Mumbai Police has registered a first-information report (FIR) against unidentified persons for using former India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's name, photograph and voice for the promotion of medicinal products without his permission, an official said on Friday (12). One of Tendulkar's aides filed a complaint with the West Region Cyber Police…
A British parliamentarian has called on the government to provide more economic support to Sri Lanka which has been going through a crisis for a while. Dr Matthew Offord, MP from Hendon, spoke about the South Asian island-nation's economic situation in a debate in the House of Commons and asked…
His team secured a thumping win over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday (11) but for Rajasthan Royals (RR) gloveman and England's white-ball captain Jos Buttler, it was a forgettable outing at the iconic venue. Buttler,…
British parliamentarians from all major parties on Tuesday (9) called on the government to enable local selling of clean energy at the Energy Bill's Second Reading. More than 120 MPs from the Conservative Party have backed the change. Two clauses added by the House of Lords to the government’s Energy…
A Chinese government ministry has reportedly taken down a controversial online video post that showed an Indian song being sung by people in brownface. The ministry of public security (MPS) removed the video, which is created by popular influencer Hao Ge Ge and featured men in turbans and women in…
India's Supreme Court on Friday (12) reprimanded the government of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal over its decision to ban 'The Kerala Story' film. Coming down hard on the state's Trinamool Congress led by chief minister Mamata Banerjee, India's only woman CM, the court observed, "Why can't 'The…
Condair, a leading manufacturer of commercial and industrial humidification systems based in New South Wales, Australia, has announced the appointment of Virender Rana as the new managing director for Condair Australia. Rana, who had his education as well as the early part of professional life in India, brings nearly two…
The Blacktown City Council in western Sydney decided to cancel a propaganda referendum event of Sikhs For Justice which was proposed in the port city in New South Wales state of Australia after hundreds of complaints were lodged against controversial posters of the event, The Australia Today reported. The programme…
A special bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday (12) granted bail to former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan for two weeks in a corruption case. A division bench comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz heard the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case, a day after…
New US ambassador to India Eric Garcetti has said that reducing the waiting time for American visas for Indians is not the "10th or 11th" but the "number one priority". Garcetti, a former mayor of Los Angeles who got confirmed as the ambassador in a bipartisan vote in March, took…