- Wednesday, March 05, 2025
India is likely to receive normal monsoon rainfall in 2023, the state-run weather office said on Tuesday (11), the fifth straight year of normal or above normal summer rains that spur farm and overall economic growth in Asia’s third-biggest economy. A spell of good rains could lift farm and wider…
Amidst the sky-high prices of Alphonso mangoes, one trader in Pune in the Indian state of Maharashtra has come up with a unique solution – offering the “king of fruits” on Equated Monthly Instalments or EMI. Alphonso, also known as ‘Hapus’, is considered the best variety of mangoes from Devgad…
The UK government is planning an autumn 2024 general election, believing a vote later that year brings the best chance of a victory, the Telegraph reported on Monday (10). According to the report, October and November next year have been provisionally circled by prime minister Rishi Sunak’s team for elections. Sunak, who…
Labour has attacked prime minister Rishi Sunak, suggesting he has no qualms about his family benefitting from a “loophole” in the UK’s taxation. A digital poster of the opposition party, posted on social media on Tuesday (11) with a photo of the prime minister reads: “Do you think it’s right…
The British government announced plans on Tuesday (11) to encourage up to one million smokers to switch from cigarettes to “vapes,” in a global first. As part of this scheme, the Department of Health (DoH) will provide almost one in five smokers with a starter kit for an e-cigarette, or…
A Pakistani court last week scheduled a hearing for the Toshakhana corruption case against former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday (12). The plea was filed through Senator Barrister Syed Ali Zafar, and the hearing will be held by a five-member bench of the Lahore High Court, led by Justice…
Mindy Kaling and Oprah Winfrey are set to develop a series adaptation of Jesse Q. Sutanto’s latest novel Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers under their banners Kaling International and Harpo Films, respectively, reports Deadline. According to the report, Warner Bros Television has acquired rights to the novel, which follows Vera Wong,…
A woman being groped on a street or public transport cannot be termed as “participative” on her part in such incidents and she cannot be prosecuted for failing to act, a Mumbai court has held in the 2007 obscenity case over Hollywood star Richard Gere kissing actor Shilpa Shetty at…
On Monday (10) the Nepal Police stated that they were vigilant about the potential arrival of fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh, who was recently added to the country’s watchlist. Poshraj Pokharaj Pokharel, a spokesperson for Nepal Police, confirmed that they had not received any reports of Amritpal entering Nepal, in…
In the 50 years since a project was initiated to rescue tigers from the brink of extinction, India’s tigers have made a resounding comeback. According to the World Wildlife Fund for Nature, the latest census has recorded 3,167 tigers, which is over double the 1,411 that were recorded when the…
