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Liam Johnston was delighted with his score in the third round of the Duncan Taylor Black Bull Challenge in Bangalore after facing some adversity. Picture: Angel Martinez/Getty Images.

Johnston loses ball up tree but is still in mix along with Howie in India

EzriCare's Artificial Tears was recalled in January over links to eye infections.
EzriCare's Artificial Tears was recalled in January over links to eye infections.

Eye drops recalled as deadly bacteria causes 68 people to go blind

After inflation hit a 41-year high in October, there must be better options out there
After inflation hit a 41-year high in October, there must be better options out there

Ad Feature Budget: why Scotch cask whisky offers an inflation-beating option

The epicentre of the earthquake is believed to be in Afghanistan.
The epicentre of the earthquake is believed to be in Afghanistan.

Earthquake measuring 6.5 hits Afghanistan and Pakistan

Cameron Smith shows off the trophy after winning The Players Championship 12 months ago at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach. Picture: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images.
Cameron Smith shows off the trophy after winning The Players Championship 12 months ago at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach. Picture: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images.

Smith's absence 'awkward' but McIlroy and Rahm insist it is right call

Stephen Gallacher looks on during the Hero Challenge prior to the Hero Indian Open at DLF Golf and Country Club on the outskirts of New Delhi. Picture: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images.
Stephen Gallacher looks on during the Hero Challenge prior to the Hero Indian Open at DLF Golf and Country Club on the outskirts of New Delhi. Picture: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images.

After waiting 1,425 days, Gallacher finally defends Hero Indian Open title

Sandy Scott is among five Scots teeing up in the Hero Indian Open this week as the event is held for the first time since 2019 following a Covid hiatus. Picture: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images.
Sandy Scott is among five Scots teeing up in the Hero Indian Open this week as the event is held for the first time since 2019 following a Covid hiatus. Picture: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images.

Scott set for DP World Tour pro debut in Hero Indian Open on 'cool course'

Whisky exports have topped £6bn
Whisky exports have topped £6bn

Scotch Whisky exports over £6bn for first time, new data shows

India Willoughby says ongoing and “toxic” debate of transgender issues is being driven by “a lot of misinformation by a media that is completely transphobic”.
India Willoughby says ongoing and “toxic” debate of transgender issues is being driven by “a lot of misinformation by a media that is completely transphobic”.

India Willoughby says toxic transgender debate is driven by media misinformation

Salman Rushdie PIC: Getty Images
Salman Rushdie PIC: Getty Images

Book review: Victory City, by Salman Rushdie

Here are the 10 biggest countries in the world in terms of land mass according to the World Economic Forum.
Here are the 10 biggest countries in the world in terms of land mass according to the World Economic Forum.

What is the biggest country in the world? Top 10 biggest countries worldwide

Thousands of Microsoft Teams and Outlook users are facing issues this morning as the software provider investigates a networking outage.
Thousands of Microsoft Teams and Outlook users are facing issues this morning as the software provider investigates a networking outage.

Outlook and Teams go down for thousands of users

Air India slapped with £30k fine after ‘inebriated’ passenger urinates on elderly woman
Air India slapped with £30k fine after ‘inebriated’ passenger urinates on elderly woman

Airline slapped with £30k fine after man urinates on elderly woman

Jagtar Singh Johal has been in prison in India for five years. Picture: PA
Jagtar Singh Johal has been in prison in India for five years. Picture: PA

Call for ‘urgent’ government action over Scot imprisoned in India

Bailie Annette Christie, chair of Glasgow Life and convenor for culture, sport and international relations for Glasgow City Council (left) and Steph de Roemer (Glasgow Life Conservator) (right) as Indian artefacts are being packed up before they are shipped. Picture: Alan Harvey/SNS Group
Bailie Annette Christie, chair of Glasgow Life and convenor for culture, sport and international relations for Glasgow City Council (left) and Steph de Roemer (Glasgow Life Conservator) (right) as Indian artefacts are being packed up before they are shipped. Picture: Alan Harvey/SNS Group

