- Saturday, March 01, 2025
UK minister Andrew Mitchell attended the G20 development ministerial meeting in Varanasi on Monday (12), when the climate and tech partnerships were announced. The new UK support includes funding for a tech start-up focusing on sustainable agriculture, including through growing vegetables in an environmentallyfriendly way. Mitchell told the gathering about…
BRITAIN’S main business lobby, the CBI, is “confident” of recovery after allegations of sexual misconduct threw it into crisis, the group’s boss told MPs Tuesday (13). The Confederation of British Industry suffered an exodus of member companies over the last two months following the allegations, but last week won a…
Ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Washington, the Biden administration is pushing New Delhi to cut through its own red tape and advance a deal for dozens of US-made armed drones, two people familiar with the matter said. India has long expressed interest in buying large…
Adipurush, starring Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, and Saif Ali Khan in principal roles, is the most-anticipated mythological film of 2023. Helmed by Om Raut, the mega-budgeted film has generated humongous buzz among film enthusiasts and if we take a look at its advance booking, the film is set to open with…
IT took a one-word message from England captain Ben Stokes for spin all-rounder Moeen Ali to come out of his test retirement and join the squad for the Ashes series against Australia beginning at Edgbaston on Friday (16). Moeen played the last of his 64 tests nearly two years ago…
Sandeep Lamichhane is set to play a key role in Nepal’s bid to seal a place at the one-day World Cup for the first time despite the former skipper being on bail for an alleged rape. Nepal face hosts Zimbabwe on Sunday (18) in Harare at the start of a…
Veteran seamer James Anderson is still addicted to cricket at 40 and only getting better with age, his strike partner Stuart Broad said, with the prolific England pair expected to play key roles as they enter their ninth Ashes campaign. Anderson appears to be improving with time and has shown…
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has backed England’s cricketers to regain the Ashes from Australia – but expressed alarm at an injury crisis in the bowling department. Sunak was briefing reporters on his plane en route to Washington, where he attended a baseball game last Wednesday (7). He did not pitch…
New ITVX comedy series Count Abdulla has put a new spin on the horror genre. The story of a young Muslim doctor getting a lust for blood after being bitten by a vampire has a stand-out performance from Sia Alipour as the street-smart cousin trying to figure out what is going on.…
A single-dose vaccine for chikungunya demonstrates safety and induces a robust immune response against the viral disease, according to the first phase 3 trial of the preventive published in The Lancet journal. The VLA1553 vaccine, developed by French biotech company Valneva, was evaluated in this trial. However, due to the…
