• Thursday, February 27, 2025

‘Colour of my skin limits my roles in Bollywood’: Kalki…

Actress Kalki Koechlin has come a long way in her career. As she is gearing up for the release of her next film Goldfish, she candidly opened up about how the colour of her skin limited her roles in Bollywood. “Goldfish was special because complex, layered, sensitive, and funny scripts like that…

Blackswan: The K-pop girl group with no Korean members has…

Blackswan is one of the most popular K-pop groups in the world. It is the only all-women-led K-pop group that has no Korean members. It is not unusual for K-pop groups to include foreign members, typically from other Asian countries. Blackpink, which is considered to be K-pop’s biggest girl group,…

‘Jawan’ trailer date locked, SRK to add filmy touch to…

And the wait is finally over. Get ready to witness superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s action-packed avatar in the highly anticipated trailer of his film Jawan. As per a source close to the film’s team, Jawan trailer will be out on August 31. Interestingly, Raksha Bandhan is also falling on this date this year.…

Venice Film Festival to host Ukrainian Day

Ukrainian Day will be celebrated on September 6 at the Venice Film Festival 2023. The organisers will host a series of panels and meetings to support war-torn Ukraine and its film industry, Variety reported. With this event, which follows an analogous initiative on the Lido last year, the fest’s parent…

Asia’s cricket giants prepare for face off ahead of World…

Asia’s cricket giants India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will get a final chance to size each other up before October’s 50-over World Cup when the Asia Cup begins on Wednesday. Fiery rivals India and Pakistan could clash as many as three times if they go all the way in the…

Optimal night-time temperature could improve sleep quality in older adults

Ambient night-time temperature for older adults to have a restful sleep should be between 20 and 25 degrees Celsius, according to newly published research. Among older adults, aged 65 years or above, sleep efficiency was found to drop by 5-10 per cent as the ambient night-time bedroom temperature rose to…

Common heart disease blood-thinner ineffective for numerous south Asian patients:…

A commonly prescribed blood-thinner, clopidogrel (Plavix), may not be effective for individuals of South Asian descent due to a genetic mutation, a study suggests. The research reveals that over half of those with Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage have a genetic mutation that hinders the proper function of clopidogrel, the Daily…

Four charged with murder of delivery driver of Indian origin…

FOUR men in their 20s have been charged with the murder of a 23-year-old Indian-origin delivery driver after an attack in Shrewsbury. Aurman Singh was pronounced dead at the scene when West Mercia Police attended reports of an attack in the Berwick Avenue area of the city on August 21.…

Imran Khan grilled in jail, admits losing diplomatic cable

JAILED former prime minister Imran Khan admitted “misplacing” a confidential diplomatic cable as he was interrogated by Pakistan’s top investigative agency. Khan, 70, sentenced to a three-year jail term earlier this month in a corruption case, was grilled at the Attock prison for wrongful use of the classified document, according…

India, UK to continue FTA negotiations till end of August

INDIAN and UK officials will continue their negotiations till the month-end to iron out differences on the proposed free trade agreement (FTA), New Delhi has said. Following the G20 trade and investment ministers’ meeting at Jaipur, the progress of the negotiations was reviewed by commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal…