Dead bodies have reportedly piled up in hospital lobbies as India‘s capital fast runs out of hospital beds and struggles to contain the pandemic amid a surge in coronavirus cases. It comes after critics said it did too little to prepare and reopened shopping malls and temples too soon. Some families of people infected with … Read more
Firefighters rescue 83-year-old man from 30ft-deep well after he slipped and fell while trying to rescue a cat Professor P N Tyre is an animal lover and wanted to help the cat stuck in the well His daughter-in-law saw him at the bottom of the well and called fire fighters Fire fighters rushed to the … Read more
Bollywood star Sushant Singh Rajput who played cricket legend MS Dhoni in hit biopic is found dead in his Mumbai apartment, aged 34 Sushant Singh Rajput was one of Bollywood’s most high-profile figures He starred in the 2019 Netflix film ‘Drive’ as well and in MS Dhoni’s biopic Mumbai police, led by DCP Pranay Ashok, … Read more
‘It cuts to your core’: Rishi Sunak reveals ‘upsetting’ racist abuse he suffered as a child as he says ‘very tolerant’ Britain of today still has ‘more to do’ after Black Lives Matter protests Chancellor Rishi Sunak has shared his experiences of racism while growing up Mr Sunak opened up on how racist abuse ‘stings … Read more
Andrew Roberts’s Churchill: Walking With Destiny is published by Penguin (pictured) The Cenotaph, Britain’s memorial in Whitehall to her dead of the two world wars, has been boarded up to protect it from desecration during the demonstrations this weekend. The statues of Winston Churchill, Sir Robert Peel, Henry Dundas, Earl Haig and others have been … Read more
Indian holy man who claimed he could perform ‘Covid exorcisms’ by kissing people’s hands dies of coronavirus – having already infected 20 of his followers Coronavirus spreads through contagious droplets from the mouth or nose Despite this, a holy man from Madya Pradesh, India, claimed he had a ‘kiss cure’ He would kiss devotees’ hands … Read more
India has overtaken Britain to rack up the world’s fourth-highest total of coronavirus cases. The country – which has a population of 1.4billion – now has a confirmed total of 297,535 cases after adding 10,956 on Friday, its largest single-day spike yet. India’s death toll now stands at 8,498 after an overnight increase of 396, … Read more
India has today reported a record of nearly 10,000 new coronavirus cases with health services in the worst-hit cities of Mumbai, New Delhi and Chennai swamped by the rising infections. India’s tally has reached 286,579 confirmed cases, the fifth highest in the world, with 8,102 deaths, including 357 in the last 24 hours. The spike … Read more
The last of the head hunters: Inside the Indian tribe once feared for decapitating their rivals and displaying severed body parts but now retain few of their fearsome traditions The Konyak tribe, many believed to older than 80, hacked skulls from bodies and displayed them in villages Members of the ancient tribe have been photographed … Read more
Black Lives Matter activists are calling for the removal of 60 statues of slave owners and racists across Britain. Top of their target list is the statue of Cecil Rhodes and petitions also exist to remove the statue of slave-trading West India Docks founder Robert Milligan, and the statue of former Home Secretary Henry Dundas … Read more