• Saturday, March 01, 2025

Indian drugmaker Curis challenges Nigeria’s claim of toxic paracetamol syrup

AN INDIAN maker of a paracetamol syrup that Nigerian authorities have found toxic told Reuters on Tuesday (20) that tests by a private Indian laboratory found them of “standard quality”, as Indian authorities launch their own investigation. Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said in…

UK retail sales growth slows as food inflation bites

UK retail sales growth slowed in May as soaring food prices hit shoppers hard, official data showed on Friday (23). Total retail sales by volume rose 0.3 per cent after climbing 0.5 per cent in April, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. Food stores sales volumes fell…

Pakistan says it’s evaluating World Cup 2023 participation in India

PAKISTAN’S foreign ministry said it is “evaluating all aspects” of the country’s participation in this year’s 50-overs World Cup in India with bilateral cricket stalled between the south Asian neighbours due to soured political relations. The two countries have played each other only in multi-team events at neutral venues over…

‘Alarming’ rise in diabetes globally by 2050: study

Every country worldwide is expected to experience an increase in diabetes rates over the next three decades unless appropriate action is taken, a recent global study led by researchers at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington revealed. According to the study, the current number…

The magic of Shankar Mahadevan

IT IS no surprise that Shankar Mahadevan is satisfied with his magnificent journey, and is determined to do a lot more. The master musician and versatile singer has a brilliant body of work, which has encompassed all the major genres, including classical, fusion, folk and big commercial film songs, in…

Nazneen Ahmed Pathak: Telling ‘stories of a history we need…

A LOVE for reading and seeing books as a dream-like escape inspired Nazneen Ahmed Pathak to write, but that stopped in her twenties because there wasn’t a story she wanted to tell. Things changed after her son Roshan was born in 2013. She was reading a children’s book to him…

M Night Shyamalan and Jay Shetty lead celebrities at Modi’s…

Several prominent personalities descended on Washington on Thursday as US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden hosted a state dinner in honour of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House. “PM Narendra Modi arrives at the White House for a State dinner hosted by POTUS Joe…

Jay-Z adds Punjabi touch to Louis Vuitton show in Paris

Music knows no boundaries. This is what rapper Jay-Z’s latest performance at the Louis Vuitton show in Paris proved. The international musician performed a remix of the song ‘Mundian To Bach Ke’ by rapper Panjabi MC at the menswear fashion show held in Paris on June 20. Several videos of…

‘Gulmohar’ to be screened at Indian Film Festival Stuttgart

Sharmila Tagore and Manoj Bajpayee’s Gulmohar will open the 20th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart, Germany 2023 in July. Helmed by Rahul V. Chittella, Gulmohar revolves around the multi-generation Batra family who are all set to move out of their 34-year-old family home – Gulmohar- and how this shift in their lives is rediscovery of…

Here’s what James Cameron has to say on Titan sub…

Veteran filmmaker James Cameron has reacted to the demise of five individuals who were aboard the submersible Titan that was destroyed in a “catastrophic implosion” during an exploration dive to the wreckage of the Titanic. In an interview with ABC News, Cameron expressed his views on the tragedy as a…