Glasgow becomes first city in UK to start repatriating heritage items to India

Neal Graham, left, and Eden Thompson have been appointed as new development managers by The R&A. Picture: The R&A
Neal Graham, left, and Eden Thompson have been appointed as new development managers by The R&A. Picture: The R&A

Graham takes up new R&A development role in Middle East and India

The new variant is set to be more transmissible than Omicron (Adobe)
The new variant is set to be more transmissible than Omicron (Adobe)

New Covid variant nicknamed ‘The Kraken’ is ‘more transmissible’

How to watch The Letter: A Message For Our Earth featuring the Pope

Edward Kane and The Letters of Comfort, Chapter 13: The Lion's Den. ILLUSTRATION: Lesley-Anne Barnes Macfarlane
Edward Kane and The Letters of Comfort, Chapter 13: The Lion's Den. ILLUSTRATION: Lesley-Anne Barnes Macfarlane

Edward Kane and The Letters of Comfort, Chapter 13: The Lion's Den

People gather in solidarity with those protesting in Iran, following the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, after she was arrested for not wearing her hijab correctly (Picture: Alex McBride/Getty Images)
People gather in solidarity with those protesting in Iran, following the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, after she was arrested for not wearing her hijab correctly (Picture: Alex McBride/Getty Images)

From Iran to Malawi to Scotland, women are getting angrier – Susan Dalgety

Pozole is one of the dishes served in Mexico during Christmas dinner as an alternative to turkey
Pozole is one of the dishes served in Mexico during Christmas dinner as an alternative to turkey

Turkey shortage: Alternative meats other countries eat at Christmas

David Reith overcame an early bout of TB to live a full and happy life
David Reith overcame an early bout of TB to live a full and happy life

Scotsman Obituaries: David Reith, NHS administrator with a taste for adventure

Gravitricity explains that its energy storage system works by raising weights of up to 12,000 tonnes in a deep shaft and then releasing them when energy is required. Picture: contributed.
Gravitricity explains that its energy storage system works by raising weights of up to 12,000 tonnes in a deep shaft and then releasing them when energy is required. Picture: contributed.

Energy storage firm Gravitricity plugs in funds to demonstrate offering in India

Chris Yendell, project development manager at Gravitricity, believes his firm's innovative energy storage technology -- which has been demonstrated at Edinburgh's Leith docks -- can help India reduce its climate emissions and move to renewable power. Picture: Peter Dibdin
Chris Yendell, project development manager at Gravitricity, believes his firm's innovative energy storage technology -- which has been demonstrated at Edinburgh's Leith docks -- can help India reduce its climate emissions and move to renewable power. Picture: Peter Dibdin

Weight-to-go: Scots firm goes global with gravity energy storage innovation

Climate activists march in Sharm El-Sheikh during a demonstration at the Unite Nation COP27 climate summit. Photo: Peter Dejong/AP
Climate activists march in Sharm El-Sheikh during a demonstration at the Unite Nation COP27 climate summit. Photo: Peter Dejong/AP

Fake news: Could disinformation threaten global climate action?

Despite climate change, the global oil and gas industry has big plans for expansion (Picture: Katja Buchholz/Getty Images)
Despite climate change, the global oil and gas industry has big plans for expansion (Picture: Katja Buchholz/Getty Images)

Big Oil is working to stop COP27 interfering with $1 trillion expansion plans

People crowd the Juhu beach on the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai, India. The world's population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, Nov. 15, according to a United Nations projection. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
People crowd the Juhu beach on the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai, India. The world's population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, Nov. 15, according to a United Nations projection. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

World’s population set to hit eight billion as growth starts to slow

The earth’s population has risen by over one billion in 11 years
The earth’s population has risen by over one billion in 11 years

UN announces Earth’s population has hit 8 billion

Martin Purbrick, Institute Director, Asia Scotland Institute
Martin Purbrick, Institute Director, Asia Scotland Institute

Ground breaking new look at Himalaya and the crisis on the roof of the world

The firm has been expanding its team as it targets both domestic and international growth. Picture: contributed.
The firm has been expanding its team as it targets both domestic and international growth. Picture: contributed.

