- Thursday, March 06, 2025
Asia’s largest tulip garden, Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, situated in Kashmir between Dal Lake and the Zabarwan hills, is fully bloomed and set to open for tourists from Sunday (19). The garden will showcase 1.5 million tulips in different colours along with other spring flowers such as hyacinths, daffodils,…
Jeremy Hunt, chancellor of the exchequer, announced on Wednesday (15) that most working parents in England will be offered 30 hours of free childcare for their under-fives, to ease cost-of-living pressures on families. The policy, part of the government’s tax and spending plans unveiled in the budget, will eventually apply…
To celebrate the achievement of winning two Oscars, the minister for Information and Broadcasting, Anurag Singh Thakur, will be organising a special screening of the award-winning films, ‘RRR’ and ‘The Elephant Whisperers’, for Members of Parliament in Delhi next week. The screening is expected to take place at the Bal…
A Bengaluru-based Carnatic classical vocalist has been appointed a visiting professor for the Chair of Indian Music at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Radhika Balakrishnan will be in the role for one semester and she is scheduled to participate in a public seminar on the Nadaswaram – a wind instrument popular…
NIKHAT ZAREEN and Lovlina Borgohain will be in the spotlight as India looks to put on a show worthy of their growing stature in women’s boxing when the World Championship, which has been marred by controversy, kicks off in New Delhi on Thursday (16). In the absence of six-time champion…
England’s 3-0 defeat in their Twenty20 series against Bangladesh was a real ‘eye-opener’, white-ball coach Matthew Mott said. Bangladesh completed the whitewash with a 16-run victory in Mirpur on Tuesday (14), and Mott said England would have to learn from it. “We were determined to finish strong here. In terms…
Britain’s economy is set to avoid a recession in 2023, chancellor of exchequer Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday (15) as he began a budget speech that was expected to include measures to speed up economic growth. Britain’s economy had previously been seen contracting by 1.4 per cent this year under…
Nearly all of the 100 largest publicly listed firms in the UK now have at least one minority ethnic director on their boards, revealed the most recent update from the government-backed Parker Review, which was established in 2017 to increase diversity in Britain’s boardrooms. By the end of 2022, 96…
The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, based at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, also popularly known as the ‘Neasden Temple’ in London, observed International Women’s Day (IWD) by hosting an inspiring conference on Sunday (12). The organisation’s celebration of IWD (celebrated on 8th March every year) demonstrates its ongoing commitment to women…
“I NEVER wonder to see men wicked. I often wonder to see them not ashamed.” Had Jonathan Swift been alive today, he might well have had our home secretary in mind. Last week she showed no shame as her inaccurate assertion that “100 million people could qualify to come here”…
