CALL FOR CHANGE

A report by Mental Health First Aid England to be released on Wednesday,  for My Whole Self Day (12 March 2024), as we go to press on Tuesday, reveals troubling statistics: almost 1 in 3 employees (31%) have encountered microaggressions or discriminatory behaviour from their managers in the past six months. 

Commonwealth Day 2024: Free Britain exists due to the sacrifices of war veterans

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) celebrated Commonwealth Day 2024 on Monday 11 March 2024 across the CPA’s nine Regions and around 180 Parliaments and Legislatures. The theme for Commonwealth Day 2024, and the forthcoming Commonwealth...

When British Asian daughters went on to break barriers

Sonali Shah has been a regular face on BBC One for more than a decade. She is in her sixth year of hosting the property show Escape to the Country and also presents from many live events, such as Trooping the Colour, The Lord Mayor’s Show and...

Women of BAPS Mandir in Abu Dhabi Celebrate ‘Day of Inspiration’

The ‘Festival of Harmony’ marking the historic inauguration of the BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi came to a conclusion on 21 February with the ‘Day of Inspiration’, a day dedicated to celebrating families and inspirational individuals who have...

Crossing continents: Indian students in the US face hurdles

In recent years, the dream of pursuing higher education abroad has become increasingly prevalent among Indian students and their quest for knowledge and skill enhancement has led many to consider various destinations

Narayan Seva Sansthan distributes over 602 modular limbs in Kenya

Narayan Seva Sansthan, a non-profit organization dedicated to serving humanity, organized free camps in various cities across Kenya and provided over 602 Narayan Modular limbs to amputees. The camps, held in Nairobi, Kisumu, Kissi, Meru and...

Champai Soren wins Jharkhand trust vote 47-29

The new Champai Soren-led Mahagathbandhan govt in Jharkhand aced its first test in the 82-member assembly on Monday by garnering 47 votes in a confidence motion that also saw jailed ex-CM Hemant Soren being escorted to the House by ED amid loud...

Alpesh Patel’s Political Sketchbook: The UK India Tech Exchange

On the panel as Dealmaker in the Department for Business and Trade, in the Indian High Commission and FICCI event, I am looking for in the Global Entrepreneur Programme scale up companies whose founders would be suitable for the UK Innovator...

Alpesh Patel’s Political Sketchbook: This Is India’s Sparta – Karamsad

Independent minded and giving strength to the rest of the nation is what the Spartans were known for. 

India thrash England to wrap up 5th test in 3 days

India thrashed England by an innings and 64 runs to wrap up the fifth Test in Dharamsala after just three days and secure a 4-1 overall series win. Ravichandran Ashwin was among the headline-makers with his five wickets, as England collapsed...

Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan dropped from list of centrally contracted players

Sending a strong message that not playing in the Ranji Trophy unless you are on national duty or are unfit will not be tolerated, the BCCI excluded India’s middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer and wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan from the list of...

Leading Lights with Rani Singh

Indian-origin lady helms important UK Screen Body

  • 19 Aug 2019

Seetha Kumar is the CEO of ScreenSkills, based in central London but operating UK-wide.

Monty's Spin with Monty Panesar

Monty's Spin

  • 25 Mar 2020

The Covid-19 virus has taken the world by storm. It has stopped all sporting events and the risks should be taken seriously. We should be at home for at least 3 weeks and we should take the government advise very seriously.

Karan Johar, Guneet Monga collaborate to make French classic 'The Intouchables' in Hindi

After 'Kill', Karan Johar's Dharma Productions and Guneet Monga's Sikhya Entertainment are now collaborating to remake the French comedy classic 'The Intouchables' in Hindi.

Kangana calls herself mannerless and talented at the same time

Actor Kangana Ranaut took to Instagram recently to talk about being perceived as "badtameez (mannerless)" and talented at the same time by her colleagues, including filmmaker Hansal Mehta and actor Zeeshan Ayyub. She also compared herself with...

Stream Cream

Bytes to bingeGenre: Comedy DramaWritten by: Timothy GreenbergDuration: 26 minWhere to watch: Netflix

I spy "The spy”!

Yes. that’s right we see the comedian in a 360 U-turn role like we have never seen him before and I am pleasantly surprised!

Stereotypical ‘Rocky and Rani’ teach us how to embrace differences

The film revolves around the love story of Rocky and Rani, as the title suggests, between a stereotypical flamboyant Punjabi boy who meets an intellectual Bengali girl under unusual circumstances. And love conquers all. But if only life was...

Ajeeb Dastans

Ajeeb Dastans is an anthology of four short films and is produced by the super Producer/Director Karan Johar. The premise of the film is that each story will bring us a shocking and horrifying twist that we were not betting on.

Nitin TeckChandani: Robothink

Robothink, a leading coding, robotics, and engineering company, is making significant strides in preparing children aged 4 to 14 through STEM-themed camps, workshops and afterschool and learning centre programmes for children

SPOTLIGHT: Anandana Nadhavajhala: Universal Yoga

You can hear the meditative cool straight away in Anandana’s voice: her regular classes must surely be transformative! Indeed, the young yoga teacher is award-winning and focuses significantly on special needs while catering to a range of young...

A learning trip!

One of the most effective ways to learn a new language is to travel to your desired country and fully immerse yourself in the language of locals. 

Customers of Southall Travel refunded £22 million worth of payments

Southall Travel Group has announced measures to ‘ramp up’ its capacity to deal with refund and other queries, as it issued £22 million worth of payments to its customers. The firm reportedly said it has refunded 94% of customers with package...



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