- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
A controversial scheme in English hospital trusts has resulted in overseas doctors receiving lower pay and reduced benefits compared to their counterparts, an investigation has exposed. Doctors from abroad arrive at NHS trusts as ‘fellows’ under the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges’ medical training initiative (MTI) scheme, spending two-years in…
AN illicit trade targeting individuals applying for UK visas from certain parts of South Asia has been growing in the past few years, an investigation revealed. Brokers in these regions are charging exorbitant prices, sometimes up to £800, for appointments that should be freely available, reported The Guardian. The thriving underground…
Celebrity chef Ranveer Brar has announced that the new season of the reality show “MasterChef India” aims to highlight the diversity of India through its microcuisines. Brar, who is returning as one of the judges for season eight, said that the show will offer a platform to chefs hailing from…
BILLIONAIRE businessman Elon Musk called Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf a “blatant racist” after watching an edited clip of the Asian politician’s three-year-old speech. The Tesla and SpaceX owner’s comment sparked a storm on social media while Yousaf reacted to his claim by posting a GIF. Musk responded to a…
A NEW seed fund aimed at awarding grants for joint projects between scientists in India and the UK has been launched by Imperial College London. The India Connect Fund, to be formally announced at events in New Delhi and Bengaluru next week, is designed to back projects that have the…
Filmmaker Mani Ratnam on Saturday said working with superstar Kamal Haasan is not only a great collaborative process but also a learning experience. Ratnam and Haasan are reuniting after 36 years for the Tamil star’s 234th feature film. They earlier worked together on the 1987 critical hit Nayakan. The ace filmmaker said it’s…
Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra, who was nominated for an Academy Award in 1979, for his 1978 documentary short, An Encounter with Faces, said in a recent interview that he had no money to attend the prestigious awards ceremony in the US. He also revealed that he did not have a passport and…
Those people who were bedridden for at least seven days during a Covid-19 infection experienced severe physical symptoms of the disease persisting for up to two years after diagnosis, new research in The Lancet Regional Health-Europe journal has found. A team of researchers from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, discovered that these…
In Quetta, an undercover BBC journalist recently encountered a people smuggler named Azam, orchestrating illicit passages out of Pakistan. Azam explained his business model, asserting that individuals aged between 12 and 18 were also viable clients. For a sum of 2.5 million Pakistani rupees ($9000; £7,500), a young man could,…
MORE than 100,000 supporters of two major Bangladesh opposition parties rallied in the capital Dhaka on Saturday (28), police said, demanding prime minister Sheikh Hasina step down to allow a free and fair vote under a neutral government. The rallies by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the…
