The ambitious global environmental award, ‘Earthshot Prize’ aims to find new ideas and technologies to tackle climate change, air pollution and the Earth’s most pressing challenges. The 15 finalists from which 5 winners would be chosen next...
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26th Sep 2021 | Updated at 11:05am 26th Sep 2021
'Pitruvandana' - a virtual tribute to all Fathers
Fathers are the solid foundation of our lives. They are the strength we rely on as we take our first step in the world. Fathers can be tender, tough, fragile or powerful but they are probably the most uncomplicated love we will ever know. Father’s...
Sadiq Khan promises to bring Indian Premier League matches to London
Sadiq Khan has vowed to work hand-in-hand with cricketing authorities to make the Indian Premier League the latest global sports league to stage matches in London.
Lord Woolley becomes the first Black man to head an Oxbridge college
A political and equalities activist has become the first black man to be elected head of an Oxbridge college. Lord Simon Woolley, founding director of campaign group Operation Black Vote, will be the newly elected principal of Cambridge University's...
New hijab trial designed by New Zealand first tried in Leicester
A new hijab designed in New Zealand especially for operational Muslim police officers is being trialled by Leicestershire Police in a first in England.
University of Glasgow project investigating the effects of Covid-19
A project at the University of Glasgow that is aiming to better understand the effects that Covid-19 infection has on blood vessels and blood pressure has received a grant of £250,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.
Coalition to feed children and end starvation in Cowley Hill, Borehamwood
On 27th July, local partners announced a unique collaboration to provide nutritious midday meals to hundreds of children in Cowley Hill, Borehamwood, who are at risk of going hungry during these school summer holidays due to coronavirus.
770,000 people in England unable to speak English well
In an interview, the communities secretary, Sajid Javid revealed that 770,000 people living in England speak little or no English at all, and warned that up to 70% of them are women from the Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities.
Sigma sponsors transformation of Community Pharmacy 2025 vision
A donation from Sigma Pharmaceuticals plc is funding a three year PhD scholarship aimed at developing a coherent and transformative vision for English community pharmacy in 2025. The project has already begun in the Department of Pharmacy and...
Last week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a Cabinet reshuffle in the UK. During shuffle came as a head-turner for foreign secretary Dominic Raab who was demoted among big names. Raab has been replaced by Liz Truss as the foreign secretary,...
Moved by the care that her grandparents received, Ismat Khan was inspired to choose a career and qualification in the NHS. Ismat says, “I always knew I...
A heritage home in the UK that was once an abode of the Nobel Laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore is being sold for £2,699,500. Tagore had lived at No 3, Heath Villas in Hampstead Heath, north London, for a few months in 1912 while he translated his...
In the debate in the House of Lords on the second reading of the Police, Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill Lord Dholakia the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats welcomed , the long-overdue measures to bring certain offenders who have served...
Local London Assembly Member, Unmesh Desai AM, has asked the TfL Commissioner, Andy Byford, to keep him updated on discussions surrounding the potential installation of Bangla signage at Whitechapel Station. This comes after the Commissioner...
High Commission of India in London and India League will celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's Birth Anniversary, which is marked as International Day of Non-Violence....
In early September, the New York Times reported that women in Afghanistan who were protesting against the regime were beaten by the members of the Taliban in Kabul. If media reports are to be believed, the Taliban has announced that all women...
Award-winning contemporary artists, The Singh Twins, have been honoured by the University of Wolverhampton for their contribution to diversity in the arts.The Singh Twins, Amrit and Rabindra Singh, MBE, DFA, LittD were presented with Honorary...
UK MPs debated on Monday whether the UK should make ethnicity pay gap reporting mandatory. As CMI highlighted in Moving the Dial on Race in 2020, the overall pay gap between White and ‘ethnic minority’ groups is at its lowest level (2.3%) since...
