- Thursday, February 27, 2025
PAKISTAN’S population has ballooned to 250 million, according to the results of the latest census published on Saturday, growing by 35 million in just six years. Prime minister Shehbaz Sharif said the annual growth rate of 2.5 per cent presented a “big challenge” for the cash-strapped nation. “Pakistan’s population growth…
INDIA’S latest space mission entered the moon’s orbit on Saturday (5) ahead of the country’s second attempted lunar landing, as its cut-price space programme seeks to reach new heights. The world’s most populous nation has a comparatively low-budget aerospace programme that is rapidly closing in on the milestones set by…
In the Queensland state of Australia, a court has nullified a law that prohibited Sikh students from wearing a kirpan on school premises. The court deemed the ban “unconstitutional,” media reports said. The ruling by the state’s highest court came after Kamaljit Kaur Athwal took the state government to court…
A social media influencer, Mahek Bukhari, 24, and her mother, Ansreen Bukhari, 46, from Tunstall in Stoke-on-Trent have been found guilty of the murder of two men, Saqib Hussain and Hashim Ijazuddin, both 21, who died when their car was deliberately rammed off the road near Leicester in February 2022.…
Three soldiers were killed in a clash with suspected rebels amidst the fourth anniversary of New Delhi’s direct rule imposition in Indian-administered Kashmir. The confrontation occurred as an army patrol, searching for armed insurgents in the forests of Halan in the southern Kashmir valley, engaged in an exchange of fire…
Strictly Come Dancing has announced Channel 4 News anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy as the fourth celebrity contestant for its much-awaited 21st series. Produced by BBC Studios, the popular dance show will return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer this autumn. The news was revealed on Strictly presenter Claudia Winkleman’s show on BBC Radio 2 on…
Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2 is one film fans have been waiting for with a lot of excitement. As per a source, the actor is now set to start another extensive shooting schedule for Pushpa: The Rule on Sunday at Ramoji Studios in Hyderabad. “After completing major shooting schedules at different locations across the country,…
A leading charity has branded the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as ‘colonial and anti-feminist’ and called to value women’s domestic as an economic metric. The GDP is the total monetary or market value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific time period.…
Jungkook, the youngest member of South Korean pop sensation BTS, surprised his Indian fans when he hummed the Oscar-winning song “Naatu Naatu” from filmmaker SS Rajamouli’s Telugu blockbuster RRR. During a live interaction with his fans on WeVerse, Jungkook was asked if he has seen the Ram Charan and Jr NTR-starrer…
The United Nations on Friday (04) called on Bangladeshi police to refrain from excessive use of force amid recurring violence and mass arrests ahead of general elections. The UN human rights office on Monday lamented the violence that has erupted at opposition rallies in recent months, with police using rubber…
