UK unemployment rate falls to 4.9%. The UK’s unemployment rate fell unexpectedly to 4.9% in the three months to February, while wage growth slowed to its weakest pace in more than five years, according to data from the Office for National Statistics, the BBC reported.The decline came despite expectations that the rate would remain at…
Comedian Zakir Khan recently took a dig at the industry at an awards show and said that people were jealous of ‘Dhurandhar 2’. He said, “Bomb phoote Lyaare mein, dhuaan uttha Bandra se Juhu mein.” This comment did not go down well with many as director Siddharth Anand, actor Ameesha Patel and others reacted to…
Balendra Shah (AP photo) His songs fuelled a protest generation. Now the former Kathmandu mayor is taking on ex-PM Oli and asking voters to imagine him running countryKATHMANDU: Everybody wants a selfie with Balendra Shah.In Jhapa district on Sunday, as Nepal prepared for its March 5 election, the line curved along a dusty courtyard in…
NEW DELHI: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday hit out at Arvind Kejriwal, saying that “those shouting in his defence should understand that the pot of deceit will not be put on the stove again in Delhi”.Addressing a public gathering in Chandni Chowk, she said the AAP chief is “guilty in the eyes of Delhi’s…
Eighteen months after the horrific accident shook the Indian-origin family in Canada, Mandip Kaur, the mother of 19-year-old Gursimran Kaur who was charred to death inside Walmart oven, broke her silence and expressed her dissatisfaction over the probe. Soon after the tragedy, the Halifax Police ruled out anything suspicious. Now the Nova Scotia Department of…
Drake recently released three new albums titled Iceman, Maid of Honour and Habibti. Several tracks on the albums feature collaborations, and the rapper also referenced multiple celebrities in his lyrics. However, it was his emotional song Make Them Cry that left fans shocked after he revealed that his father is battling cancer.Towards the end of…
Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) continued to exit Indian equities in May, pulling out Rs 32,963 crore amid concerns over earnings growth, weakening rupee and better opportunities in overseas markets.Data from the NSDL showed that cumulative FPI outflows from Indian equities have now reached Rs 2.25 lakh crore in 2026. The figure has already surpassed the…
Foreign investment in India’s real estate sector dropped sharply during January-March, falling 75 per cent quarter-on-quarter to $400 million amid global uncertainty triggered by the West Asia conflict, according to PTI.Data from real estate consultant Colliers showed that total institutional investments declined 61 per cent to $1.6 billion in Q1 2026 from $4.2 billion in…
