• Thursday, May 01, 2025

Payal Kapadia’s film draws full house at Jerusalem film fest

PAYAL KAPADIA'S All We Imagine as Light, which won a Grand Prix at Cannes, drew a packed house at its screening during the 2024 Jerusalem Film Festival (JFF). The festival, which commenced on July 18, also featured Sandhya Suri’s Santosh, previously screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the…

Indian goalkeeper Sreejesh to retire after Paris Olympics

VETERAN goalkeeper and former India hockey captain P R Sreejesh on Monday announced that the Paris Olympics will be his last international outing. The 36-year-old, a veteran of 328 International caps, three Olympic Games, and multiple Commonwealth Games and World Cups, will be playing in his fourth Olympic Games. The…

India’s economic survey pegs GDP growth at 6.5-7 per cent

INDIA'S pre-Budget Economic Survey on Monday set a conservative GDP growth forecast of 6.5 to 7 per cent for the current fiscal as it flagged the need for creating more jobs in the economy and backed more Chinese direct investments to boost exports. The report, which is authored by the…

Economy booms but India’s young hanker for government jobs

Sunil Kumar, a 30-year-old, has spent the last 9 years of his life chasing a jobs in the Indian government. Packed with scores of others in makeshift classrooms under tin roofs with barely enough light and air, Kumar has spent years cramming for a variety of tests, including the prestigious…

Indian court blocks new rule for eateries

INDIA'S Supreme Court on Monday temporarily suspended directives issued by two state governments requiring eateries to display the names of their owners, local media reported, following criticism the rule was intended to divide restaurants by religion. The rule was imposed last week by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand states - both…

Lammy to visit India to discuss trade pact

Foreign secretary David Lammy is expected to visit India on Tuesday (23), the first high-profile visit under the newly-elected Labour government in Britain, to discuss the India-UK free trade agreement. A report in ‘The Daily Telegraph' quotes a New Delhi source to claim the Indian side would seek clarity on…

Over 4,500 Indian students return from Bangladesh

MORE than 4,500 Indian students have returned home from Bangladesh as violent clashes continue and have claimed more than 140 lives. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Sunday (21) that 500 students from Nepal, 38 from Bhutan and one from the Maldives have also arrived in India. It…

Indian-American lawmakers back Kamala Harris

ALL five Indian-American lawmakers have hailed US president Joe Biden's decision to withdraw from the presidential race and three of them threw their weight behind vice president Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's likely presidential nominee. Biden, 81, announced on Sunday that he decided to give up running for re-election…

Joe Biden quits race, endorses Kamala Harris

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden on Sunday dropped out of the US presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's new nominee, in a political earthquake that upends the already extraordinary race for the White House. Biden, 81, said he was acting in the "best interest of…

Rule for eateries to display owner’s name draws flak

The chief minister of India's most populous state backed a plan on Friday requiring restaurants and roadside eateries to display the names of their owners, despite criticism the move was aimed at dividing establishments by religion. Yogi Adityanath, a saffron-robed Hindu monk who heads Uttar Pradesh state, said the diktat…