- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
AA DHAND is making history as the first British Asian crime writer whose work is being adapted for a six-part BBC TV series. His tales are set in the dark, mean streets of Bradford and his main protagonist is a Sikh police officer, Detective Chief Inspector Hardeep Virdee. He doesn’t…
A new study conducted by researchers from the University of Cambridge has discovered that smoking during pregnancy poses a significantly higher risk than previously estimated. The study, published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, revealed that pregnant women who smoked were 2.6 times more likely to give birth prematurely compared…
CHANCELLOR Jeremy Hunt said on Monday (2) he would tighten banking rules to make sure customers could not have their accounts closed just because others disagree with their political views. The practice, known as “debanking”, became a political issue after former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said his account at…
INDIA’s Reliance Retail is set to acquire UK-based Superdry’s licenses and brand assets in three Asian countries, including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and India, for £40 million, media reports said. This move expands Reliance Retail’s portfolio of foreign brand partnerships and provides a financial boost to the struggling UK fashion retailer.…
FORMER England captain Eoin Morgan said winning the Cricket World Cup in India would be a bigger achievement than when he guided the side to victory at the 50-overs showpiece on home soil four years ago. Morgan, who retired from international cricket last year, said white-ball captain Jos Buttler had…
A PROMINENT Conservative party commentator believes the Tories have become “complacent” in reaching out to ethnic minority politicians and voters. With Rishi Sunak as prime minister and ministers such as Suella Braverman, Kemi Badonech and James Cleverly, the Tory administration has one of the most diverse cabinets in history. However,…
MARITIME companies in Europe are ditching their old ships for scrap on Bangladeshi beaches in dangerous conditions that have killed those working on them, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said last Thursday (28). Bangladesh’s southeastern Sitakunda beaches have emerged as one of the world’s largest shipbreaking yards. It has fuelled the…
INDIA’S sun-monitoring spacecraft has crossed a landmark point on its journey to escape “the sphere of earth’s influence”, its space agency said, days after the disappointment of its moon rover failing to awaken. The Aditya-L1 mission, which started its four-month journey towards the centre of the solar system on September…
CANADA wants private talks with India to resolve a diplomatic dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader, foreign minister Melanie Joly said on Tuesday (3), after a report said India had asked the country to withdraw 41 diplomats. India has told Canada that it must repatriate the diplomats…
In response to the Canadian allegations implicating India in the assassination of a pro-Khalistan separatist, The White House has said that the accusations are “serious” and warrant a comprehensive investigation. Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), was killed in Surrey, British Columbia on June…
