[ad_1] LONDON — Public sector workers on strike, the cost-of-living climbing, and a government on the ropes. “It’s hard to miss the parallels” between the infamous ‘Winter of Discontent’ of 1978-79 and Britain in 2023, says Robert Saunders, historian of modern Britain at Queen Mary, University of London. Admittedly, theContinue Reading
[ad_1] Hyderabad: Telangana IT and Industries minister KT Rama Rao launched a scathing attack against the BJP-led Centre on Tuesday, accusing it of driving the country’s farming community into crisis and considering taxing farmers’ income. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised to double the farmers’ income by 2022. But instead,Continue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. When you’re feeling under the weather, the last thing you want to do is trek from pharmacy to pharmacy searching for basic medicines like cough syrup and antibiotics. Yet many people across Europe — faced with a particularlyContinue Reading
[ad_1] Thrifty and eco-friendly consumers seeking to make do and mend rather than splash out on new threads are being credited with boosting sales of darning equipment and clothing repair products including patches, colour dye and thimbles. The trend to mend means haberdashery – associated with the shopping experience asContinue Reading
[ad_1] Photo:(IANS) Joshimath: Cracks of one to two metre long have devloped on the Badrinath National Highway in Joshimath, which is the only road that leads to Badrinath, a place of faith for millions of Hindus. Disaster Management Secretary Ranjit Sinha said that the administration has been keeping a closeContinue Reading
[ad_1] Joshimath: As land sinks in Joshimath, buildings are razed and hundreds of families are forced out of their homes, there is another tragedy playing out in this Himalayan town many dogs, cattle, and other domestic animals are left untended as their owners navigate the life-changing crisis. Some animals have beenContinue Reading
[ad_1] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the latest development in the Ukraine crisis by phone on Friday, the Turkish presidential office said in a statement. Erdogan told Zelensky that Turkey is committed to providing diplomatic assistance for aContinue Reading
[ad_1] A handful of congressional Democrats have encouraged federal probes into Abbott’s handling of the contamination of formula products, which ultimately triggered a major recall and shut down a key plant located in Sturgis, Mich. last February. A whistleblower alleged Abbott employees falsified documents and covered up food safety violationsContinue Reading
[ad_1] The conviction of PC David Carrick for 85 crimes against 12 women, whom he terrorised through violence, abuse, coercion and humiliation, has shaken the Metropolitan police and sent it into a new crisis. Allegations against him date to before he joined the police in 2001, and despite multiple complaintsContinue Reading