Economic demands by the Congress Party started with a call for the reduction of “home charges”—that part of Indian revenue that went toward the entire India Office budget and the pensions of officials living in Britain in retirement. Dadabhai Naoroji (1825–1917), the “grand old man” of...
The study has called on health care practices to positively engage with issues of sexual function and sexual activity to improve the health and wellbeing of older people, particularly in the context of long-term health problems.
He was also ordered to pay a compensation of approximately 1,500 U.S. dollars to two child victims and a fine of 750 U.S. dollars, it said, adding that additionally, the offender was banned from Cambodia for three years following his jail term. The man was arrested by the Phnom Penh ...
The termsepoyrefers to an Indian soldier employed by a European power. It entered English via the Portuguesesipai, derived from the Hindustanisipāhī, itself from the Persiansipahi, meaning “cavalryman.” By the 1850s, the company had consolidated its rule over much of India. This led towi...
Sloppy police work led the Ministry to sentence Morfin Gaunt to his second term in Azkaban, for life, without properly investigating the situation of the crime he was accused of; by the time contradicting evidence was presented, he was weakened by the prison and died, at which the Ministry ...
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates dismissed reports it had detained a British man for showing support for Qatar at a soccer tournament in the UAE, saying he had been charged for making false assault claims to police. Britain's Guardian newspaper reported that Ali Issa Ahmed was ...
His comments come as questions continue to be asked about the impact of a second Donald Trump presidency on Western support for Ukraine, after the incoming president said he wanted to end the conflict on "day one" of his term. On Monday, Sir Keir Starmer sai...
my fingers hurting as I left them against the cold glass for too long. Though I did many trips to the local shop, this time stands out to me, because on that day I saw an oldish white man in a suit flicking through the magazines section. On the top shelf, too high for me to re...
The term Modernism is also used to refer to literary movements other than the European and American movement of the early to mid-20th century. In Latin American literature,Modernismoarose in the late 19th century in the works ofManuel Gutiérrez NájeraandJosé Martí. The movement, which continue...
"To me, it's not so much a report, it's an encyclopedia," said Keith Bennett, a long-term China specialist and vice chair of Britain's 48 Group Club, in an interview with Xinhua. "It's an encyclopedia of where China has come from, particularly over the last 10 years, where China...