- Monday, February 24, 2025
STAR India players Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty last Sunday (19) won the Thailand Open Super 500 badminton tournament with a straight-game win over Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi of China. Rankireddy and Shetty, the world No. 3 pair, prevailed 21-15, 21-15 over Yang and Yi, ranked 29th, for…
ANISA BUTT has shown off her impressive range as a performer across theatre, film, TV and spoken word. The versatile actress is looking forward to taking on the lead role in new theatre play Permission, which premieres at The Space Theatre in London next Tuesday (28). The feminist story of…
WITH all the attention being on the constant barrage of catastrophic Bollywood failures, along with big-budget Tamil and Telugu blockbusters, it has gone relatively unnoticed as to how much of a stunning 2024 Malayalam cinema is having. The first five months of the year have been filled with some of…
SEVERAL Conservative MPs announced on Friday that they will not seek re-election in the upcoming UK general election, bringing the total to 75, a post-war record for the party. This surpasses the previous high of 72 MPs who stepped down before Tony Blair’s 1997 Labour landslide, raising concerns about the…
TRISHAN PATEL, a British Indian, has joined the Pakistan football squad in Islamabad as an assistant coach and performance analyst. The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) announced that Patel, a UEFA A-level coach, had previously provided online coaching to the Pakistan team. “He will be assisting head coach Stephen Constantine in…
INDIA’S Reliance Industries has signed an agreement with Norway’s Nel ASA to help generate green hydrogen as part of billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s pivot toward green energy. The agreement with Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser AS, a fully owned subsidiary of Oslo-based Nel ASA, “provides Reliance with an exclusive license for Nel’s alkaline…
The MasterChef 2024 champion has been announced after eight weeks of increasingly tough challenges. Veterinary surgeon, Brin Pirathapan, has won the 20th series with dishes that included octopus and venison. Pirathapan, who grew up in Chelmsford, Essex, and now lives in Bristol, beat his fellow finalists at French fine dining…
ANNUAL net migration to Britain fell to 685,000 last year, from a record high of 764,000 in 2022, but officials said it was too early to declare a downward trend in what will be a major battleground in Britain’s July 4 election. Sunak, who surprised the nation on Wednesday (22)…
Dinesh Karthik’s international career was shaped by the emergence of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, but on Wednesday, he announced his retirement at the end of his team’s IPL campaign, leaving a lasting mark over the past 17 years. The Eliminator between his Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals was Karthik’s final…
Renowned Indian cinematographer Santosh Sivan is to be recognized with the prestigious Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography honour at the Cannes Film Festival 2024. This accolade marks a significant moment for Sivan as he will become the first Asian to receive this honour, which celebrates outstanding contributions to the field…
