Travel concierge service charging members £40,000 for private Covid jab

An elite members-only travel concierge service is charging the world’s mega-rich £40,000 to fly them out to Dubai and India for a Covid vaccine. The Knightsbridge Circle is offering its hand-picked members first-class travel to countries who administer the sought-after vaccine on a private basis. The club has been offering both the Pfizer and the Sinopharm jabs … Read more

Cricketer David Warner says ‘sorry daddy can’t be there’ to daughter Indi Rae on her fifth birthday

David Warner’s heartbreak: Cricketer misses his daughter Indi Rae’s fifth birthday as he remains in a strict bio-secure bubble for the fourth Test By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:45 GMT, 13 January 2021 | Updated: 00:13 GMT, 14 January 2021 Australian cricketer David Warner will kick off the fourth Test Match against … Read more

Row erupts over decision to rename road which honoured British general after the founder of Sikhism 

A London council has been hit by a backlash after renaming a road that honoured the Hero of Lucknow Sir Major General Henry Havelock after the founder of Sikhism. A section of Havelock Road – named after the military leader who has a statue in Trafalgar Square – was officially rebranded as Guru Nanak Road … Read more

Priyanka Chopra, 38, is almost unrecognizable as a 17-year-old living in India before fame

Priyanka Chopra, 38, is almost unrecognizable as a 17-year-old living in India before becoming a beauty queen then an actress: ‘Lean and mean’ By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com Published: 19:01 GMT, 11 January 2021 | Updated: 19:15 GMT, 11 January 2021 Priyanka Chopra is a veteran Hollywood star with many hits under her belt including … Read more

Australia embroiled in cricket racism row as Virat Kohli blasts insults towards Indian players

Australia is embroiled in an ugly racism row after Indian cricket players claimed they were subjected to ‘pathetic’ and ‘unacceptable’ insults from spectators. Day four of the third Test between the two countries at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday was marred by allegations of racial abuse towards some Indian players. Six people were ejected … Read more

From Megha Majumdar to Laura Purcell, Kate Mosse and Chris Hammer: This week’s best new fiction

From Megha Majumdar’s powerful US debut to The Shape Of Darkness by Laura Purcell, a historical adventure by Kate Mosse and Chris Hammer’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Anthony Cummins and Hephzibah Anderson and Simon Humphreys For Event Magazine and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 9 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 9 … Read more

Indian forces detain Chinese soldier on disputed Himalayan border

Indian forces have detained a Chinese soldier on a disputed Himalayan border where the two nations fought a deadly battle last year, the military said today. The arrest marks the second detention on the high altitude border since their deadliest confrontation in decades broke out in June, in which at least 20 Indian soldiers were killed.  The face-off … Read more

Elite private school renames Clive of India house

Elite private school renames Clive of India house over military leader’s links to colonialism and Empire Robert Clive was a notoriously wealthy military leader in the 18th Century He attended Merchant Taylor’s School for Boys in Hertfordshire for one year He went on to become a clerk for the East India Company before rising up  … Read more

India begins culling tens of thousands of birds after outbreak of avian flu in wild geese and ducks

India has begun culling tens of thousands of poultry after an outbreak of deadly avian influenza was found to have killed scores of birds across the country, officials said Tuesday.      At least six Indian states have stepped up efforts to contain two strains of bird flu – H5N1 and H5N8 – in recent days after … Read more