- Thursday, February 27, 2025
Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali will be the opening film at the G20 Film Festival, aiming to celebrate and showcase the vibrant and collaborative partnership existing amongst the G20 and invited countries in the field of cinema. Organised by the India International Centre (IIC) and G20 Secretariat of the Ministry of External Affairs,…
INDIAN software services exporter Infosys and Liberty Global have signed a $1.64 billion (£1.3bn) agreement to evolve and scale the communications firm’s digital entertainment and connectivity platforms, the companies said. The five-year agreement, which has an option to be extended to eight years and beyond, will have Infosys taking over…
UK unemployment jumped to a two-year high in the three months to the end of June, official data showed on Tuesday (15), as the country grapples with high inflation and a cost-of-living crisis. The number of people out of work increased to 4.2 per cent compared to 4.0 per cent…
INDIAN AMERICAN economist Raj Chetty has been awarded the coveted George Ledlie Prize for wielding big data to break myths about who achieves the American Dream and the obstacles faced by others. Along with Chetty, Biologist Michael Springer, professor of systems biology at Harvard Medical School, who created a better,…
India’s Independence Day commemorates the sacrifice of freedom fighters who laid down their lives in the pursuit to free India. It also marks a day of celebration for our nation’s vibrant culture and heritage. ZEE5 Global presents an exciting line-up of titles to honour different milestones of India as it…
Dev Patel and Mindy Kaling have come on board to executive produce the documentary To Kill a Tiger ahead of its release on October 20, 2023. The documentary has been directed and written by Nisha Pahuja. The official synopsis reads: “Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life…
Russia is set to meet its commitment to deliver S-400 anti-aircraft systems to India within the established timeframe, a senior Russian defence export official said on Monday (14). Being the largest arms importer globally, India relies predominantly on Russian technology for traditional weaponry. However, authorities in New Delhi have expressed…
PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak blamed the “criminal gangs” facilitating small boat Channel crossings for the “horrific” deaths last weekend of at least six migrants, his spokesman said on Monday (14). Six Afghan men died and dozens more required rescuing after a small vessel bound for the southeast English coast from…
THOUSANDS of furious protesters marched in Bangladesh on Monday (14) hours after a powerful jailed Islamist opposition leader died of a heart attack aged 83, officials said. Delwar Hossain Sayedee, vice president of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party, died in a prison hospital early Monday evening, just more than a decade…
Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone on Tuesday unveiled the official motion poster of their upcoming film Fighter on the occasion of the 77th Independence Day. Touted as India’s first aerial action magnum opus, the film is directed by Siddharth Anand. It is scheduled to be released in theatres on January 25,…
