- Thursday, March 06, 2025
East London-based food wholesaler Wanis International Foods has been honoured by the Business Champions Awards for its community and charity work. They won the Business Community Award, presented by BBC news legend Huw Edwards. Trading for nearly six decades, Wanis has been recognised for their strong record of charitable and…
Celebrated monk-chef Jeong Kwan meditatively prepares her simple and organic dishes, braising mushrooms, tearing up greens, and tossing them in an assortment of sauces before serving them with care and artistic flair, perhaps as a part of her quest for spirituality. “… even this old activity of cooking is the…
Official data released on Friday (31) indicated that the UK’s economy expanded in the fourth quarter of the previous year. This growth was supported by increased business activity at travel agencies and state assistance to manage rising energy bills, which helped the country to avoid slipping into a recession. The…
AN amazing ability to do justice to every genre of music in diverse languages has enabled Palak Muchhal to become one of the most successful Indian playback singers of the past decade. Her electric mix of songs, including Laapata, Meri Aashiqui, Jumme Ki Raat, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, and Kaun Tujhe has provided her…
THERE have been a lot of books, movies, and TV shows on the impact of the British Raj on India and subsequent reign ending, but very little on how it all began. Newly published book Courting India looks at the British arrival in India in the early seventeenth century. The meticulously researched…
BOLLYWOOD going through a terrible time at the box office in the last few years is not a secret. It perhaps being the worst phase in its entire history meant that Pathaan becoming a big blockbuster hit came as a welcome relief. But did the film fraternity start celebrating too early? The…
Pakistani officials said that four policemen were killed on Thursday (30) by a roadside bomb as they scrambled to protect a police station under siege by Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan. The latest incident is part of a larger trend of rising attacks by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) since the…
INDIAN-AMERICAN Richard Verma, was confirmed by the US Senate as deputy secretary of state, management and resources. Verma was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 67-26. “CONFIRMED: Richard Verma to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources By a vote of 67-26,” the official handle of…
Actress Freida Pinto, who shot to fame with Danny Boyle’s 2008 Oscar-winning British drama film Slumdog Millionaire, has made some shocking revelations about her career and how she did not get any work in Hollywood for more than two years after she refused to take up “stereotyped” roles. Speaking at the…
Filmmaker Ayan Mukerji says he plans to simultaneously work on the two-part follow-up to his blockbuster film Brahmastra. He also confirmed that the second chapter to Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt’s fantasy adventure drama will come out in 2026. “Brahmastra two and three are going to be made together. This is something…
