Khan, The Railway Men on Netflix has been receiving rousing response from the audience. The limited series, which is based on the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy, has been ranked 3rd on Netflix’s Global Non-English TV list and is trending…
At the Covid inquiry, Matt Hancock asserted that tens of thousands of lives might have been spared had the UK implemented a lockdown three weeks earlier. He described Boris Johnson’s Downing Street operation as affected by a “culture of fear.” Hancock detailed instances of his staff encountering mistreatment from Dominic…
Prime minister Rishi Sunak is set to announce a funding pledge of £1.6 billion ($2 billion) during the UN climate summit on Friday (1), as an effort to enhance his green credentials, following the alterations made to Britain’s measures aimed at achieving net zero, targets. Sunak, in Dubai for COP28…
Six Sri Lankan artefacts taken by the Dutch over 200 years ago during the colonial era were repatriated to the island nation on Wednesday (29). The Netherlands, which colonised Sri Lanka from 1658-1796, returned the artefacts stolen in 1756. A Sri Lankan Airlines flight from Frankfurt arrived on Wednesday with…
Rishi Sunak has attributed the high levels of net migration to Boris Johnson. He said, that he “inherited these very large numbers” and is committed to reducing them. The prime minister pledged to take necessary measures to decrease net migration, facing pressure from the right wing of his party to…
India expressed concern on Thursday (30), regarding the United States’ linking of an Indian official with a man accused of conspiring to kill a Sikh separatist within American territory. Indian officials affirmed that they would take subsequent actions based on the conclusions drawn by a panel investigating these allegations. India…
YouTuber, television host, comedian, actress, and writer Lilly Singh has joined hands with actress Charithra Chandran, who played one of the leads in Bridgerton 2, for a new series. Singh is developing the series based on the novel Arzu, written by Mumbai-based author Riva Razdan. Writer Geetika Lizardi, whose writing…
TALENTED newcomer Khushalii Kumar has followed up an impactful film debut in 2022 psychological thriller Dhokha: Round D Corner with the newly released Starfish. The daughter of late music baron Gulshan Kumar plays a professional diver in her new ocean-set action-romance. Based on author Bina Nayak’s book Starfish Pickle: A Goan Adventure, the movie…
The ongoing third edition of the Red Sea Film Festival has turned out to be extra special for actor Ranveer Singh‘s fans. Not only did the Simmba star receive a special honour at the gala, but also got an opportunity to meet his ‘screen idol’ and Hollywood actor Johnny Depp in Saudi Arabia. The official…
