Rishi Sunak has made the first appointments of his reshuffle by keeping Jeremy Hunt as UK chancellor and appointing Dominic Raab as deputy prime minister and justice secretary, after the departure of nearly a dozen cabinet ministers, the media reported. The new prime minister also re-appointed James Cleverly as foreign secretary, Ben Wallace as defence […]
The Indian embassy in Ukraine on Tuesday issued an advisory, a second one in less than a week, asking all citizens to leave the war-torn nation by all available means. It said that many Indian citizens had left Ukraine after the first advisory had been issued on October 19. The Indian embassy further advised citizens […]
New York, Oct 25 (IANS) Contrary to the popular belief that playing video games is linked with mental health problems, a new study has found that it may be associated with better cognitive performance in children. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, found that those who reported playing video games for three hours per day […]
Mumbai, Oct 25 (IANS) Filmmaker-actor Rishab Shetty’s latest release ‘Kantara’ collected Rs 170 crore in India and Rs 18 crore overseas, for a worldwide gross of Rs 188 crore, becoming the second highest-grossing Kannada film of all time beating Yash-starrer ‘KGF’. Due to the Diwali weekend, the film got a boost at the collections. The total […]
The festival of Diwali is like the magic ray that illuminates everything it touches and the celluloid is no exception. For years, Bollywood films and storytellers have captured the essence of one of the biggest festivals of India with many of them being immortalised on screens forever. As the world gets drenched in the colours […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders across the political spectrum on Monday congratulated Rishi Sunak, who is set to take over as the first Indian-descent Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. “Warmest congratulations @RishiSunak! As you become UK PM, I look forward to working closely together on global issues, and implementing Roadmap 2030. Special […]
Even as they wonder whether Rishi Sunak will be able to steer the Conservatives and his country out of the “fiscal black hole” they have to contend with, British commentators haven’t missed the significance of his elevation to Britain’s highest political office on Diwali. The timing is particularly significant in his case because Sunak will […]
Cricket fans heading to the SCG tomorrow night for Australia’s first clash in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 are being reminded that public transport travel is included in all match-day tickets. Minister for Sport Alister Henskens said the time has come again for Sydney to put on a show for the rest of […]
Peak accounting body Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand says next week’s Federal Budget cannot be silent on superannuation reform, as cost of living pressures continue to impact on everyday Australians. With Treasurer Jim Chalmers to hand down his first Budget on Tuesday under a backdrop of rising interest rates and the possibility of a […]
Sydney’s Tech Central has further cemented itself as the country’s premier technology innovation district with the official opening today of a new scaleup hub on Pitt Street. Minister for Enterprise, Investment and Trade Alister Henskens said the Tech Central Scaleup Hub, run by Stone & Chalk, is designed to help Australian technology scaleups and startups […]