Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in an address to BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit workers, raised what appeared to be a rhetorical question. She asked why even finished products such as Ganesha idols had to be imported from Chinese firms. She also wondered about the mismatch between the goal of self-reliance and …...Read More

Days like this it’s difficult to know where to start. I’ve spent most of the week sifting through your despairing emails in the wake of my recent column about the Black Lives Matter madness. Sorry if you’ve not had a personal reply. After the first few hundred I ran out …...Read More

Children are unlikely to fall seriously ill with coronavirus and the risk of them dying from the disease is 'very low', another study has confirmed. Researchers from Great Ormond Street Hospital in London looked at more than 582 children aged three and above who were diagnosed with Covid-19 across Europe …...Read More

The coronavirus may cause brain damage in as many as six in 10 critically-ill patients in hospital, a study has suggested. British researchers looked at 125 people hospitalised with the virus at the height of the UK's crisis in April - but they admitted the patients were selected by doctors …...Read More

All campaign staffers who attended President Donald Trump's rally are being asked to quarantine at home as a precaution after eight staffers tested positive for COVID-19 before and after the event. The Trump campaign revealed the decision to impose a quarantine in order to contain possible further spread of the …...Read More

A father died after getting into difficulty with his son off the coast of Cornwall. Air ambulance, police and the RNLI lifeboat all rushed to Porthcurno yesterday as temperatures hit 90F in parts of the UK. Falmouth Coastguard confirmed that the man's body was recovered from the water, while police …...Read More

Boris Johnson is under pressure to come clean about his contacts with the Tory donor behind a controversial £1billion homes scheme after it was revealed the pair spoke at a fundraising dinner. The Prime Minister yesterday rejected calls for a formal investigation into Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick over his dealings …...Read More

It is one of the British Museum’s most prized objects, having been key to efforts to decode Egyptian hieroglyphs. And now the Rosetta Stone is being added to the museum’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-themed tour after a surprising element of its story came to light. While most credit scholars …...Read More

Virgil van Dijk led Liverpool's jubilant celebrations after they finally ended their 30-year league title wait on Thursday night. Gathering together at a hotel, Jurgen Klopp's men watched an outdoor screen as Chelsea's 2-1 victory over Manchester City at Stamford Bridge confirmed their position as champions in an outstanding campaign …...Read More

Google, in partnership with the pollution mapping company Aclima, are set to release a trove of data that gives a researchers a granular look at local pollution levels. The data set is a culmination of four years of readings and was taken using sensors made by Aclima that were attached …...Read More