- Monday, February 24, 2025
WOMEN make up a smaller proportion of top earners in British financial and professional services than before the COVID-19 pandemic, research from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) showed on Monday. Women made up 19.4 per cent of the top 1 per cent of earners in the…
In what may be a poignant close to one of the most celebrated careers in cinema and theatre, Judi Dench has suggested that her time on film could be over. The 89-year-old Oscar winner, known for her powerful performances and commanding presence, made the revelation during her appearance at the…
Who is Nancy Tyagi? That is suddenly an oft-asked question — and not just in the world of high fashion — with the young woman who stitched her own clothes and modelled them too in the Cannes film festival the new toast of the glamour world for her dramatic rise…
Six phases of the marathon India elections are over, and on June 1, the 43-day-long electoral exercise with close to a billion voters will come to an end. With every phase, the controversies, confrontations, and the contest have intensified. The elections started with Narendra Modi as the clear favourite to…
PAYAL KAPADIA has scripted history by becoming the first Indian filmmaker to win the Grand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festival for her film “All We Imagine as Light”. The film bagged the award, the second-most prestigious prize of the festival after the Palme d’Or, which went to American…
PAKISTAN-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is a part of India and “we will take it”, Indian home minister Amit Shah asserted on Saturday (25) as he castigated the Congress for trying to “frighten us” by saying that the neighbouring country possesses atom bombs. “The PoK hamara hai, hamara rahega aur hum ise…
In an unprecedented and momentous event, Anasuya Sengupta has become the first Indian actress to win the prestigious Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival. This historic achievement was for her remarkable performance in The Shameless, a gripping film that competed in the Un Certain Regard section of the…
Infosys CEO Salil Parekh has said that Generative AI (GenAI) will not result in job losses at the company. He told CNBC-TV18 that Infosys was not looking at rightsizing, downsizing, or any kind of job cuts due to GenAI as has happened with others in the industry. Parekh said Infosys…
IN ONE of his first major election pledge announcements on Sunday (26), prime minister Rishi Sunak said he will introduce a “bold new” form of mandatory National Service for young people if the Conservatives win another five-year term in the July 4 polls. The British-Indian leader said his plan would…
PERHAPS the most path-breaking British Asian music act of recent years has been the brilliant Orchestral Qawwali Project. The culturally rich group, combining Sufi poetry with grand orchestral arrangements and a music rooted in centuries old tradition, have drawn in cross-cultural audiences of all ages with their performances. A giant…
