LONDON: Indian-origin men and women gathered in multiple cities across Britain on Thursday night to demand justice for the trainee female doctor raped and murdered at R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. They called for safer working conditions for women – not just in Indian hospitals but all workplaces in India –…
Frank Gardner, a war correspondent for the BBC, was asked to crawl to the washroom on a LOT Polish Airlines flight as the airline did not have any wheelchair. Posting the photo of his legs as he crawled to the bathroom, he wrote, “Wow. It’s 2024 and I’ve just had to crawl along the floor…
NEW DELHI: Noting that survivors of sexual assault and acid attack cases are not given compensation by trial courts while deciding the case, Supreme Court has now made it mandatory for courts to extend financial succour to them irrespective of whether accused is convicted or acquitted.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Pankaj Mithal…
WASHINGTON: MAGA supremo Donald Trump doubled down on his racist dog whistles and bounded into the territory of eugenics on Monday, complaining there are “a lot of bad genes” in the US now because his opponent Kamala Harris is “allowing” illegal immigrant murderers into the country. In an interview with conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt, Trump…
JM Financial has a ‘buy’ recommendation on JSW Infrastructure, India’s second largest private port player. Analysts at JM Financial feel that the company is well positioned to capture the opportunities arising from the government’s thrust on infrastructure spending and privatisation of port terminals. The brokerage house has a target price of Rs 390 (+22%). Elara…
LONDON: The UK said Tuesday it has started terminating “all direct air services between the UK and Iran” as part of new sanctions on Tehran for supplying Russia with missiles to use in Ukraine.London said it was acting alongside international partners to “cancel its bilateral air services arrangements with Iran”, which would “restrict Iran Air’s…
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Jyotirmay Singh Mahato on Sunday wrote a letter to the Director of the Enforcement Directorate, urging a thorough investigation into the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder case and calling for the arrest of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.The letter came after the recent Kolkata rape incident and allegations of financial…
The People’s Liberation Army urged Chinese military personnel to be careful about who they associate with, saying socialising with the wrong people is a key reason “some leaders” have been removed from their positions.Chinese military cadres should “purify their social circle,” a commentary published by the state-run PLA Daily said on Friday, without elaborating on…
An Indian-origin man was charged with attempting the murder of two kids and a woman after he allegedly stabbed them in London, The Independent reported on Monday.48-year-old Kulvinder Ram stabbed a two-year-old boy, an eight-year-old girl and a 30-year-old woman. Police were called to a residential street in Dagenham on Friday evening, where they discovered…
Bangladesh defeated India (X Photo) NEW DELHI: The head-to-head record between India and Bangladesh in cricket shows a total of 13 matches played, with India winning 12 and Bangladesh winning just 1.India and Bangladesh faced off in a notable cricket match, marking the 1000th T20 International (T20I) game on 3rd November, 2019. Indian team was…