Tech firm ePos Hybrid expands ranks and customer base after crowdfunding success

Police officers at the scene of a deadly crush during a Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea last month (Picture: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
Police officers at the scene of a deadly crush during a Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea last month (Picture: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Deadly crowd crushes are preventable. So why do they keep happening?

Delegates are seen during a meeting of the review conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, (CCW) focussing on lethal autonomous weapons systems (killer robots)  at the United Nations in Geneva last year.
Delegates are seen during a meeting of the review conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, (CCW) focussing on lethal autonomous weapons systems (killer robots)  at the United Nations in Geneva last year.

International governments should create treaty on autonomous weapons systems

Fears over climate change have grown amid warnings that world leaders should "panic" and "code red for humanity". Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
Fears over climate change have grown amid warnings that world leaders should "panic" and "code red for humanity". Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Leader: The global energy crisis and Cop27

Mr Johal's brother, Gurpreet, was joined at the demoinstration by Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her husband, Richard Ratcliffe. Picture: Reprieve
Mr Johal's brother, Gurpreet, was joined at the demoinstration by Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her husband, Richard Ratcliffe. Picture: Reprieve

UK government accused of ‘collusion’ in Jagtar Singh Johal arrest

Whatsapp down for thousands of people in the UK

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) says ongoing trade talks with India are a “once in a generation” opportunity to unlock business on an even larger scale
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) says ongoing trade talks with India are a “once in a generation” opportunity to unlock business on an even larger scale

Alcohol markets ‘worth £100m’ unlocked after trade talks

Ann Wigglesworth, pictured earlier this year at Achnahaird Bay, loved the outdoors
Ann Wigglesworth, pictured earlier this year at Achnahaird Bay, loved the outdoors

Scotsman Obituaries: Ann Wigglesworth, teacher and social campaigner

Dunoon Grammar School has been named a top three finalist for World's Best School Prize for Community Collaboration (Picture: Dunoon Grammar School/PA Wire)
Dunoon Grammar School has been named a top three finalist for World's Best School Prize for Community Collaboration (Picture: Dunoon Grammar School/PA Wire)

Brian Wilson: In praise of Dunoon Grammar School – and democratic education

Dunoon Grammar School has been named a top three finalist for World's Best School Prize for Community Collaboration. Picture: Dunoon Grammar School/PA Wire
Dunoon Grammar School has been named a top three finalist for World's Best School Prize for Community Collaboration. Picture: Dunoon Grammar School/PA Wire

Scottish school named among world’s best for helping out in community

Five Sisters Zoo is the only place in Scotland where you can see magnificent cheetahs
Five Sisters Zoo is the only place in Scotland where you can see magnificent cheetahs

Cheetahs to be flown to India in attempt at reintroduction after 70 years

Queen Elizabeth II and other Commonwealth leaders pose for a group photograph at the formal opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at Buckingham Palace in 2018 (Picture: Yui Mok/WPA pool/Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II and other Commonwealth leaders pose for a group photograph at the formal opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at Buckingham Palace in 2018 (Picture: Yui Mok/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Queen’s hand helped steer the path away from empire – Dr Harshan Kumarasingham

Capricorn Energy chief executive Simon Thomson: 'The company is exploring a number of expressions of interest relating to alternative transactions, and is engaging with those parties expressing interest to evaluate potential outcomes.'
Capricorn Energy chief executive Simon Thomson: 'The company is exploring a number of expressions of interest relating to alternative transactions, and is engaging with those parties expressing interest to evaluate potential outcomes.'

