Anti-racist campaigners have responded to today's testimony by Azeem Rafiq at a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee by demanding action on institutional racism across society, as well as in cricket and sport.
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1st Dec 2021 | Updated at 05:19pm 1st Dec 2021
Veganism is most definitely the future
Satvinder Bains is on a mission - to make a positive impact on the environment and animal welfare, one curry at a time. Vegetarian for more than 20 years and a competent plant-based cook Satvinder oversees the recipe development side of the...
8-year-old girl bags a pivotal role in Akshay Kumar’s next
8-year-old Seher Bhowmick doesn’t speak Hindi but is fluent in Bangla and English. Seher, who is fond of gymnastics, ice skating, judo and acting, is a student of Jupiter Community School, Hemel Hempstead.
Mamata calls on PM Modi, raises BSF jurisdiction issue
New Delhi: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, at her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi last week, raised a host of Centre-state administrative and political issues and also invited him to inaugurate next year’s Bengal...
Karnataka seeks nod to administer booster dose
In view of rising Covid-19 cases, the Karnataka government has requested the Centre to allow the state to administer the booster dose of vaccine to prevent the third wave, state revenue minister R Ashok said. After the high-level meeting chaired...
Parag Agrawal, latest to join long list of Indian-origin CEOs
- 01 Dec 2021
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has named IIT Bombay and Stanford University alumnus Parag Agrawal as his successor. At 37 years old, Parag Agrawal is the youngest tech executive to join the group of prominent Indian-origin CEOs in the US. He attended...
Uganda loses key airport to Chinese lenders
- 01 Dec 2021
Kampala: The Ugandan government has lost its major airport to China for failing to repay a loan, the African media reported. The government failed to reverse a loan agreement with the Chinese which had repayment conditions of attaching its airport....
In a tragic incident NHS doctor Dr Irfan Halim, 45, died of Covid just days away from his boosters coming in. The doctor had spent months away from his...
Trinamool Youth Congress president and Tollywood actor Saayoni Ghosh was arrested for attempt-to-murder charges by the Agartala police, a day after she posted a video on her Twitter handle, in which she was heard saying “Khela Hobe” - the party’s...
Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal launched the ‘Duare Ration’ (ration at doorstep) scheme which the administration said will benefit...
Former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh announced that he would contest from Patiala seat in the 2022 Assembly elections.
New Delhi: BJP hit out at Congress after its Punjab president Navjot Singh Sidhu reportedly called Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan his "elder brother"...
Victims of road accidents in Tamil Nadu, including those from other states and countries, will be offered a health cover for up to Rs 100,000 for 81 life saving procedures required within the first 48 hours of accident at 609 empanelled government...
Chennai: Incessant heavy rains in parts of South India have left the region battered by flooding and water-logging at several places in Andhra Pradesh,...
A local association of gurdwaras announced it would open its doors to allow namaz with the number of sites for Friday prayers having shrunk by almost half in the city because of protests by rightwing outfits and some local residents over the...
The US defence department has reiterated “concern” over reports of India receiving the first supplies of the Russian S-400 missile defence system but there...
