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Why are writers protesting UK's bulldozer maker JCB?

Over a hundred writers, translators and publishers have written an open letter accusing the 'JCB Prize for Literature' of hypocrisy, saying the British bulldozer manufacturer company that funds it......

UK PM's office apologises for Diwali reception menu

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office on Friday apologised for a 'mistake' in the organisation of its Diwali reception at 10 Downing Street after some British Hindus objected to non-vegetarian food......

British author Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize for space novel

British author Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her 'ambitious and beautiful' Orbital, which becomes the first novel set in space to win the GBP 50,000 literary prize selected from......

When 800 Indian Soldiers Escaped

Photograph: Kind courtesy: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205053514/Wikimedia Commons Which was the largest prison break of World War II? Was it when 76 plucky Allied POWs fled the......

Bangladesh to seek Interpol help to repatriate Hasina

Bangladesh's interim government on Sunday said it will seek Interpol's assistance in repatriating deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina from India, and other 'fugitives', to face trial for alleged......

China top import source for India during Apr-Oct 2024

China was India's top import source with $65.89 billion, a 9.8 per cent year-on-year increase, worth of inbound shipments during the April-October period of this fiscal, according to the commerce......

Brand Vistara Ends Its Journey

Starting November 12, Vistara aircraft will be operated under the Air India banner, to be identified by a special four-digit flight code beginning with '2'. IMAGE: A Vistara aircraft at Mumbai......

Merged Air India-Vistara's 1st flight from Doha to Mumbai on Tue

The integrated entity of Air India and Vistara is scheduled to operate its first flight from Doha to Mumbai at 12.15 am on Tuesday, according to a source. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters......

Factors that will guide the markets this week

A host of macroeconomic data announcements, the last batch of September quarter earnings, global trends, and trading activity of foreign investors will be the major driving factors for the equity......

India's services sector recovers from 10-month low

India's services PMI recovered from its ten-month low in September to reach 58.5 in October supported by strong expansions in output and new business, which in turn boosted job creation, a monthly......

'Saddest' One Direction Reunion At Liam's Funeral

IMAGE: Tributes are laid in a park in Liam Payne's hometown Wolverhampton, UK. Photograph: Phil Noble/ Reuters Just over a month after Liam Payne's death, mourners gathered on Wednesday for a......

Spend Your Weekend With Kareena

Kareena's cop, Rajni's supercop and Samantha's spy, it's a star-studded week on OTT this time.Sukanya Verma lists your options on OTT this week. The Buckingham MurdersWhere to watch?......

Murder, Time Travel, Joker: Your Diwali OTT Watch

Sukanya Verma asks you to brace yourself for an out-of-body-experience on OTT this Diwali week. Mithya: The Darker ChapterWhere to watch? ZEE5Language: Hindi Huma Qureshi-Avantika Dassani's......

Radhika Debuts Her Baby Bump

Photograph: Kind courtesy Radhika Apte/Instagram Radhika Apte chose the UK premiere of her new film Sister Midnight to announce her pregnancy. The actor showed off her baby bump when she walked......

'We Attribute Success To The Star, Failure To The Director'

'Our analysis of success, like failure, is so reductive and so one dimensional that we don't look at the bigger picture.' IMAGE: Kareena Kapoor Khan with Ektaa Kapoor and Hansal Mehta, the makers......

Snooker: King banned for five years for match-fixing

IMAGE: Mark King during the first round of the WIlliamhill Snooker UK Championship. Photograph: Lee Smith / Reuters Former Northern Ireland Open champion Mark King has been banned from snooker for......

End of an era? Ageing India stars face uncertain future

IMAGE: Several players are in the final phase of their Test cricket career. Photograph: BCCI The future of some senior India players will be decided after the tour of Australia as the BCCI......

'Double' Boost For Pujara's Australian Hopes

IMAGE: Saurashtra's Cheteshwar Pujara celebrates his double century against Chhattisgarh during the Ranji Trophy match in Rajkot on Monday, October 21, 2024. Photograph: Kind courtesy Saurashtra......

Aus teenager Konstas gets promotion

IMAGE: Sam Konstas is the youngest player since Ricky Ponting to have hit twin centuries in a Shieffield Shield match. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sam Konstas/Instagram New South Wales' teenage......

All about BCCI's new National Cricket Academy

IMAGE: The BCCI's Centre of Excellence features a total of three grounds and 86 pitches, including both indoor and outdoor areas. Photograph: ANI/X The Board of Control for Cricket in India on......

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