• Thursday, April 24, 2025

Babil Khan’s ‘Friday Night Plan’ to premiere on Netflix in…

Excel Entertainment’s new film Friday Night Plan, starring Babil Khan, will arrive on Netflix on September 1, the streaming platform has announced. Netflix India shared the premiere date of the film on its social media pages on Friday. “Two unsupervised siblings in a room… they might have the most epic #FridayNightPlan!…

Karan Johar’s production ‘Kill’ to premiere at Toronto International Film…

Filmmaker Karan Johar’s upcoming production venture Kill will have its world premiere at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival 2023, to be held from September 7 to 17. Johar’s banner Dharma Productions shared the news on Instagram on Thursday night. “Kill – an action-packed high-octane film starring Lakshya – the next action hero…

Garment sector leads the way as Bangladesh eyes green finance

GREEN finance is growing fast in Bangladesh, official data shows, with the central bank and private banks boosting efforts to encourage companies from brick-makers to textile mills to invest in technology and solutions that tackle climate change. Considered one of the most climatevulnerable countries – due to impacts like worsening…

Praise be for Pooja Hegde

FROM being a beauty pageant queen to becoming part of multiple movie industries in India, it has been quite a journey for Pooja Hegde. After making her acting debut in the 2012 Tamil superhero movie Mugamoodi, she has flown to great heights by acting in multiple languages, which have also included…

Breakthrough cancer drug: Early study reveals pill’s ability to annihilate…

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking cancer drug, codenamed AOH1996, that has the potential to kill all solid cancer tumours while leaving other cells unharmed. The new molecule specifically targets a protein present in most cancers, which plays a crucial role in the growth and multiplication of tumours. This protein, known…

Denmark bolsters border control following Qu’ran burnings

Denmark’s government has announced the tightening of border controls as a measure to enhance domestic security and prevent the entry of unwanted individuals into the country. This decision comes in the wake of Qu’ran burnings and similar actions, which have led to concerns about potential revenge attacks. Sweden had also…

India’s top court stays Rahul Gandhi’s defamation conviction

THE Supreme Court of India on Friday (4) suspended opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in a defamation case, enabling him to return to parliament and contest national elections due next year. Gandhi was convicted in March in a case brought by a lawmaker from the ruling Bharatiya Janata…

Indian-American judge presides over Donald Trump’s court appearance

INDIAN American judge Moxila A Upadhyaya has presided over the initial appearance of former US president Donald Trump in a federal courthouse in downtown Washington DC on charges of trying to stay in power despite his electoral loss in 2020. Trump, who is seeking to contest the 2024 presidential election…

Sadiq Khan unveils new support over London Ulez charge

LONDON’s mayor announced increased financial support for owners of more polluting vehicles impacted by his contentious extension of a daily charge when driving them in the British capital. Labour’s Sadiq Khan insisted the politically charged expansion of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) would go ahead as planned on August 29,…

Activists arrested after covering Sunak’s home in black

ACTIVISTS from Greenpeace were arrested Thursday (3) after scaling prime minister Rishi Sunak’s constituency home in northern England and covering it with black fabric to protest his fossil fuel policy. Sunak this week approved hundreds of new oil and gas licences in the North Sea off Britain’s east coast, angering…