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Record numbers rush for jabs as UK opens COVID vaccines to all adults

More than 700,000 COVID-19 jabs were booked in Britain as people rushed to get vaccinated after the National Health Service opened up its vaccination programme to all adults aged 18 and over, the......

UK regulator issues allergy warning for Pfizer vaccine

Britain's medicines regulator on Wednesday issued a warning for people with 'significant' history of allergic reactions to medicines, food or vaccines to not have the Pfizer/BioNTech jab, a day......

90-year-old Maggie world's first to get anti-COVID jab

A 90-year-old British grandmother, Margaret "Maggie" Keenan, on Tuesday became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech jab against COVID-19 as the United Kingdom kicked off its......

London mansion fit for Indian prince goes on sale for 15.5 million

A sprawling mansion in the heart of London which was the former family home of Maharaja Duleep Singh's son, Prince Victor Albert Jay Duleep Singh, has gone on sale with a price tag of £15.5......

Here's a weapon better than pellet guns

Ramananda Sengupta explains how 'crap cannons' can be an effective mob-control weapon. Imagine a sonic weapon that could make everyone within a 100-metre radius involuntarily evacuate their......

JLR's future bright; shouldn't run before it can walk: Tata

Bullish on Jaguar Land Rover, top industrialist Ratan Tata has hinted at Tatas manufacturing these marquee brands in India, Eastern Europe and the US, even as he advised against "running before one......

Cities, buildings are becoming smarter

Technology firms like Cisco, IBM, Microsoft and Google, besides research institutes, are helping make cities more responsive to the needs and desires of inhabitants The 250,000 citizens of Songdo,......

Beating the slowdown with a century-old formula

While American auto titans go begging for their lives, England's tiny Morgan Motor Co. keeps making snazzy, old-school roadsters straight out of Bugsy Malone. Founded in 1909 when Harry Frederick......

Real life Indians yet to get a Second Life

A year ago, S Sundararaj, founder-member of the Chennai-based IT start-up Anantara Solutions, had just completed his online MBA course from U21 Global. He was under the impression that he would......

Forget football, these Brits are obsessed with kabaddi!

IMAGE: George Wellington tackles a player during a Kabaddi match at the London School of Economics. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters The mention of kabaddi often leaves Britons scratching their......

Controversial Gayle's Big Bash League return quashed

IMAGE: Chris Gayle of the Melbourne Renegades signs autographs for fans during the Big Bash League match against Adelaide Strikers. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images With Chris Gayle......

Boycott of FIFA could splinter soccer

FIFA has been plagued by a wave of scandals and controversy Boycott unlikely to gather much support outside Europe Image: A camera is seen by the FIFA logo outside the FIFA headquarters.......

McIlroy reckons Nike deal will improve his game

World No 1 golfer Rory McIlroy praised the clubs of his new sponsor Nike on Monday saying he was hitting the ball further than ever after agreeing a multi-year sponsorship deal with the U.S.......

F1 float may finally get off grid

Plans to float Formula One may finally get the green light in the coming weeks, a proposed listing in Singapore giving investors a chance to buy a chunk of the business behind the high-speed motor......

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