• Friday, February 28, 2025

Dev Patel, Aamir Khan and others attend Wimbledon’s men finals

Wimbledon 2023 had been attracting a sea of celebrities since its opening day. Several prominent personalities were in attendance to watch the finals on Sunday between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, among them were Dev Patel, Aamir Khan, and Sonam Kapoor. Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan was present at the Wimbledon…

Balaji Telefilms begins filming ‘Love, Sex Aur Dhokha 2’

Balaji Telefilms, the renowned Indian production house, has officially announced the commencement of the highly anticipated shoot for their upcoming film, Love, Sex Aur Dhokha 2 (LSD 2). Set to captivate audiences worldwide, this thrilling sequel is slated to hit theatres on February 16, 2024. Building upon the astounding success of…

Pakistan woman, Indian lover she crossed border to meet go…

The cross-border love story between Seema Haider and Sachin Meena, aided by the PUBG mobile game, has taken a new twist as the couple has been reported as ‘missing’ for the past 24 hours, with no communication to their families. The Indian media extensively covered their unusual love story, which…

China seeks stable ties with India: ‘Should support, not suspect…

CHINA’S top diplomat Wang Yi has told India's foreign minister bilateral ties need to be stabilised, as the neighbours searched for ways to ease simmering military tensions along their vast border. On the sidelines of ASEAN meetings in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Wang told India’s external affairs minister, Subrahmanyam…

Funding an uphill task for climber Shehroze Kashif

PAKISTANI mountaineer Shehroze Kashif faces sub-zero temperatures and biting winds in his race to scale the world’s highest peaks, but his biggest challenge is finding the money. Kashif, 21, aims this year to become the youngest person to climb every peak above 8,000 metres (26,247 feet), all of which are…

Pakistan government to hand over power to caretaker setup next…

PAKISTAN prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced that his government will hand over the power to a caretaker setup next month. This indicated the National Assembly will be dissolved days before the completion of government’s tenure to pace the general election in November. The prime minister said last week that…

Global debt dominates as G20 finance chiefs meet

G20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs opened talks on Monday (17) on debt restructuring deals, multilateral bank reform and finance to tackle climate change. Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, chair and host of the summit in Gandhinagar, began by telling finance leaders of “the responsibility we have… to steer…

Senior doctors in England announce more strikes

SENIOR doctors in England will hold two days of strikes in August, their union – the British Medical Association (BMA) – said on Monday (17), dismissing a six per cent pay rise announced by the government last week as a “savage” real-terms wage cut. Consultant-level doctors in Britain’s publicly funded…

Indian-American business leader appointed to Biden’s Export Council

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden has announced his intent to appoint Shamina Singh, a prominent Indian-American business leader, to the President’s Export Council. Singh, who is the founder and president of the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, has said she is “honoured to join the group of esteemed leaders” on council…

Macron presents Modi with replica of Charlemagne chessmen, Proust’s novels

French president, Emmanuel Macron, presented prime minister Narendra Modi with a framed facsimile of a 1916 photograph showing a Parisian offering some flowers to a Sikh officer, along with a replica of the Charlemagne chessmen dating back to the 11th century, officials said. The 1916 photograph showing a Parisian offering…