- Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Last seen on celluloid in Zero (2018), Shah Rukh Khan has reportedly locked a few interesting projects over the past few months. One of his upcoming films will be helmed by successful filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani, who is known for delivering one blockbuster after another, including 3 Idiots (2009), PK (2014) and Sanju (2018). SRK and Hirani were supposed…
INDIA counted another record high of new coronavirus infections Thursday (20) as it ramped up testing to more than 900,000 a day. The 69,652 new cases pushed India’s total past 2.8 million, of which 2 million have recovered, the health ministry said. The country also recorded 977 coronavirus fatalities in…
ONE OF London’s best known Hindu temples, the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in north London, marks its silver jubilee anniversary this weekend with virtual celebrations that will be watched by millions in the UK and abroad. It was on August 20, 1995, that the temple in Neasden was inaugurated by the revered spiritual…
by LAUREN CODLING TWO A-Level students have said they still feel unsure about their future after the government reversed its decision over the grading system on Monday (17) after a barrage of criticism. Downing Street made a u-turn on assessing grade predictions via a mathematical model as it was revealed…
Heavy monsoon rains lashed New Delhi Wednesday (19), inundating roads and piling on misery for commuters in the chaotic Indian capital, as the death toll from the annual deluge across South Asia rose to nearly 1,300. The monsoon is vital to the densely populated region, revitalising land and waterways amid…
The World Bank on Wednesday indicated that it may further lower its growth projections for India and said critical reforms in key areas such as health, labour, land, skills and finance are needed to come out stronger from the COVID-19 crisis. The World Bank had in May projected that the…
INDIANS in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, which U.S. vice president hopeful Kamala Harris visited as a kid, erected banners, held special prayers and wished her success. Villagers in Painganadu, Harris’ ancestral village, put up banners of Harris. Harris’ mother, who migrated to the US to study, traces her…
INDIAN conglomerate Reliance has bought a majority stake in online pharmacy Netmeds for $83 million, opening a new front in its battle with Amazon which launched a similar healthcare service last week. Reliance, which is owned by Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, has been fighting the US tech giant and…
Sushant Singh Rajput passed away on 14th June 2020. While it was called a suicide, a lot of people have been claiming that it’s a murder. A few weeks ago, Sushant’s family had filed an FIR in Patna, Bihar, against Rhea Chakraborty for stealing the actor’s money and instigating him to…
THE Indian Premier League on Tuesday (18) named Indian fantasy gaming company Dream11 as its lead sponsor, replacing China’s Vivo which was dumped following a deadly border clash between the countries in June. IPL chairman Brijesh Patel said that the four-month deal for sponsoring the glitzy Twenty20 cricket tournament was…
