- Monday, February 24, 2025
Nita Ambani, the founder and chairperson of Reliance Foundation, on Tuesday evening attended the opening show of ‘Mamma Mia’, a West End musical, which is currently being staged at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai. Speaking at the opening of the musical, she said when the Nita Mukesh…
The Bhavan hosted its annual Diwali Gala on November 25, 2023, at the London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, attended by patrons, supporters, and artists. The event commenced with a warm and receptive audience. Vikram Doraiswami, the High Commissioner of India to the UK, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest,…
PEOPLE can apply for the free childcare scheme for working parents from 2 January, the government announced on Wednesday (29). Eligible working parents can register between mid-January and the end of February to access 15 hours free childcare per week from April 2024. In 2024-25, the government plans to invest…
During a brief hearing at Thames Magistrates’ Court in east London, Sofina Begum, 50, and Aminur Rahman, 53, the landlords of an east London flat where a deadly fire occurred in March, pleaded guilty to a total of nine criminal charges. The fire at 18 Maddocks House in Shadwell led…
AFTER 17 days trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan road tunnel they were building, Indian workers described the horror of their ordeal, and the hopes and prayers that kept them strong. “We were really scared, every moment felt that death was standing nearby,” rescued worker Deepak Kumar said on Wednesday (29).…
Pakistani police have arrested four individuals, among them a man who killed his teenage daughter following instructions from family elders. This action was reportedly prompted by her appearance in a viral picture with a man on social media, police said on Wednesday (29). The police said the 18-year-old woman was…
JAILED former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan’s party said on Wednesday (29) that he had named one of his lawyers as his temporary stand-in to contest the position of party head. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party released a video showing barrister Gohar Khan announcing his nomination. “I will fill in…
According to scientists screen time leads to physical and functional changes in the brains of children under 12 years of age, impacting their development. This was discovered after reviewing 33 brain imaging studies spanning 23 years and involving 30,000 participants. Screen time, referring to the time children spend watching television…
SAUDI ARABIA’s sovereign wealth fund is to buy ten per cent of London’s Heathrow airport from Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial, whose departure from the hub after almost two decades leaves Qatar as its biggest shareholder. Ferrovial late Tuesday (28) said it was offloading its 25 per cent stake for nearly…
THE value of suspected fraud flagged by lenders across emergency state-backed loans granted to struggling businesses in the Covid-19 pandemic has increased by seven per cent to £1.8 billion, government figures showed on Tuesday (28). Banks handed out a total of £77 bn of state-backed funds to support companies hit…
