- Friday, February 28, 2025
HEADING into the supermarket for the weekly shop, we are greeted by a life-size cardboard cut-out of four of England’s women footballers. They are there because the women’s World Cup is about to kick off and to promote the official FIFA tournament beer too. (6am and 9am kick-offs broadcast from…
THE annual celebration of South Asian Heritage Month explores the shared cultures and histories of the UK and South Asia, with a range of activities from film screenings and concerts to workshops, discussions and events bringing diverse communities together. To mark the important month, being held in 2023 from Tuesday…
HEADLINED by Sumit Antil’s world record show, the Indian team returned home from the Paris World Para Athletics Championships with 10 medals, including three gold, and 17 quota places for the 2024 Paralympics in the French capital. This was India’s best-ever show at a World Para Athletics Championships surpassing the…
FIERCE rivals Pakistan and India will meet in Sri Lanka on September 2 for their first one-day international clash in four years, according to the Asia Cup schedule announced Wednesday (19). The six-nation tournament starts on August 30 with four matches in Pakistan and the remaining nine in Sri Lanka…
AUSTRALIA opener Usman Khawaja said on Monday he had approached the International Cricket Council (ICC) about reducing penalties for slow over-rates in Test matches after the game’s governing body announced earlier this month it had decided to soften sanctions. Khawaja said it was “really frustrating” for players to lose their…
SHUBMAN GILL has the full backing of the India Test team as he adjusts to his move from the top of the order to the number three slot, batting coach Vikram Rathour said ahead of the second match against West Indies in Port of Spain from Thursday (20). Gill has…
A new drug called donanemab has emerged as a potential breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer’s, following a global trial that confirms its ability to slow cognitive decline, the BBC reported. This antibody medicine targets a specific protein that accumulates in the brains of those with Alzheimer’s during the early…
THERE had been a set blueprint for Bollywood concerts for decades with singers mixing up their own hits with classic films songs from long ago and taking an interval break. Arijit Singh rewrote the rulebooks by staying on stage for three hours and injecting diverse influences into film songs to…
WITH over 46 million followers, Jannat Zubair Rahmani is one of the most popular Indian celebrities on Instagram. The 21-year-old actress, singer and social media influencer has a bigger following than most major movie stars from her country. Having started as a child actor, the star of popular shows like Phulwa,…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (20) called the alleged sexual assault of women in the northeastern state of Manipur “shameful”, urging heads of state governments to ensure the safety of women. Videos have surfaced on social media purporting to show two women paraded naked on a street in…