Capricorn Energy narrows losses as it 'assesses all options' for future

Zippy the squirrel is now in quarantine after his epic sea journey from India to Aberdeen (Picture: New Arc Wildlife Hospital)
Zippy the squirrel is now in quarantine after his epic sea journey from India to Aberdeen (Picture: New Arc Wildlife Hospital)

The Vasco da Gama of squirrels has more travels ahead of him – Scotsman comment

Tom Stocker, Partner and corporate crime specialist at Pinsent Masons
Tom Stocker, Partner and corporate crime specialist at Pinsent Masons

Furlough scheme fraud crackdown ramped up

The conflict in Ukraine rages on
The conflict in Ukraine rages on

Crackdown on Russian sanctions targets should act as a warning - Stacy Keen

From left: ePOS Hybrid founder and CEO Bhas Kalangi, and head of growth Andrew Gibbon. Picture: Ian Georgeson.
From left: ePOS Hybrid founder and CEO Bhas Kalangi, and head of growth Andrew Gibbon. Picture: Ian Georgeson.

Hospitality tech firm harnesses investor appetite with target-smashing fundraise

Dr Douglas Malcolm was awarded an OBE for services to forestry
Dr Douglas Malcolm was awarded an OBE for services to forestry

Obituaries, Douglas Malcolm OBE, ecologist who had a huge impact on UK forestry

India will have some new guests next month, with cheetahs set to return to the plains
India will have some new guests next month, with cheetahs set to return to the plains

First News: Cheetahs set to return to India

Cheetahs could be returning to India (photo: iStock)
Cheetahs could be returning to India (photo: iStock)

First News: Cheetahs set to return to India

Sahith Theegala and his caddie on the fourth hole at St Andrews. Picture: Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images.
Sahith Theegala and his caddie on the fourth hole at St Andrews. Picture: Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images.

Sahith Theegala having 'blast' at St Andrews after tough first trip to Scotland

According to reports from the United Nations, India now hosts well over 1.4 billion people.
According to reports from the United Nations, India now hosts well over 1.4 billion people.

India to surpass China's population - what are top 10 most populated countries?

Islay Tuk Tuk, Calum
Islay Tuk Tuk, Calum

Meet the Glasgow man who is driving Islay’s first tuk tuk taxi

Artist Swapnaa Tamhane was commissioned by V&A Dundee to create new work inspired by the links betwen Dundee's jute industry and India and Bangladesh. Picture: Neil Hanna
Artist Swapnaa Tamhane was commissioned by V&A Dundee to create new work inspired by the links betwen Dundee's jute industry and India and Bangladesh. Picture: Neil Hanna

V&A Dundee turns spotlight on colonial past of city's jute industry

Renewable energy is at the forefront of the Scottish Government's efforts to reduce carbon emissions. (Photo: Christof Stache/Getty Images)
Renewable energy is at the forefront of the Scottish Government's efforts to reduce carbon emissions. (Photo: Christof Stache/Getty Images)

Scotland on Sunday readers' letters: Scottish Government should be commended - n...

Father's Day is celebrated around the world (photo: Adobe)
Father's Day is celebrated around the world (photo: Adobe)

Day for dads that are celebrated with customs worldwide

Father's Day is celebrated around the world (photo: Adobe)
Father's Day is celebrated around the world (photo: Adobe)

Global Father's Day celebrations - Celebration of Father’s Day around the world

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Co-leader of the Scottish Green Party Patrick Harvie at the 2023 Scottish Green Party Spring conference (Pic:  Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

SNP leadership: Greens’ clearest signal yet they wouldn’t work with Kate Forbes

A pothole near the Fairy Pools in Skye. Picture: Liam Cousins
A pothole near the Fairy Pools in Skye. Picture: Liam Cousins

‘Crater-like’ Skye potholes threaten fatal crashes – tourism body SkyeConnect

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John Lewis'' flagship store in the St James Quarter,  Edinburgh (Pic: Michael Gillen)

John Lewis: Retail guru Mary Portas warns John Lewis it has ‘let go of its soul’

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