The racism issue should not be taking up media coverage of England’s great team performance. We should be talking about what wonderful role models they are.I still recall 20 years ago a numpty emailed my editor at the Financial Times that my...

Recently, I came across a story on ‘6 Women Help Award-Winning Weavers Across India earn Rs 60 lakh in 2 Months’. By the time of writing this column, the amount raised had already gone upto Rs 75 Lakh. The story by Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk and...

The last of the US soldiers have left the Bagram airbase. Bagram, about one hour north of Kabul,  was at the centre of the US war in Afghanistan for almost 20 years. It was the hub of the vast military airlift operation to ferry supplies for...

On 17 June 2021, Kenneth David Kaunda, the first President of Zambia, bid adieu to this world after a brief illness.  He was 97. He is survived by thirty grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.  Often described as the man who “founded...

The Home Office has published a draft “Code of practice on preventing illegal working” which should be read with the “Employer’s Guide to Right to Work Checks” last updated in June 2021. These changes reflect changes following the end of the...

Last week on Friday, 18 June, India’s track and field legend, Milkha Singh lost his final battle with Covid-19. He died in Chandigarh of complications due to coronavirus disease at the age of 91, after a month-long battle.

After Brexit, the Commonwealth provides an opportunity to leverage “Commonwealth” for global good for promoting strong economic and cultural linkages as well as the use of English as the most spoken language in the world.

One cannot but admire that in just 30 years of reforms, China now commands the title of the 2nd biggest economy of the world after the US. Of course the political and economic model of China is quite different.