- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Bollywood actress Ananya Panday attended a store launch event in New York City and shared pictures from the same on social media. The Dream Girl 2 actress took to Instagram and dropped a bundle of snaps from the store launch event where she can be seen posing with American media celebrity Kim Kardashian, Supermodel…
ENGLAND snapped their five-match losing streak at the World Cup on Wednesday (8), as a century by Ben Stokes set the tone for a 160-run victory over the Netherlands that kept his team’s Champions Trophy qualification hopes alive. The Netherlands got off to a sluggish start chasing 340 as England…
THE Nobel-winning writer Abdulrazak Gurnah has said removing offensive words from the books of authors like Agatha Christie is “futile”, but added that Britain did produce openly racist literature during the last century of its empire. The British-Tanzanian author won the 2021 Nobel Prize for books such as Paradise and Memory of Departure exploring…
The way Diwali is celebrated varies remarkably across the diverse cultures of India. Diwali, in its myriad forms, showcases India’s cultural kaleidoscope. It’s not just a festival; it’s an embodiment of unity in diversity, a celebration that honours the richness of traditions and the spirit of togetherness. Across Indian communities,…
ALTHOUGH Shah Rukh Khan made his Bollywood debut in 1992, it was his 1993 release Baazigar, which gained him big global attention. His dastardly portrayal of a duplicitous individual, who goes on a murderous revenge mission, kick-started a rapid rise to the very top of Hindi cinema for the actor. It also…
AN Indian solar-powered tech venture that is combating food waste in the country and a global soil carbon marketplace founded by an Indian-American are among this year’s winners of the prestigious Earthshot Prize, founded by Prince William and dubbed the Eco Oscars. S4S Technologies, founded in 2013 by seven university…
A PASSENGER who unleashed a series of racist and misogynistic verbal attacks towards women on two flights to Britain has been sentenced to 14 months in jail. Mohammed Shiraz Riaz, a 42-year-old father of three, insulted a female cabin crew member using derogatory language during a flight from Marrakesh, Morocco,…
A VETERAN Asian presenter said she was being “vastly” underpaid compared to her colleagues at the BBC, and it was a key reason for her departure from the broadcaster. Ritula Shah quit the BBC earlier this year, ending her 35-year association with the corporation where she presented popular shows such…
SAMSUNG and Qualcomm are among those opposing India’s choice of technology to bring live TV broadcasts on smartphones, arguing the required hardware changes will push up a device’s cost by $30, according to letters. India is considering a policy to mandate equipping smartphones with hardware to receive live TV signals…
AFGHANISTAN have rebounded from defeat at the World Cup and can do so again, coach Jonathan Trott said after Tuesday’s (7) three-wicket loss to Australia in Mumbai. Afghanistan had Australia reeling at 91-7 chasing 292 before Glenn Maxwell’s unbeaten 201 snatched a remarkable victory that sealed a semi-final slot for…
