LONDON: Indian-origin entrepreneur and peer Lord Raj Loomba has leveraged a foundation created for the upliftment of widows in India to raise over GBP 60,000 to help families fleeing war-torn Ukraine to build new lives in the UK. The Loomba Foundation, an international United Nations-accredited NGO dedicated to improving the lives of widows in India […]
ISTANBUL: Turkey on Saturday lashed out at what it described as French President Emmanuel Macron‘s “unacceptable” comments in Algeria on foreign powers spreading anti-French propaganda in Africa. On a visit to France’s former colony aimed at mending troubled ties, Macron on Friday appeared to warn young Algerians and Africans against manipulation by “networks” influenced by […]
NEW DELHI: Amid the rise in Covid-19 cases among children, the health expert said that children who were infected with coronavirus in January or April are again being infected with the virus but the cases are mild that can be managed at home. However, children are also being infected with other seasonal illnesses. Dr Nitin […]
KABUL: The Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) has refused to allow female students to leave the Afghan capital to go to study in Kazakhstan and Qatar, reported Sputnik citing sources. Both female and male students were planning to leave Kabul, but only male students were permitted to fly out of Afghanistan for studies, the […]
DUBAI: Fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi returned bowling figures of 3-11 to help Afghanistan thrash Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the opening match of the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament on Saturday. Afghanistan elected to field and bundled out Sri Lanka for a paltry 105, a total their batsmen overhauled in 10.1 overs in Dubai. Left-hander […]
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has once again reiterated that the new MacBook Pro models would enter mass production later this year, joined by the new iPad Pro models. Kuo further adds that the new MacBook Pro and iPad Pro will come with new processors, but they will be fabricated on the 5nm process node instead of […]
LONDON: In a historic first, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is likely to conduct the traditional ceremony to appoint a newly elected leader as the country’s prime minister at her Balmoral Castle residence in Scotland, according to a media report on Friday. The 96-year-old monarch, who has been experiencing age-related mobility issues, is on her annual […]
WASHINGTON: A newly released FBI document helps flesh out the contours of an investigation into classified material at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate. But plenty of questions remain, especially because half the affidavit, which spelled out the FBI’s rationale for searching the property, was blacked out. That document, which the FBI submitted so it […]
A general view of a flooded area after heavy monsoon rains is pictured from atop a bridge in Charsadda district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. (AFP photo) KARACHI: The unusual heavy monsoon rains and devastating flash floods have estimated to cost cash-strapped Pakistan’s economy over $4 billion in the current fiscal year as […]
AHMEDABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said Khadi or the homespun can become a source of inspiration for achieving the dream of “developed and Atmanirbhar Bharat.” Once a symbol of self-respect, Khadi was treated as an inferior product after Independence, he rued. The prime minister was speaking during `Khadi Utsav’ (Khadi festival) on Sabarmati […]
