- Saturday, March 08, 2025
A temple in southern India introduced a life-size robotic elephant last week to conduct rituals in a first-of-its-kind move in the country, according to reports. The initiative by Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna Temple in Thrissur, Kerala, was part of their pledge to stop using live animals for any festivities. According to…
Life in India may experience heat waves between March and May, especially in the key wheat-producing states in its central and northern parts, the weather office said on Tuesday (28). India recorded its highest-ever maximum temperature in February and a heat wave for the second consecutive year could harm yields…
THE year-long Russian war in Ukraine took centrestage on the eve of a G20 foreign ministers meeting on Wednesday (1) with the European Union foreign policy chief saying the success of the gathering in New Delhi would be measured by what it could do about the war and its impact.…
SRI LANKAN workers went on strike Wednesday (1) in defiance of a government ban to protest a rescue plan for the bankrupt island nation, forcing the closure of hospitals, banks and ports. President Ranil Wickremesinghe is facing a public backlash over steep tax hikes and spending cuts imposed to secure…
Foreign secretary James Cleverly on Wednesday (1) met his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi where he has reached to attend the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting. The duo spoke on a range of issues, including the commencement of the Young Professionals Scheme (YPS). They also spoke over the India-UK…
THE mortality rates for different ethnic communities continued to decline between January and November 2022, when Omicron was the dominant Covid variant, the new Office for National Statistics (ONS) data has revealed. During the period, mortality rates decreased for males and females from the Bangladeshi, black Caribbean, Pakistani and Other…
You don’t need me to tell you that our country is in a cost-of-living crisis. At the start of Q4 2022, inflation reached a 41-year high, topping 11%. Real household income is expected to fall by the end of this fiscal year. And over 90% of adults in Great Britain have seen…
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden has announced his intent to appoint two Indian Americans to his Export Council which is the principal national advisory committee on international trade. On Tuesday (28), he announced a list of members he intends to appoint to the the Council, according to a White House press…
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, who was most recently seen in Uunchai (2022), has reteamed with director Ribhu Dasgupta to headline his next directorial venture Section 84. The film marks the third collaboration between Bachchan and Dasgupta. The two have previously collaborated on the miniseries Yudh and Te3n. Touted to be a courtroom thriller, the film is…
Describing the Oscar-nominated Indian short documentary The Elephant Whisperers as “a trunk filled with emotions”, actor-producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas said it is one of the most heart-warming documentaries she has seen recently. The Tamil-language film, directed by Kartiki Gonsalves, has been nominated in the Documentary Short Subject category of the upcoming 95th…
