- Saturday, March 01, 2025
MORE champions are needed to talk about dementia and raise awareness among south Asian communities in the UK, Alzheimer’s Society ambassador, Dr Karan Jutlla, has said. A survey in May to mark Dementia Action Week showed that one in three people (33 per cent) who noticed symptoms of dementia in…
Priyanka Chopra’s sister-in-law Danielle Jonas recently opened up about the struggles of having famous sisters-in-law. She appeared as a guest on the podcast LadyGang along with her singer-husband Kevin Jonas and spoke about her equation with the Jonas family and actresses Priyanka Chopra and Sophie Turner. For the unversed, Kevin…
Superstar Rajinikanth has completed filming for his guest appearance in daughter Aishwarya Rajnikanth’s directorial venture Lal Salaam. Aishwarya took to Instagram to share the news on Wednesday, posting a picture from the upcoming Tamil movie’s set. The photos feature Rajinikanth and his daughter along with cast members Vishnu Vishal and Jeevitha.…
THE Bollywood nepotism debate will be fuelled further in the next 18 months, as a new generation with famous family connections get ready to make their film debuts. They will have to be a lot stronger than the wave of aspiring hopefuls with well-known relatives, launched in the last five…
SIX Rohingya refugees were killed in Bangladesh relief camp clashes that broke out hours after an International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor visited the settlements to gather testimony, police said last Friday (7). Bangladesh is home to around a million members of the stateless minority, most of whom fled a 2017…
SRI LANKA offered an amnesty last Sunday (9) for the return ofhistorical treasures looted when protesters stormed the presidential palace a year ago, forcing then-leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee. The artefacts were stolen from the palace in the heart of the capital Colombo during its fiveday occupation. “Various valuable artefacts…
FORMER prime minister Theresa May took the lead on Tuesday (11) in opposing Rishi Sunak’s small boats Bill, accusing the government of consigning more people to slavery if it goes ahead without any changes. May expressed her continuous disagreement with ministers who declined to safeguard individuals who become victims of…
Two additional cheetahs have been introduced to the Kuno National Park (KNP) in the Sheopur district of India’s Madhya Pradesh, bringing the total count to 12, a senior forest official said Tuesday (11). Last year, prime minister Narendra Modi released eight Namibian cheetahs, consisting of five females and three males,…
A unique event commemorating India’s 76th year of independence took place at the UK Parliament complex, receiving cross-party support and the endorsement of the India (Trade and Investment) All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG). The event was organised by the 1928 Institute, a British Indian think tank, and featured a special…
ACTING must put more people of colour in creative boardrooms to stop unconscious bias, colonialism and complacency which exist in the profession. That is the call from one of the industry’s biggest south Asian stars. Meera Syal told the Raminklal Pioneers Project, a partnership of the Asian Media Group [the parent company of Eastern…
