- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Sadiq Khan has announced that the annual Diwali on the Square festivities will be held in Trafalgar Square on Sunday, 29 October, offering a plethora of family-friendly entertainment. This celebration of the Festival of Lights will bring together Londoners and individuals from across the globe in the heart of the…
THE outlook is very bright for British Indian businessmen (and women) if a UK-India Free Trade Agreement is signed – as prime ministers Rishi Sunak and Narendra Modi hope to do by the end of 2023 or at the latest by early next year. A senior Indian government source has…
The Conservative Party lost two parliamentary seats to Labour on Friday (20), marking another ominous setback for prime minister Rishi Sunak and his party in the lead-up to the expected general election next year. The by-election results — the latest in a string of traditionally safe Tory seats lost to…
Canada’s foreign affairs minister, Melanie Joly has announced the withdrawal of 41 diplomats and their family members from India. She said the decision was made following India’s threat to revoke their diplomatic immunity. The move comes amidst a diplomatic dispute surrounding the killing of a Sikh separatist, escalating tensions between…
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has successfully concluded clinical trials for the world’s first injectable male contraceptive. The trials demonstrated its safety and high efficacy, with no significant side effects reported. The results of the phase-III clinical trial, which involved 303 participants aged 25-40 years were published last…
RESEARCHERS have called on the government to prioritise funding towards analysing the impact of racism on mental health, saying countries such as the US were “way further ahead” in this area. A study by the Centre for Mental Health and King’s College London found that both past and present experiences…
BBC broadcaster Naga Munchetty has told MPs her diagnosis of adenomyosis – where the womb’s lining grows into its muscular walls – came decades after doctors dismissed her symptoms and told her to “suck it up” despite suffering from heavy periods, repeated vomiting and incapacitating pain. In her testimony before…
GOOGLE will start manufacturing smartphones in India and its flagship Pixel 8 will be available next year, an executive said on Thursday (19), as the tech giant joins global companies setting up facilities in the South Asian nation. At a Google for India event, Rick Osterloh, senior vice president of…
The BBC has announced that it will stop production of the daytime medical drama Doctors. The medical soap opera, about the doctors and staff at a busy Midlands GP practice, is coming to an end after 23 long years. It was launched in 2000. After running for 23 years, the show…
Nitin Ganatra became a household name after he played postman Masood Ahmed on EastEnders. After essaying the role for 12 years, he quit the popular BBC One soap opera in 2019. The 56-year-old actor revealed a few months ago how he returned to his first love art and also helps out…
