- Friday, February 28, 2025
Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan’s Bawaal is in the eye of the proverbial storm for using the Holocaust to tell a story of marital discord with a prominent Jewish rights organisation slamming it for “banal trivialisation” of the suffering of millions and asking Prime Video to take down the movie. The Simon Wiesenthal…
INDIAN and South Asian families in various Massachusetts communities have fallen victim to a series of jewelry thefts, according to reports. Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, are now actively investigating these incidents, CBS News reported. The thieves appear to be deliberately targeting these families, seeking valuable jewelry items often passed down…
INDIA and Britain could sign a free trade agreement (FTA) this year as both countries have reached consensus on the broad contours of the proposed deal aiming to boost economic growth and jobs, a top trade ministry official said. “We want to finalise the deal at the earliest,” Sunil Barthwal,…
THE University of Cambridge has created a visiting fellowship in the study of indentureship, a system that replaced slavery in the British Empire. According to historical accounts, more than 1.6 million Indian workers were transported to European colonies as a substitute for slave labour. Cambridge said in a statement that…
THERE is enough evidence to back up the theory that Alia Bhatt is the number one leading lady in Bollywood right now. She headlines this week’s big Bollywood release Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani and then makes her Hollywood debut in action thriller Heart of Stone, which has a Netflix world premiere on…
INDIAN shuttler Lakshya Sen progressed to the semifinals to be the lone Indian survivor at the Japan Open Super 750 badminton tournament following the ouster of compatriots H S Prannoy and doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Friday (28). World number 13 Sen registered a 21-15 21-19…
THERE is a scene in the second half of Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors when Rabia Yahya is trying to get out of the burning building. She wears a hijab, is pregnant and has three little children with her as thick black smoke is coming up the stairwell and filling the…
SHE may have had a prolific career, but Puneet Bhandal never planned to be a writer. After completing an MSc in Information Technology, she realised it wasn’t the right path and decided to pursue journalism. She landed a job as a production assistant at a leading newspaper and became the…
INDIA and Britain could sign a free trade agreement (FTA) this year as both countries have reached consensus on the broad contours of the proposed deal aiming to boost economic growth and jobs, a top trade ministry official said. “We want to finalise the deal at the earliest,” Sunil Barthwal,…
Bangladesh’s foreign ministry summoned 13 Western ambassadors on Wednesday (26), following their joint statement protesting an attack on an independent candidate during a parliamentary by-election. The envoys, which included representatives from the US, Britain, France, and the European Union, had expressed their condemnation of the July 17 attack on Ashraful…
