- Saturday, March 01, 2025
SERVING and retired judges have told Eastern Eye that the selection process by which they are appointed is “racist and corrupt to the core”. It comes after an Asian solicitor won the unprecedented legal right to see how the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) chooses successful candidates. Ashok Ghosh claims that the body…
SEARCH teams detected underwater sounds while scanning the North Atlantic for a tourist submersible that vanished with five people aboard during a deep-sea voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic, the US Coast Guard said early on Wednesday (21). The detection of the sounds by Canadian aircraft on Tuesday…
LONDON mayor Sadiq Khan announced £135 million funding to help Londoners access learning and get into good jobs, a statement said. The funding will support more than 100,000 Londoners as they retrain, learn or upskill and help them get into work in key sectors, the statement added. The London learner…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the visionary behind several initiatives aimed at fostering unity in a fragmented world. However, it is International Yoga Day, being observed on Wednesday (21), that has left an indelible mark globally with its universal acceptance. Modi’s visit to the US will commence in New York,…
BRITISH home secretary, Suella Braverman, said the Home Office was unlikely to achieve prime minister Rishi Sunak’s objective of resolving a backlog of 92,000 asylum claims by the end of the year. But she added there should be a significant improvement in the speed at which claims are processed. Braverman…
THE London mayor Sadiq Khan has floated the idea of having fewer flights into Heathrow as he pushes clean air initiatives across the capital. The airport, which falls within the boundaries of Hillingdon borough, is a major employer in the area. It is thought to support around 114,000 jobs, while…
A five-person submersible vessel taking wealthy adventurers on a over £195,000 trip to see the wreckage of the 1912 Titanic disaster 12,500 feet (3,800m) undersea is missing in the Atlantic off Canada. It was missing for a third day on Tuesday (20) as US and Canadian ships and planes swept a…
Netflix has dropped the first look at filmmaker Aditya Thayi’s controversial documentary film King of Clones along with announcing its premiere date for June 23, 2023. The documentary film, which has a runtime of 1 hour and 25 minutes, is based on the life and works of South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk,…
Following his departure as host of The Daily Show last December, writer, comedian, and television personality Trevor Noah has joined hands with Spotify to launch a new original podcast. Set to launch later this year, the podcast will focus on “the hottest and most captivating topics of the moment”. Spotify announced the…
The Ramayana is not for entertainment and filmmakers should avoid coming up with new iterations every few years, says actor Dipika Chikhlia, who became famous for her role as Goddess Sita in Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan 36 years ago. Wading into the controversy over Adipurush, the film directed by Om Raut and fronted by…
