Millions of vapes seized in England as illegal trade targeted
Alix Hattenstone BBC News, England BBC Paul Leighton, a senior Trading Standards officer, says illegal vapes are being supplied through “quite sophisticated networks” More than six million illegal vaping products have been seized by Trading Standards officers across England in the past three years, new analysis by the BBC has found. We joined one of … Read more
Q4 results today: HUL, Axis Bank, Tech Mahindra among 38 companies to announce earnings on Thursday
The fourth quarter earnings season is picking up momentum and on Thursday as many as 38 companies will announce their quarterly numbers. Key earnings to watch out include from HUL, Axis Bank, Nestle, SBI Life, Tech Mahindra, Persistent, Mphasis and LTTS. Tech Mahindra Q4 expectations For Tech Mahindra, fourth quarter profit growth will be strong … Read more
Pahalgam terror attack LIVE updates: Government to hold all-party meet today
India will hold the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan “in abeyance with immediate effect”, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri announced on Wednesday (April 23, 2025). It is part of the five-pronged response that was decided upon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) in the aftermath of … Read more
Proms in the dark: BBC plans an all-nighter at the Royal Albert Hall
Mark Savage Music Correspondent BBC Claudia Winkleman will host a night of music dedicated to The Traitors at the Royal Albert Hall Organisers of the BBC Proms are encouraging fans to stay up all night, with a “magical” and “intimate” after-hours concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Plans for the Dark Till Dawn Prom were … Read more
A Stunning New Pool in Central Park Helps Heal Old Wounds
For more than a century and a half, Central Park has been a leafy barometer of New York’s shifting fortunes. Projecting the city’s vast ambitions and ideals in the 19th century, it morphed into a Hooverville during the Depression, becoming a beehive of ball fields and “Be-Ins” during the 1960s. A decade later it was … Read more
With Hasina gone, BNP is torn by internal clashes
Lablu Mia, a 50-year-old local leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was known as a devoted activist in Badarganj upazila of Rangpur district. But on April 5, his loyalty to the party meant nothing when rival BNP factions turned on each other in a vicious clash over control of a business near the upazila … Read more
IT stocks rise as bears cover shorts, with a new outlook
Mumbai: Information technology (IT) stocks were the biggest gainers in Wednesday’s trading, after HCL Technologies‘ stronger-than-expected earnings outlook prompted traders to cover some of their bearish bets that were initiated after earnings announcements of its larger peers –TCS and Infosys. The Nifty IT index shot up 4.3% – posting its biggest single-day gain in 10 … Read more
Andrew Flintoff ‘thought he had died’ in Top Gear crash
Ian Youngs & Paul Glynn Culture reporter Getty Images Flintoff needed extensive facial surgery following the crash Andrew Flintoff has given his first account of the car crash he was in while filming Top Gear, saying he thought he “was dead” in the immediate aftermath. The England cricketer-turned-TV presenter sustained serious facial and rib injuries … Read more
‘My peanut allergy nearly killed me – now I eat them every day’
Philippa Roxby Health reporter BBC Chris Brookes-Smith no longer lives in fear of eating the wrong thing Chris Brookes-Smith, 28, used to live in fear of dying from eating even the smallest trace of peanut. Ten years ago he had his worst allergic reaction after ordering a curry at a local Indian takeaway. The trauma … Read more