• Tuesday, March 04, 2025

Denham Place featured in James Bond movies put up on…

Indian-origin tycoon Mike Jatania has put up Denham Place for sale, more than two decades after he bought the Buckinghamshire mansion. The Grade I-listed stately home, designed by 18th-century landscape architect Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, comes with a price tag of £75 million. If a sale goes through at around the…

How to prevent burnout?

Do you feel overwhelmed, tired, or drained most of the time? Perhaps you feel helpless, irritable, alone, and have a negative outlook. Or maybe you’re full of self-doubt, procrastinating over getting things done, and lost your spark for life? If any of this sounds familiar, you may be experiencing burnout.…

The multiculturalist King

WATCHING the funeral of the late Queen, I wondered why her son Charles, the new King, somehow seemed to resemble an actor playing the role. This was partly simple unfamiliarity. Nobody aged under seventy can remember there actually being a King before. It may have been a function of familiarity…

Sikh Your Mind: Mental health charity to host second annual…

For the second year in a row, on May 1st, 2023, some of the best comedians in the circuit will gather at Leicester Sq Theatre in London to raise money for Sikh Your Mind, a mental health charity that aims to increase awareness of mental health difficulties within the Sikh…

Coronation of King Charles III: A guide to the celebrations

On Saturday, May 6, the coronation of King Charles III and his wife Camilla as queen will be the highlight of a weekend of celebrations. The King’s Procession The day’s proceedings will commence with the “King’s Procession,” a 1.3-mile (two-kilometre) journey from Buckingham Palace in central London to Westminster Abbey.…

Ailing elephant at Karachi Zoo dies despite best efforts by…

Noor Jehan, a 17-year-old African elephant, sadly passed away on Saturday (22) at a zoo in Karachi, Pakistan, despite the tireless efforts of international veterinarians who had been working to save her life. Prior to her passing, the elephant had been suffering from a fever for several days. According to…

Imran Khan’s PTI kickstarts poll campaign in Punjab province

Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has declared to launch its election campaign in Punjab on Monday (24), despite the uncertainty surrounding the polling date in the crucial province. Asad Umar, the Secretary General of PTI, tweeted that the party is fully prepared to begin its official election campaign, even…

Mohammed Shahabuddin sworn in as Bangladesh president

Mohammed Shahabuddin, a former judge and a ruling party official, was sworn in as the president of Bangladesh on Monday (24), just months before a general election. Shahabuddin, 73, was an anti-corruption commissioner and fought in the country’s 1971 war of independence against Pakistan, the presidential palace said. “He was…

India, China hold fresh military talks over Eastern Ladakh

India and China on Sunday (23) held a fresh round of talks to resolve issues at the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh. The 18th round of military talks between the two two countries took place at the Chushul-Moldo border meeting point on the Chinese side of the Line of…

Defence ministers of Russia, China likely to attend SCO meet

Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu are expected to attend a key meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to be hosted by India next week. There is no confirmation yet on in-person participation of Pakistani defence minister Khawaja Asif in the SCO defence ministerial…