- Tuesday, March 04, 2025
Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf has urged Rishi Sunak to ‘respect the democratic wishes’ of the Parliament and demanded the power to hold an independence referendum. In response, the Prime Minister asked Yousaf to work with the UK government on tackling the cost of living crisis, The Telegraph reported. In his first…
President Joe Biden said on Tuesday (25) he will seek a second White House term in 2024, a decision that will test whether Americans are ready to give the 80-year-old Democrat, already the oldest US president ever, another four years in office. Biden made his announcement in a slickly produced…
Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has said that Indians now view China as a more significant military threat than Pakistan. He emphasised the importance of finding ways to balance this relationship constructively. The military standoff between China and India in eastern Ladakh in May 2020 has resulted in a significant freeze…
A renowned American consultancy firm, Bain, is offering generous financial incentives to new recruits with postgraduate business degrees to delay their start dates until April 2024, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. The move comes amidst an anticipated economic downturn in the consulting industry, along with the tech and…
Republic, the largest anti-monarchist group in the UK that advocates for an elected head of state, proposed on Monday (24) that India could take a leading role in the Commonwealth to demonstrate that the organisation is not inextricably linked with the British royal family. Graham Smith, CEO of Republic, pointed…
France has evacuated five Indians along with citizens of 27 other countries as part of its evacuation mission from violence-hit Sudan. The French embassy in India said on Monday (24) that 388 people from 28 countries, including India, were evacuated. French diplomatic sources said the evacuation operations launched on Saturday…
In response to the unrest in Sudan, India launched ‘Operation Kaveri’ on Monday (24) to evacuate its citizens from the region. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar confirmed that Indian ships and aircraft are ready to transport the stranded individuals back to India. In a tweet, he announced the start of…
At least 12 people, mostly policemen, were killed by multiple explosions caused by a fire in a munitions cache in a Pakistan police station on Monday (24), officials said. The explosions levelled the specialist counter-terrorism station in Kabal town of Swat Valley, in the northwestern region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which…
India’s billionaire Hinduja family’s apparent truce over the future of its global business empire is at risk, a lawyer representing patriarch Srichand Hinduja has told a London court. The lawyer on Monday (24) said there were lawsuits and “threatened lawsuits” between members of the family, raising the prospect the Hinduja…
Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday (25) in a civil lawsuit pitting Donald Trump against a popular former American columnist who claims he assaulted her in the 1990s. E Jean Carroll, 79, claims Trump sexually attacked her in a New York department shop and then defamed her after she…
