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Hyderabad: After a harrowing and much publicised trial by social media, actor Johnny Depp decided to pamper himself with a meal at the well-known Varanasi restaurant in Birmingham, UK. The star is said have to gorged on delicacies such as shish kebabs, chicken tikka, paneer tikka masala, lamb karahi and tandoori king prawns and topped […]

London: Salman Rushdie, the Mumbai-born author of the Booker Prize-winning novel ‘Midnight’s Children’, leads a list of over 40 professionals and community champions of Indian-origin to be honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Rushdie is named a Companion of Honour, an exclusive club with membership limited to just 65 people at any given time, […]

London: Super cyclones, the most intense form of tropical storms, are likely to have a much more devastating impact on people in India in the future due to climate change, according to a modelling study. Researchers from the University of Bristol in the UK examined the 2020 Super Cyclone Amphan – the most costly cyclone […]

London: The US has confirmed the first case of Monkeypox in a Massachusetts man, while the infection spreads to Europe with 14 cases of the virus confirmed across the UK, Portugal and Spain. According to a statement from the US’ Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) the patient in Massachusetts had not recently travelled to […]

Hyderabad: In another major achievement for Telangana, UK-headquartered Surface Measurement Systems has announced the establishment of Particle Characterisation Laboratory in Hyderabad, the first-of-its-kind facility in the country. The company also has aggressive expansion plans for the next two years. Spread across 7,000 sqm, the facility will focus on pharmaceutical powder characterisation, and will be a […]

Hyderabad: Industries Minister KT Rama Rao left for London and Davos on Tuesday leading a delegation to showcase Telangana as an investment destination for several multinational companies from May 18 to 26. The natives of Telangana have set up hoardings welcoming the Minister to London. After London, the Minister will be visiting Davos, Switzerland to […]

London: Google is facing a class-action lawsuit in the UK for allegedly using confidential medical records belonging to 1.6 million individuals for its artificial intelligence (AI) division called DeepMind. DeepMind allegedly passed data on patients for a smartphone app called ‘Streams’ that it received from the Royal Free NHS Trust in London, without the patients’ […]

London: A second Covid-19 booster dose, or the fourth jab against the virus, boosts immunity more than the initial or the third dose, according to a UK trial. The UK rolled out fourth doses to over-75s and those over the age of 12 who are immuno suppressed in April. It is also offered in Israel […]

The problem of veto has been a bleeding sore for the UN, effectively dashing hopes and expectations of using the United Nations to maintain a truly collective security

San Francisco: After facing fines from European consumer and market regulators, Google has introduced an equal “Reject all” and “Accept all” buttons for tracking cookies on its platforms. Anyone visiting Search and YouTube in Europe, while signed out or in Incognito Mode, will see a new cookie consent choice. “This update, which began rolling out […]

London: The UK’s Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate her 96th birthday on Thursday in Sandringham, where she will be joined by her family and friends. On Twitter, The Royal Family account released a photograph to mark her birthday, showing the Queen with two ponies. “Taken last month in the grounds of Windsor Castle, The Queen […]

Ahmedabad: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday landed in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad for a two-day visit to India with focus on stepping up cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, giving momentum to negotiations on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries as well as enhancing defence ties. Johnson started his visit from Ahmedabad where he is […]

London: Ride-hailing platform Uber is adding trains, buses, planes and car rentals to its UK app this year. The move is part of a pilot that could be expanded to other countries at a later date if it goes well, reports CNBC. While Uber will not provide these travel services itself, it will allow users […]

Hyderabad: The new Covid-19 variant, XE, which is said to be more contagious, dangerous than its predecessors Omicron and Delta is detected in India. The first case of the new worrisome variant has been detected in Mumbai on Wednesday. Out of the 376 samples tested in Mumbai, one turned positive for the XE variant. This […]

New Delhi: Even as India on Monday reported the lowest single-day Covid tally in 680 days, with only 2,503 new cases in the last 24 hours, doctors caution against being complacent as the virus is seeing a resurgence in many countries in Europe and Asia. Although many countries across the globe have relaxed Covid-related norms, […]

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Deliveroo operates a three-sided marketplace comprising consumers, restaurants and grocers, and delivery riders to bring people food and groceries in as little as 20 minutes.

All the turmoil summed up in layman’s terms, is due to Russia finding Ukraine’s aspirations of becoming a full member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), threatening to its borders.

The East-West face-off over Ukraine has reached dangerous levels following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s provocative move to recognise the independence of the two restive regions — Donetsk and Luhansk — in Eastern Ukraine and a strong response from the western nations in the form of sanctions. This is by far the most intense confrontation since […]

London: The UK has detected a deadly haemorrhagic fever with “pandemic potential”, the country’s health officials have said. Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness, similar to Ebola, and people become infected through exposure to food or other items that have been contaminated with urine or faeces of infected rats. According to the UK […]