- Friday, February 28, 2025
A team of scientists from Harvard Medical School has made a significant breakthrough in the field of aging by identifying a combination of drugs that can reverse the aging process within a week. The treatment involved administering three different drugs to mice: growth hormone, Metformin, and a drug that activates…
THE International Cricket Council (ICC) announced last Thursday (14) that it will distribute equal prize money to men’s and women’s teams from now on at its events. In a statement, the governing body said teams at events such as the T20 and ODI World Cups will receive equal prize money…
ACE Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen fought hard before going down in three games against the eventual winner Li Shi Feng of China in the men’s singles semi-finals of the US Open badminton tournament in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Sen, a Commonwealth Games gold medallist, and seeded third, lost 17-21, 24-22, 17-21…
A NEW report has called for closing the ethnicity pay gap which could lead to a rise in wages for black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani women in the UK. Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani women earned 15 to 16 per cent less than white British workers, the McKinsey Institute for Black Economic…
PAKISTAN will open criminal proceedings against former prime minister Imran Khan on charges of exposing official secrets, interior minister Rana Sanaullah said on Wednesday (19), the latest in a string of cases the former cricketer has been facing. The case is related to diplomatic correspondence between Washington and Islamabad, which…
SCOTTISH Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, and shadow minister for international development, Preet Kaur Gill, on Monday (17) visited Glasgow Central Mosque and Gurdwara Singh Sabha, a statement. They met local diaspora communities to hear about their experience of sending remittance payments to friends and family abroad as part of the…
PAKISTAN’S Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Tuesday (18) rejected the government’s request to constitute a full court bench to hear a set of pleas challenging the military trials of those involved in the May 9 violence targeted at military installations and government buildings. A Supreme Court panel led by…
BANGLADESH is set to launch three major infrastructure projects, including a power plant, under India’s financial assistance in September, a senior official has said. Indian high commissioner in Dhaka, Pranay Verma, called on prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday (18) at her Ganobhaban official residence. They discussed issues such as…
THE EU parliament last Thursday (13) urged India to end violence and protect minorities in the country’s northeastern Manipur state, criticising “nationalistic rhetoric” that it said was adding to tensions. MEPs expressed concern over clashes between Manipur’s majority Meitei, who are mostly Hindus and live in and around the state…
The Bombay High Court has highlighted the need for India and its Parliament to be aware of international developments, where several countries have reduced the age of consent for adolescents to engage in consensual sexual relationships. A single bench of Justice Bharati Dangre in an order passed on July 10…
