- Monday, February 24, 2025
AN award-winning former Tameside GP and leading NHS campaigner, Dr Kailash Chand OBE, has passed away at the age of 73. His son Dr Aseem Malhotra said on Twitter his father had suffered a cardiac arrest on Monday evening (26). Dr Chand was one of the most influential Asian doctors…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (27) asked his party Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) members of the parliament to mark the 75th anniversary of India’s independence by organising programmes in every village of their respective constituencies, minister of state for parliamentary affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal said. According to sources,…
CHINESE president Xi Jinping’s visit to Tibet last week is a threat to India, US Republican Congressman Devin Nunes told Fox News in an interview. Last week, Xi made an unannounced three-day trip to Lhasa, a strategically important region and Nyingchi in Tibet. Xi, who is also general secretary of…
WHILE the cryptocurrency trading market seems to be taking over the world, India is still having a hard time finding a stance when it comes to regulating cryptocurrencies. Although the market is slowly emerging in the country, there still is not a definitive legislature regarding cryptocurrencies and the process of…
SENIOR Indian journalists N Ram and Shashi Kumar have moved the Supreme Court of India demanding an independent probe by its sitting or retired judge into the reports of alleged snooping by government agencies on a number of eminent citizens, politicians and journalists by using Israeli spyware Pegasus. Ram is…
COVID scare hit the ongoing Twenty20 international series between Sri Lanka and India on Tuesday (27) as the second match which was scheduled to be played at Colombo’s R Premadasa Stadium got halted after India all-rounder Krunal Pandya tested positive. The match was set to be played on Wednesday (28).…
THE devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has not just left several families bereaved by loss of their loved ones and thrown scores out of jobs. It has also left many families under burdens of medical debt that they are struggling to repay. While life is slowly crawling back…
THE poorest 10 per cent of India’s population is at a far bigger risk of dying from air pollution than the richest 10 per cent, one research released on Monday (26) said, according to AFP. The danger they face is almost nine times more than that faced by their richest…
HARIPRASAD Swami, founder of Yogi Divine Society and the head of Haridham Sokhada Swaminarayan Temple, passed away around 11 pm India Time on Monday (26). He was undergoing treatment for kidney ailments at Bhailal hospital in Vadodara in the western Indian state of Gujarat where he breathed his last. He…
INDIAN boxer Lovlina Borgohain reached the quarterfinals at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday (27) defeating Germany’s Nadine Aptez in a closely-fought bout. Contesting in the 69-kilogram category on Olympic debut, the 23-year-old Borgohain prevailed 3-2 over her opponent who is 12 years senior to her. Aptez also was competing in…
