London to move to highest alert as new Covid variant identified in UK

Britain's capital will be placed under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions from Wednesday amid a "very sharp" spike in COVID-19 cases in London and its surrounding areas and a new variant......

UK rolls out plans to ramp up COVID-19 tests as death toll hits 18,738

The United Kingdom government on Thursday laid out a series of measures to be put in place to ramp up testing for the novel coronavirus as the daily COVID-19 hospital death toll spiked by 616 to......

UK COVID-19 toll crosses 40,000; highest in Europe

The United Kingdom's official death toll from the novel coronavirus crossed 40,000 on Friday, after 357 more fatalities over the previous day took the total number of deaths from COVID-19 across......

UK hits daily COVID-19 tests target of 1L; toll at 27,510

The United Kingdom has shot past its 100,000 daily coronavirus tests target set for the end of April with 122,347 testing on Thursday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced on Friday. IMAGE: A......

Gina Rinehart set to be world's richest person

Riding a commodities boom, Gina Rinehart, Australia's iron ore magnate is set to become the world's richest person after her fortune more than doubled in the past year to 6.8 billion pounds.......

Barclays hires 5 ABN Amro top officials

Five officials from ABN Amro's top echelons have joined Barclays group's investment banking division, Barclays capital. The new members, Jitesh Gadhia, Marc Holtzman, Simon Hargreaves, Jason......

Dubai has Chicago to thank for the Burj

The city of Chicago too will be partaking in Dubai's moment of architectural feat when the world's tallest building - the Burj Dubai - is unveiled on Monday. Sixty-five-year-old Adrian Smith, a......

Trusting citizens is essence of reforms, says Modi

For misdeeds of a small number, we can't punish all the stakeholders: PM Trusting citizens, including the corporate ones, is the essence of reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday,......

Chandrika Tandon Wins A Grammy

Photograph: Kind courtesy Chandrika Tandon/Instagram Chennai-born Indian-American businesswoman and musician Chandrika Tandon, 71, won a Grammy in the Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album category......

Things Are Looking Up At Box Office, But...

'In terms of ticket sales, Hindi is at 50-60 per cent while the South markets are at 80-90 per cent of pre-pandemic levels.'The patchy performance of Hindi, the largest segment of the business, is......

Like Sonam-Anand's Halloween look?

The movies can give us the craziest ideas. And so, Bollywood's stars have understandably consulted them and transformed into their favourite movie characters for Halloween. Here's taking a look.......

Colin Farell, Tom Hanks, Tarantino: A day out in Hollywood

Here's what your favourite Hollywood celebrities have been up to.Actors Colin Farrell and Ruth Wilson arrive for the world premiere of Saving Mr Banks at the BFI London film festival on......

ISSF World C'ship: Bhavtegh eyes spot in final

IMAGE: Bhavtegh Singh Gill sits just one hit behind Sweden's Henrik Jansson, USA's Christian Elliott, and seven others on 97. Photograph: NRAI/X India's Bhavtegh Singh Gill remained in......

Skeet great Hancock targets perfection at Paris Games

Men's skeet, where competitors use shotguns to break clay targets flung into the air, has become much more competitive over the last decade, and it was "getting harder and harder to win", Hancock......

Paris Olympics: Manu Bhaker blazes into 25m pistol final

IMAGE: India’s Manu Bhaker adjusts her eyepiece. Photograph: Amr Alfiky/Reuters Indian shooter Manu Bhaker kept herself on track for a hat-trick of Olympic medals, coming up with one of......

14 gold medals up for grabs on Day 1 of Paris Games

IMAGE: Australia's Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus will be looking to retain her 400 metres freestyle title against American Katie Ledecky, the 2016 Rio Games champion. Photograph: Issei......

Adelaide Strikers' nail-biting win in WBBL final

Photograph: Kind courtesy Adelaide Strikers/X The Adelaide Strikers claimed their second straight Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) title on Saturday with a three-run win over Brisbane Heat in a......