London, January 14 : Indian polo player Kolin Dhillon has revealed that friend Prince Charles is a man of `zero prejudice' and had "affectionately" nicknamed him Sooty.
Dhillon's statement comes after the Royal family came under the scanner in a new race row, with Prince Harry facing probe by Army officials for calling a fellow Asian comrade "Paki" in a 2006 home video.
London - British sports car maker Morgan has come up with the ultimate toy for junior enthusiasts of the make - a pedal car based on the company's original three-wheeler.
The Supersport Junior Pedal Car is a stylish replica built to 2/3 scale and uses materials such as aluminium to retain the legendary power-to-weight ratio of the full-size car. Morgan says the pedal trike is designed for 6 to 13-year-olds.
London - Britain's Barclays bank is to cut at least 2,100 job globally across its investment banking and wealth management businesses, the BBC reported Tuesday.
Barclays, which employs 150,000 staff around the world, is believed to be planning to cut 1,300 jobs at its investment arm Barclays Capital, while 500 positions will be axed at Barclays Wealth.
A further 370 jobs are set to go at Barclays Global Investors. Earlier this month, the bank announced that about 400 jobs would go - mainly in its IT departments in Britain.
London - Thirty years after the Iranian revolution, the estimated 20 million Iranians with access to satellite television will be able to witness the inauguration of a new US president - live on the BBC.
They will see the historic event on BBC Persian TV, just a few days after the publicly-funded channel is launched at 1330 GMT Wednesday, aimed at 100 million Farsi speakers in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and central Asia.
Its main focus will be on Iran, where around 40 per cent of the population of 70 million are estimated to have access to a satellite connection.