- Sunday, February 23, 2025
INDIAN-AMERICAN astronaut Sunita Williams on Wednesday (10) expressed confidence that the Boeing Starliner will bring her home. “I have a real good feeling in my heart that this spacecraft will bring us home, no problem,” NASA astronaut Williams said during the test crew’s first news conference since docking to the…
LORD KARAN BILIMORIA has received an honorary fellowship from London Business School (LBS). LBS, recognised for its business education and research, awards honorary fellowships to individuals with notable contributions to global business and society. Past recipients include Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg, and Kofi Annan. The award was presented during LBS’s…
BRITAIN’S economy grew more quickly than expected in May, providing some momentum for the new government of prime minister Keir Starmer but adding to doubts about whether the Bank of England will cut interest rates next month. Economic output increased by 0.4 per cent in May, after a 0.2 per…
LOOK closely at the general election results of July 4, and you’ll have noticed a political tremor when it came to south Asian voters. A tremor which could become an earthquake at the next general election, and all the mainstream parties should think the unthinkable. These polls have shown that…
US VICE PRESIDENT Kamala Harris is engaged in a delicate balancing act, playing cheerleader for president Joe Biden while standing by as a contender to replace him if he ends his re-election bid. Biden faced a critical test of support for his faltering re-election bid on Tuesday (9) as Democrats…
PAKISTAN is looking to clinch a staff-level agreement on an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout of more than $6 billion (£4.7bn) this month after addressing all of the lender’s requirements in its annual budget, its junior finance minister said. The country has set challenging revenue targets in its budget to…
I’VE lived in Bradford all my life. I am so fond of the city, but there’s an invisible threat on our doorstep that’s a constant concern for my family and on a bad day, it can leave us coughing, wheezing and fighting for breath. As someone who has asthma, exposure…
THE success of the Hindi version of Kalki 2898 AD has brought a dash of black to the Hindi film industry in a 2024 that was otherwise in the red with big-budget box office failures Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Maidan, and Yodha. According to the six-month report card of the…
PEOPLE in Leicester East voted along religious lines which saw the country’s only Conservative gain, sources from several political parties have told Eastern Eye. They have also warned that the city is “sitting on a religious powder keg just waiting to explode” following tensions in August and September 2022. The…
POLICE were searching Wednesday for a suspect who may have a crossbow after the wife and two daughters of a BBC radio racing commentator were killed in a suspected “targeted” attack. Kyle Clifford, 26, from north London, is wanted in connection with the deaths of the three women in the…
