- Friday, April 25, 2025
THE National Health Service (NHS) in England will get more than 300,000 staff under a new plan announced by the government on Friday (30) to deal with a chronic shortage of doctors and nurses. The publicly funded NHS, which marks its 75th birthday on Wednesday (5), is facing an estimated…
CANADA’S prime minister Justin Trudeau last week visited the BAPS temple in Toronto to celebrate its golden jubilee anniversary. In a message on Twitter, he said, “For 50 years, BAPS has been an important part of the Canadian family. This afternoon, we joined members of the @BAPS_Toronto community to celebrate…
Globally acclaimed sitar player, producer, and composer Anoushka Shankar has announced a new mini-album Chapter I: Forever, For Now, and the release of the single “Stolen Moments”. It marks Shankar’s first new music since 2022’s standalone single “In Her Name”, which commemorated the tenth anniversary of the gang rape in Delhi of…
Charithra Chandran, who received glowing reviews for her outstanding performance as Edwina Sharma in Bridgerton, is set to front the upcoming British romantic comedy film How To Date Billy Walsh. Prime Video has unveiled the first-look images and key art for the new Original British high school romantic comedy, premiering on Prime…
The new Apple TV+ series Hijack stars well-known actress Archie Panjabi in the role of counter-terrorist agent Zarah, who gets a tip that there has been a “serious incident” on board a plane bound for London. The much-talked-about series also features Idris Elba who plays Sam Nelson, an accomplished corporate negotiator –…
Charli XCX has shared a brand new single ‘Speed Drive’, which is set to feature in the soundtrack for the much-anticipated film Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and directed by Greta Gerwig. The song was produced by Charli XCX’s frequent collaborator Easyfun. “I’d always played with Barbie whilst I was growing up…
RELIANCE CAPTAIL’S lenders have overwhelmingly approved a proposal from Hinduja Group to acquire the bankrupt financial services company once led by Indian tycoon Anil Ambani. IndusInd International Holdings Ltd (IIHL), the investment arm of the London-based Hinduja family business empire, offered Rs 96.61 billion (£930 million) for Reliance Capital in…
RUSSIAN president Vladimir Putin discussed the situation around Ukraine and how Moscow had resolved an armed mercenary mutiny in a telephone call with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday (30), the Kremlin said. It said that Modi had expressed support for what the Kremlin called the Russian leadership’s decisive…
FOREIGN SECRETARY James Cleverly has said that India and Japan should be given permanent seats on the UN Security Council. Cleverly also called for a doubling of the number of countries able to wield a veto on UN resolutions. The UK announced its backing for an expanded council, including a…
Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla wore elephant masks at the Animal Ball 2023 on Thursday, which were designed by the Indian designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee. Taking to Instagram, Sabyasachi shared a picture with King Charles and Queen Camilla and wrote, “Their Majesties King Charles III & Queen Camilla. With…
