- Sunday, February 23, 2025
INDIAN AMERICAN Congressman Shri Thanedar has reaffirmed his full support to the US president Joe Biden on his re-election campaign. The support from Thanedar, the first term Congressman from the Detroit area of Michigan, gains significance as it is a battleground state. “A few months ago, I sat 20 feet…
TELUGU actor Ram Charan wrapped shooting for his upcoming film Game Changer. The actor, 39, made the announcement on Monday as he shared an Instagram collage of behind-the-scenes shots from the set. The project was announced in 2021. It is now set to move to the pre-production stage. “The GAME…
KEIR STARMER has announced that he would cancel the plan to fly asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda, marking his first major policy move since winning the recent election. The Conservative government initially introduced the plan in 2022, aiming to send migrants who arrived in Britain without permission to Rwanda,…
Obesity can no longer be just defined by body mass index (BMI) and rather should be about how body fat is distributed throughout one’s body, researchers said while launching a new framework for diagnosing and managing obesity. Published in the journal Nature Medicine, the framework looks specifically at fat accumulated…
“I HOPE to win,” says nine-year-old chess prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan, who will soon become the youngest person to represent England internationally in any sport. Bodhana is set to join the women’s team at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest this September, a milestone she describes as an honour. She is also…
WORLD number two Coco Gauff was eliminated from Wimbledon by her American compatriot Emma Navarro on Sunday. Meanwhile, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are on course for a semi-final clash at the All England Club. Gauff’s 6-4, 6-3 fourth-round loss leaves only two of the top 10 women’s seeds in…
BIG investors are warming to Britain after a landslide election win for its new Labour government, but remain wary of placing long-term bets until prime minister Keir Starmer can convince them his economic growth plans are credible. Sterling, the strongest major currency against the dollar this year, nudged higher on…
NEWLY elected Labour prime minister Keir Starmer will kickstart his plan to “rebuild Britain” on his first full day in charge on Saturday (6), after his party’s landslide election win ended 14 years of Tory rule. Starmer spent his first hours in Downing Street on Friday (5) appointing his ministerial…
BRITISH INDIAN former Tory MP Alok Sharma, who had chosen not to seek re-election in this week’s general election, will now take his seat in the House of Lords after being conferred a peerage by King Charles. The 56-year-old Agra-born former minister now becomes Lord Sharma. He was knighted as…
THE pressure of being legendary sarod maestro Pandit Debasish Bhattacharya’s daughter did not deter Debasmita Bhattacharya from pursuing the same path. The naturally gifted talent grew up in a musically rich environment, which included her acclaimed vocalist mother Sangita Bhattacharya and used all that learning to become one of the…
