Can tech help revive India’s ‘crumbling’ health system?
S Kapale Dr Sangram Kapale ran a giant Covid treatment centre in Maharashtra during the pandemic The first wave of Covid-19, that swept India in early 2020, was a gruelling experience for Dr Sangram Kapale and his colleagues. “The kind of mental pressure we were all going through is very difficult to put in words,” […]
Women’s team could move back to Brighton
BBC Brighton & Hove City Council want to bring Brighton & Hove Albion’s women’s team back to the city Brighton & Hove City Council says it is looking for a site for a purpose-built stadium Brighton & Hove Albion women’s team currently plays its home fixtures in Crawley It follows the successful return of the […]
Labour investigates MP Jared O’Mara
House of Commons Labour says it is investigating allegations about the “comments and behaviour” of its MP Jared O’Mara. Mr O’Mara has already apologised for homophobic and misogynistic remarks he made online in 2002 and 2004 and quit the Commons equalities committee. But he denies subsequent allegations of offensive language to a constituent in March […]
What’s the best thing money can buy?
Thinkstock (Credit: Thinkstock) Money can’t buy you love, supposedly, although it could perhaps buy you a mansion in the Bahamas. Still, even a stunning villa with sea views isn’t everyone’s idea of the best way to use a sudden windfall. What would you do with a large sum of cash? For Gustavo Freitas the answer […]
Backing for Adam Neumann’s new firm prompts outrage
Reuters Adam Neumann is readying for a comeback Adam Neumann left WeWork, the once globally-hyped, now much-diminished, office space sharing company, under a cloud of questions about his management. Less than three years later, he appears poised for a comeback. The long-haired entrepreneur, whose staggering rise and fall has inspired reams of articles, several books […]
Club’s joy to host England World Cup squad naming
Reuters England head coach Sarina Wiegman will reveal her World Cup squad at Boldmere St Michaels FC on Wednesday Staff at a grassroots football club say they are delighted to host the announcement of England’s World Cup squad Sarina Wiegman will reveal her players on Wednesday at Boldmere St Michaels FC The West Midlands club […]
Ex-FBI chief James Comey says Trump ‘morally unfit to be president’
Comey assesses Trump in new memoir Former FBI director James Comey has said Donald Trump is “morally unfit to be president” and treats women like “pieces of meat”. Mr Comey was giving his first major television interview since he was fired by President Trump last year. He told ABC News that Mr Trump lies constantly […]
Forget the boys’ club, welcome to the girls’ club
Michael O’Donnell Falon Fatemi, CEO of Node, has faced challenges because she’s a woman, but warns of creating an “us-versus-them” mentality. (Credit: Michael O’Donnell) Root of the Problem Experts say the disproportionately low number of women studying engineering and computer science in university initially fostered a ‘boys’ club’ in the tech and start-ups. Outdated views […]
Kenyan influencers paid to take ‘guerrilla warfare’ online
Getty Images Confronting harassment by Kenyan Twitter influencers – recently revealed to have been paid to promote misinformation – is akin to dealing with guerrilla warfare, admits an activist involved in a legal battle to stop a change to the constitution. “It is waged against you until it tires you out,” Daisy Amdany told the […]
Jersey Reds were trapped in a financial black hole, minister says
Getty Images The States has previously said it would not be financially responsible to keep funding the team Deputy Kirsten Morel, Jersey’s economic development minister, said Reds did little to get out of a “financial black hole” Mr Morel said the club hired a new coach in September despite knowing it could not afford it […]