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New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The postponement of the India‑Africa Forum Summit IV — originally scheduled for 28–31 May here — over “emerging public health situation” from Bundibugyo Ebola outbreaks underscored India’s emerging role as a rapid vaccine manufacturer for Africa, a new report has said.The postponement of the event spotlighted “India’s decisive role in fast-tracking the critical production of a vaccine via the Serum Institute of India (SII), positioning New Delhi as an indisp…

London, June 19 (IANS) At least 250,000 girls and likely more were subjected to gang rape, trafficking, torture, and coerced pregnancy over several decades, with the perpetrators overwhelmingly being of Pakistani Muslim heritage and the enabling institutions overwhelmingly of the British state, according to a 219-page report released by a privately funded parliamentary inquiry into organised child sexual exploitation in the United Kingdom (UK). The Rape Gang Inquiry, chaired by Reform UK MP Rupe…

London, June 5 (IANS) In a tour that has placed an Indian philosopher on the stage of some of Britain’s most prestigious intellectual and policy stages, Acharya Prashant has spent the past week carrying a climate message to capacity audiences at the Cambridge Union, in a one-on-one dialogue with a British peer of the realm, in public sessions that have drawn British audiences well beyond the Indian community, and across a sequence of upcoming engagements at Oxford, the London School of Economics…

Los Angeles, May 4 (IANS) Rapper Post Malone has broken his silence after canceling several shows. The singer had announced that he’s pushing the start of his Big A** Stadium Tour with Jelly Roll in order to wrap up his upcoming double album, ‘The Eternal Buzz’. The announcement came after Malone, 30, headlined the third day of Stagecoach in Indio, California.He took to the Stories section of his Instagram, and wrote, “Looking at the upcoming schedule after stagecoach, I came to the realiz…

Mumbai, Jan 16 (IANS) Known for working in films such as “Kasoor”, “Bollywood/Hollywood” and “Water”, actress Lisa Ray reflected on a defining phase of her life when she chose to step away from mainstream cinema in India at the height of her career in 2001, sharing that the decision helped her rediscover depth, meaning and her true self. Lisa took to Instagram, where she shared a reel featuring various scenes from the films she had done. The video clip had the acoustic version of “…