- Friday, February 28, 2025
THE Conservative party’s controversial immigration policy could ultimately be the reason they lose power at the next general election, a group of leading academics have predicted. Plans to stop thousands of migrants landing on British shores in small boats were last month approved by the House of Lords. The bill…
IF there’s one thing that unites the people of Portland, south-west England, it is opposition to the UK government’s plan to house 500 asylum seekers on a large barge in its harbour. From a vantage point at the top of this small town of 13,000 inhabitants, the 93-metre- (305-foot-) long…
A video of a comment made by Sudha Murty, a well-known author, philanthropist, and educator, regarding her food habits has sparked a debate about vegetarianism on social media, the BBC reported. Murty 72, made a remark about her food habits on a popular food show called “Khaane Mein Kya Hai?”…
China should encourage its citizens to join counter-espionage work, including creating channels for individuals to report suspicious activity as well as commending and rewarding them, the state security ministry said on Tuesday. A system that makes it “normal” for the masses to participate in counter-espionage must be established, wrote the…
MUMBAI Indians New York won the inaugural edition of Major League Cricket, the US T20 league, beating Seattle Orcas by seven wickets. Six teams representing major US cities participated in the tournament that started on July 13. In the final, Seattle Orcas scored 183 for loss of nine wickets in…
TWO policemen were shot dead on Tuesday (1) while guarding a polio vaccination team in southwest Pakistan, officials said, the latest deaths in a high-stakes campaign to eradicate the debilitating virus. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries in the world where polio remains endemic despite an effective vaccine, and…
CHINESE vice-premier He Lifeng arrived in Islamabad last Sunday (30) to mark the 10th anniversary of a massive economic plan that is the cornerstone of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative. Since its initiation in 2013, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has seen tens of billions of dollars funnelled into huge…
A school dropout who supported his family as a newspaper boy and construction worker has won a prestigious literary prize in India. Akhil Kavintarikath, 28, from Kannur in the southern state of Kerala, had to leave his studies and start working full-time to provide for his family, including his parents,…
CHARRED walls, collapsed tin roofs and smashed windows in a burned Kuki community church illustrate how deadly ethnic violence has led to brutal sectarian attacks in India’s troubled Manipur state. At least 120 people have been killed since May in armed clashes between the predominantly Hindu Meitei majority and the…
THE CNN show of Indian American author and political commentator Fareed Zakaria and a programme by BBC’S south Asia and Afghanistan correspondent Yogita Limaye is among those nominated for the 44th Annual News and Documentary Emmy awards. Zakaria’s show Fareed Zakaria GPS got the nod in the outstanding news discussion & analysis…
