- Thursday, January 23, 2025
TULIP SIDDIQ has been appointed city minister, the minister responsible for overseeing the financial services sector, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. Labour won a thumping election victory last week, propelling Keir Starmer to power as prime minister. Siddiq, 41, retained her seat at Hampstead and Highgate. She has led Labour’s…
INDIAN pop icon Usha Uthup‘s husband Jani Chacko Uthup died in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Monday (8), their family said. Jani, 78, complained of discomfort while watching TV at their residence. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but was declared dead, they said. A massive cardiac…
A 25-YEAR-OLD Indian student enrolled at Trine University drowned at a waterfall in Albany, New York. The Indian consulate confirmed the incident, adding to a series of recent tragedies affecting the community. Sai Surya Avinash Gadde died on July 7 at Barberville Falls, Albany, about 240 km north of New…
RUSSIA has broadly heeded India’s call to end the recruitment of Indians as support staff to the Russian military and ensure the repatriation of those still working in the force, top sources told PTI on Tuesday (9). It is learnt that Moscow agreed to release the Indians after the issue…
VACUUM-CLEANER manufacturer Dyson will cut about 1,000 jobs in Britain, more than a quarter of its workforce in the country, as part of a global restructuring. The Singapore-based company, founded by James Dyson, the inventor of the bagless cleaner, employs 3,500 people in Britain, including at its R&D centre in…
GOVERNOR of the US state of California, Gavin Newsom, highlighted the significant role of immigrants in the state’s entrepreneurial landscape, noting that 42 per cent of all startups in the state are founded by immigrants. He made these remarks during a fundraiser in the US state of Massachusetts on Monday,…
JAMIE DORNAN-STARRER The Tourist is getting an Indian adaptation. Banijay Asia has inked a deal with the distributor of The Tourist, All3Media International, acquiring the rights to create a local adaptation, Variety reported. Written by Harry and Jack Williams, The Tourist stars Dornan as a man who wakes up in…
KEIR STARMER is traveling to Washington this week for his first international engagement since becoming the UK prime minister. This visit comes shortly after his recent election victory. Starmer, 61, will attend NATO’s 75th anniversary summit in Washington. This is his first foreign trip since assuming office on Friday (5).…
FILMMAKER M Night Shyamalan says the concert at the center of his upcoming suspense thriller will feel like a real one as he likes the idea of “cinema as windows within windows”. The thriller master’s new film has taken some of its ideas from a real-life sting operation from 1985…
RISHI SUNAK appointed his shadow cabinet on Monday. Some senior ministers returned to roles they held in government before last week’s parliamentary election, while former foreign secretary David Cameron resigned. Andrew Mitchell will handle the foreign policy brief in the interim shadow cabinet, a team of senior spokespeople chosen by…
