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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. ‘It’s a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.’ That may have been Sir Winston Churchill's oblique description of Stalin's Russia, but he may well have been referring to modern India. Closer home, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen's view is equally relevant: ‘Whatever you can say about India, the opposite is also true.’ The fact is, India has never been easy to read.

Phil Goff, New Zealand's former High Commissioner to the UK, sacked for publicly questioning US President Donald Trump's understanding of history, has defended his comments. Goff stated his comments were prompted by the US President's «disgraceful bullying» of Ukraine and its president Volodymyr Zelensky, and the «untruthful statements» made by the Trump administration about Russia’s invasion. New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters moved quickly to dismiss Goff, stating his position had become “untenable.” Goff, however, maintains he has no regrets and believes his actions will be viewed favorably in the future. Goff made the first comments about Trump during a live-streamed Q&A event with Finland Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen on March 4. Referring to Winston Churchill’s 1938 speech to the House of Commons following the Munich Agreement, asking Valtonen, “President Trump has restored the bust of Churchill to the Oval Office. But do you think he really understands history?” This question, according to Goff, arose from the “dismay” shared within the diplomatic community in London regarding Trump's stance on Ukraine. “As one untruthful statement followed another like something out of an Orwell novel, I increasingly felt that the lies needed to be called out," he had said.

People who make a habit of sleeping on the job comprise a secret society of sorts within the U.S. labor force

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Freshly cooked, piping hot fish and chips, sprinkled with salt and soused with vinegar, wrapped in paper and eaten out-of-doors on a cold and wintry day. Could there be anything more quintessentially British than fish and chips? The British love what Winston Churchill called “the good companions".

The late British prime minister Winston Churchill infamously remarked, “India is merely a geographical expression. It is no more a single country than the Equator." The pugilistic Churchill, no friend of India, seldom hid his distaste for Indians, referring to us once as “beastly people." Ignorance levels have dropped since. Today, we are widely known for what we are: a rainbow nation of mind-boggling diversity, a blend of ethnicities, a profusion of mutually incomprehensible languages, and a host of religions, cultural practices and topographies.

Leaders from across Europe are gathering at an English country mansion for a summit of the European Political Community

Casino Royale consists of three measures of ice-cold Gordon’s gin, 1 measure of vodka, 1/2 measure of quinine-based Kina Lillet (the brand no longer exists so is usually replaced by dry vermouth or Lillet Blanc), shaken and served in a goblet with a thin slice of lemon peel. Over time, the original Vesper Martini was replaced in the Bond movies by the secret agent’s new preference, the vodka Martini. Historically, the Martini has seen many passionate advocates, from Franklin D.

By Frederic Manning (1930) 1. All wars end in a war of words, as those who have survived on both sides tell their story. World War I is no exception.

Rishi Sunak's Conservatives at a July 4 election, forecasting the Labour Party would comfortably win a large majority after 14 years in opposition. Polling by YouGov showed Keir Starmer's Labour was on track to win 425 parliamentary seats in Britain's 650-strong House of Commons, the most in its history. Savanta predicted 516 seats for Labour and More in Common gave it 406.

WhiteOak Capital Mutual Fund on May 14 announced the launch of their new fund offer (NFO) – WhiteOak Capital Special Opportunities Fund.

Billionaire investor James Simons, the mathematician and Cold War code-breaker who founded one of the world's most prominent and profitable hedge funds, Renaissance Technologies, has died at 86, his foundation said on Friday. The Simons Foundation did not give a cause of death.

Indian National Congress on Wednesday distanced itself from the allegedly racist remarks made by Chairman of Indian Overseas Congress Sam Pitroda on how people in the South «look like Africans and those in the East look like Arabs and those in the East look like Chinese.» "...Analogies drawn by Sam Pitroda in a podcast to illustrate India's diversity are most unfortunate and unacceptable. Indian National Congress completely dissociates itself from these analogies," said Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications Jairam Ramesh on social media platform X. Sam Pitroda in an interview with The Statesman said that «We have survived 75 years in a very happy environment where people could live together, leaving aside few fights here and there. We could hold a country together as diverse as India, where people on the east look like Chinese, people on the West look like Arab, people on the North look like white and maybe people on the South look like Africans.»

The coming general election will not only determine the victory or defeat of political titans but will also serve as a referendum on the introduction of new values into Indian politics. One can draw parallels between the upcoming election and India’s first general election of 1952. It had been just five years since Independence.

The British government says it will hold the next meeting of the European Political Community on July 18

In the last week of 2023, India’s share in global market capitalization hit a record 3.8%, according to Bloomberg data, consolidating the country’s position as the fifth biggest equity market, just behind Hong Kong. In nominal terms, India’s GDP is also the world’s fifth largest (by purchasing power parity, or PPP, it is the third largest).

Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart has called on the mining sector to push its own workers and advocates into parliament, so they can tear up environmental regulation she warns is jeopardising the industry’s ability to maintain its current levels of production.

BBC reporter asks if Banksy's real name is «Robert Banks,» to which the artist responds, «It's Robbie.» Banksy spoke to former BBC arts correspondent Nigel Wrench on the anti-authority element of his work, which is still evident today, while working on his show Turf War in east London. The BBC has now broadcast the entire interview as The Bansky Story, which is available on BBC Sounds 20 years later. Banksy appeared to confirm his first name during the interview.

Deloitte UK staff have expressed concern after the company invited an academic who described Winston Churchill as a white supremacist to give a talk about identity to employees.

how to do it, and self-help section in bookstores are full of hacks on how to wake up early. The often unsaid but generally well understood belief is that waking up early will make you successful in life. Humans love stories, especially linear, straight-forward ones where A leads to B.

Rockstars can be confusing, conflicting, and seen to be regularly contradicting each other in what older legends once called 'being dialectical'. Much like religions. Classic rock legends Jethro Tull got it all wrong when they famously titled their 1976 album, Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! The living proof of that error is the Rolling Stones. Last week, the Stones released the single, 'Angry', from their forthcoming album, Hackney Diamonds — their 26th studio album and with new material after 18 years — due for release on October 20.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appointed Conservative MP and former energy secretary Grant Shapps as new defence secretary on Thursday following the resignation of Ben Wallace his position earlier today. Wallace was the longest-serving Tory defence secretary since Winston Churchill. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's office announced Shapps's appointment, around an hour after he was seen entering 10 Downing Street, reported AFP.