British Asian Trust names Hitan Mehta OBE as Chief Executive

The Board of Trustees of the British Asian Trust has announced the appointment of Hitan Mehta OBE as its new chief executive, succeeding Richard Hawkes OBE after his 10 years of transformative leadership.Hitan Mehta played a key role in establishing...

BAPS wins Health & Well-Being award 2025

BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha won the Health & Well-Being award at the London Dangoor Awards 2025 for its impactful BAPS wellNESS project, which addresses health disparities in British South Asians, including diabetes, heart disease, and mental...

Tributes honour Citibond Travel's Alpa Shahq

Tributes have poured in for Alpa Ashishbhai Shah, a respected tourism industry veteran, who passed away peacefully on Sunday (15) after a valiant battle with cancer.

Remembering Shri Khodidasbhai Dhamecha on his second death anniversary

The strong foundation of heritage, philanthropy and service built by Shri Khodidasbhai Dhamecha is an inspiration for future generations and our communities. 

I once heard an interesting story during one of the official visits abroad as part of a high-level delegation. The story was narrated by a retired political leader of Indian origin. Several years ago, in one of the closed-door multilateral meetings...

Preferential treatment - or favour - is common in most areas of our life. It may be favour by parents to one child in comparison to other siblings, or favour by government officers to one contractor over the others. There are many examples where...

Eid ul-Fitr came last week in the midst of a deadly second wave of Covid-19 in India.  This was the second Eid during this pandemic.  When directly translated, Eid translates to “the festival of breaking the fast”, pious Muslims say that the...

With 435 days of the COVID-19 pandemic, India’s second surge  saw 3,25,132 new cases; 3790 recorded deaths on May 10;  weekly case fatality rate (CFR) of 1.19% and an overall CFR of  1.42%. Over almost a month, distressing images of burning...



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