- Thursday, February 27, 2025
WHILE it was a day to celebrate the long reign of his great grandmother in throne, Prince Louis did not lose the opportunity to make the headlines when Britain was all engaged to observe the Platinum Jubilee events in London. The four-year-Louis, who is the third and youngest child of…
A TEAM of researchers led by an Indian-origin engineer in the UK has created an electronic skin capable of feeling "pain" and according to them it could help create a new generation of smart robots with human-like sensitivity. Professor Ravinder Dahiya, from the University of Glasgow's James Watt School of…
IT'S time for the men to draw level. In 2006, US civil rights activist Tarana Burke had founded the ‘MeToo Movement’ to support women who have faced sexual harassment. What started as a local grassroots work went on to become a worldwide phenomenon, thanks to the Harvey Weinstein episode. Under…
ASSERTING that an era of cultural revival began in India in 2014, when prime minister Narendra Modi led the BJP to power, Home Minister Amit Shah has said this journey will take the country to heights of glory it enjoyed earlier. In a brief speech after watching Akshay Kumar-starrer 'Samrat…
HUNDREDS of government employees posted in the Kashmir Valley in the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir took out a march in Jammu on Thursday (2) seeking immediate transfer to their respective home districts. The protesting employees were carrying placards supporting their demand and pictures of Rajni Bala, a…
Rajesh Kumar, his two brothers and three workers have been sitting idle in his small shoe factory in the northern Indian city of Agra for a week, faced with a shortage of new orders and growing pressure from surging materials expenses. "The cost of synthetic leather, chemicals and other raw…
IN an unusual attack on Pakistan's powerful military, ousted prime minister Imran Khan has admitted that his government was a "weak one" which was "blackmailed from everywhere" as the power was not with him and "everyone knows where that is". Khan was ousted from power in April after losing a…
THE Buckingham Palace on Wednesday (1) shared a new portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, taken by Kent-based photographer Ranald Mackechnie on the occasion of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The picture shows Her Majesty in the Victoria vestibule within the private apartments of the Windsor Castle, which is believed to be…
AT least two persons caused a disturbance at a military parade which launches celebrations for Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee on Thursday (2), running out in front of marching soldiers before being arrested, TV pictures showed. ALSO READ: Thank You, Your Majesty The two men ran out from behind barriers on…
INDIA has assured Sri Lanka of fertiliser supplies to help the debt-ridden country avert severe food shortages caused by crop losses and exacerbated by the worst economic crisis, president Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office said on Thursday (2). President Rajapaksa, while speaking with a group of irrigation officials on the next harvesting…
