- Thursday, February 27, 2025
SCOTTISH Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, has unveiled an expert independent board to advise the party on economic growth. The panel consists of high-profile business leaders, including a media executive who appeared on The Apprentice, as reported by The Times. Sarwar said that the panel will focus on green energy, finance, and technology,…
THE Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) recognises that it has become difficult for young people to own their own homes – which is why it is holding a show devoted to indoor plants. Those with access to outdoor gardens during the pandemic lockdowns were lucky, but others who own or rent…
LUCY FULFORD, a 34-year-old freelance journalist and filmmaker, has written a personal book, The Exiled: Empire, Immigration and the Ugandan Asian Exodus, about the Asian expulsions from Uganda. What is different about her account is how she has woven her own story and that of her family into the larger history…
SHATTERING glass ceilings, breaking boundaries and deliv – ering path-breaking performances have defined the dance journey of Aditi Mangaldas. Instead of dwelling on past achievements or being satisfied with her incredible body of work, the forward-thinking Indian Kathak maestro is continuing to have a fearless approach. That is why her…
REPUBLICAN presidential candidate Nikki Haley made a striking comment about the state of the US Senate, referring to it as ‘the most privileged nursing home in the country’. This statement comes in the wake of Mitch McConnell, the 81-year-old Republican leader in the Senate, experiencing a second public episode of…
A prominent race equality leader has criticised the UK government’s continued denial of institutional racism, stating that it has created a credibility issues, reported The Guardian. Dr Halima Begum pointed out that shortly after the government released its contentious report on race, which claimed to find no evidence of institutional…
A new research suggests that the dwindling population of vultures in India could be the reason behind increase in deaths of humans, which can be as high as 100,000 per year. The study found that vulture was a ‘keystone species’, meaning those species whose loss could cause serious problems for…
Stephanie Williams, the mother of a 12-year-old daughter named Sunnah Khan, who tragically drowned off Bournemouth beach, shared how the devastating loss has profoundly affected her family. Sunnah is believed to have been caught in a rip current near the town’s main pier, leading to her unfortunate demise, the BBC…
WITH Tharman Shanmugaratnam winning Singapore’s presidential election, he joins a long list of Indian-origin leaders who are dominating politics at important world capitals. Shanmugaratnam, 66, received 70.4 per cent of the votes in the presidential election held on Friday (1). “Singaporeans have chosen Tharman Shanmugaratnam to be our next president…
FOLLOWING quickly on the success of India’s moon landing, the country’s space agency launched a rocket on Saturday (2) to study the sun in its first solar mission. The rocket left a trail of smoke and fire as scientists clapped, a live broadcast on the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO)…
