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Rishi Sunak will be the next prime minister of the United Kingdom after challenger Penny Mordaunt dropped out of the contest on Monday. Sunak has become the first person of Indian origin to become the British prime minister. The wheels turned in favour of Sunak after Priti Patel, a loyalist of former British prime minister Boris […]
After the resignation of former British Premier Liz Truss, the search for the next occupant of 10 Downing Street is on. With former Prime Minister Boris Johnson—who was earlier mulling an audacious political comeback—withdrawing from the campaign, Rishi Sunak is the front-runner. This time around, he is likely to become the first Indian-origin Prime Minister. […]
After four years, Pakistan has been removed from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) “grey list,” even though Russia has been further penalised for the Ukraine War by being excluded from future projects with the terror financing watchdog. FATF President Raja Kumar made the statement in Paris. Until Friday (October 21), Pakistan was the most […]
Protesters threw soup at the painting in the National Gallery, but it was protected by a cover. One of the eco-activists who poured tomato soup at Sunflowers said she would never have done it if she thought it would damage the plant. Phoebe Plummer, 21, glued herself to the wall of the National Gallery after […]
The days of password sharing and discreetly goofing on your ex’s Netflix account will soon be over. The subscription service appears to be cracking down more on users who, for whatever reason, have not created their accounts. The company disclosed during its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, that it will soon start […]
Liz Truss has announced that she is to resign as prime minister just six weeks after taking office. There will be a leadership election within a week, UK Prime Minister Liz Truss says in resignation statement The startling announcement outside 10 Downing Street came just after the Prime Minister requested a meeting with Sir Graham […]
The members of K-pop band BTS will serve their mandatory military duties under South Korean law, their management company said. HYBE, formerly known as Big Hit Music, the label that oversees the brand, has confirmed that the seven-member K-pop band will serve the mandatory military service. “BigHit Music is proud to announce today that the […]
Rebels on the backbenches of the UK’s governing Conservative Party are on Friday said to be plotting to replace Liz Truss as party leader and prime minister with a so-called unity joint ticket team involving former leadership rival Rishi Sunak. It comes as a YouGov poll found that almost half of Tory party supporters believe […]
It is a proud moment for Gujarat’s Kutch. The company, HS2 Limited, building the high-speed railway between London and Birmingham has launched the next phase of tunneling on the enormous infrastructure project. A teacher from Kutch, Sushila Hirani, has been chosen as the person after whom the first operational tunnel boring machine has been named. […]
In Britain, it has been used in the crowning of Queens for generations with pomp, ceremony but little noticeable fuss, mounted on successive crowns worn by Queen Alexandra, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. It is a 1000-year-old Empire symbol in some areas of the rest of the world and the focus of ongoing upset that […]
In a contemporary version of loose lips sinking ships, ministers in Liz Truss’ government are finding out that what they say has actual consequences. Home Secretary Suella Braverman, for instance, has risked a flagship trade deal between the UK and India, which was close to being sealed, by saying she was concerned about the prospect […]
The first ever self-identified “Hindu-American” lawmaker from a white ethnic group in the United States, with deep ties to the BJP-RSS regime in India, is leaving the Democratic Party. A candidate for the Democratic candidacy for president in 2020, Tulsi Gabbard declared on Tuesday that she is resigning from the party, claiming that it is […]
Jill Prejean, the former vice president of talent acquisition at Infosys, said in a US court that the Bengaluru-based IT major instructed her to avoid employing persons of Indian origin, women with young children at home, and applicants older than 50. The Indian IT company is being accused for the second time of discriminatory employment […]
A 27-year-old Russian rapper has died by suicide in order to avoid being drafted into the Ukraine war, the local media reported. Ivan Vitalievich Petunin killed himself after declaring that he was “not ready to kill for any ideals.” The New York Post translated the news published in a Russian news portal that reported that Petunin was found […]
An Iranian passenger plane going to China after passing through Indian airspace has received a bomb threat. According to sources, an alert was initially sounded and an IAF jet was called in. The aircraft soon flew out of Indian airspace and ATC operations were restored. Reports suggest that the passenger jet is now moving towards […]
Women in India transforming communities with digital technologies could show ways to accelerate progress towards the SDGs said thought leaders here on Friday, at high-level discussions organised by Reliance Foundation, Observer Research Foundation and United Nations in India to complement the 77th UNGA discussions. The events included launch of Aspirations, Access and Agency: Women Transforming […]
A gunman wearing a black t-shirt with “Nazi symbols” on it has killed 13 people including 7 children and himself in a school in central Russia. The deadly shooting took place in Izhevsk town, in the Udmurtia region about 960 kilometers east of Moscow. The incident left 21 wounded. The Governor of the province Alexander […]
New Jersey-based Lav Patel’s phone has been buzzing incessantly post the euphoria he witnessed at the Navratri event that had Atul Purohit enthralling the revellers with garba hits. Patel, the co-organizer of the event, said, “Compared to about 5,000 people before the pandemic, this year we saw an influx of about 8,000 revellers. I kept […]
The protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl by the infamous morality police in Iran have entered into eighth day. Iran appears to be on the cusp of history-making if unprecedented protests against the religious establishment and for women’s rights are anything to go by. The images coming from Iran are extremely […]
Ambassador of India to Madagascar Abhay Kumar and Madagascar Foreign Minister Richard Randriamandrato signed an agreement on the exemption of visas for the holders of diplomatic and service/official passports between India and Madagascar on 13th September 2022. The agreement will help in facilitating the travel of diplomats and officials between the two Indian Ocean neighbors. […]
