- Wednesday, May 08, 2024
A Sri Lankan Navy boat sprays water on the New Diamond, a very large crude carrier (VLCC) chartered by Indian Oil Corp (IOC), that was carrying the equivalent of about 2 million barrels of oil, after a fire broke out off east coast of Sri Lanka September 8, 2020. Sri…
Britain's Business Secretary Alok Sharma arrives in Downing Street in central London on September 1, 2020 to attend the first weekly meeting of the cabinet since the summer recess. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images) A parliamentary committee which investigates the British government’s conduct has accused it of gross…
FILE PHOTO: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Secretary General Jagan Chapagain attends a signing ceremony after the International Automobile Federation (FIA) delivered a nearly 2 million euros cheque to the IFRC to support the humanitarian organizations global COVID-19 response, in Geneva on July 22, 2020.…
Indian soldiers stand in a formation after disembarking from a military transport plane at a forward airbase in Leh, in the Ladakh region, September 15, 2020. (REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui) INDIAN and Chinese border troops had an exchange of gunfire last week just days before a meeting of their foreign ministers, Indian officials…
William Dalrymple, who is mostly based in Delhi, said the UK should “face up as the Germans have done to the sins of the past and apologise for the things that need apologising for and then move on”. (Photo: CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images) By S Neeraj Krishna HISTORIAN Willian…
Protesters from Black Lives Matter take a knee as they gather outside the US Embassy in London on September 11, 2020, the day of a trial hearing of the four police officers charged with the murder of George Floyd in the US. (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images) By…
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Indian Parliament. (MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images) By Pramod Thomas TATA-group company is all set to build India’s new parliament building worth £90m, which will replace the existing colonial-era complex by 2022. Tata Projects has won the bid to build the complex in…
FILE PHOTO: Anita Rani attends The Olivier Awards with Mastercard at the Royal Albert Hall on April 07, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Jeff Spicer/Getty Images) By Pramod Thomas JOURNALIST and broadcaster Anita Rani describes this year as a ‘moment of rebirth’. The Countryfile star said that ‘being…
Inder and Gurkirat Sarao arrived in Australia as international students from Punjab in 2014 before settling in north Melbourne. By Pramod Thomas THE story of Inder and Gurkirat Sarao, an Indian couple from Punjab in Melbourne, is indeed an inspiring one during these times of crisis. Their Bollywood-inspired videos helped them…
FILE PHOTO: Pakistan Special Service Group commandos march during the Pakistan Day parade in Islamabad on March 23, 2019. (FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP via Getty Images) A Pakistani ruling party parliamentarian has introduced legislation seeking to jail anyone who “ridicules or brings into disrepute or defames” the military, according to records posted…
