The Labour Friends of India hosted their annual Diwali Reception with nearly 100 key figures from across the Hindu, Sikh, and Jain communities, including MPs, councillors, and Labour party members on Tuesday 16 November. The event was hosted...
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1st Dec 2021 | Updated at 04:09pm 1st Dec 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...
Over two-thirds of men (70 per cent) have not completed any form of education since the age of 30, according to a new nationwide survey by distance learning experts Open Study College, who are encouraging more men to invest in their education...
New research from the UK’s largest mutual pension and investment company, Royal London, reveals that three fifths (59%) of pension holders in London are unaware that their pension could be invested in ways to help fight climate change. Only...
Manningham Housing Association (MHA) has triumphed in the Outstanding Approaches to Communications category at the Chartered Institute of Housing’s Northern Awards 2021.
There is huge difference between 50 years long journey and 50 steps. Yes, first step for a child is like a long jump. On 5th May, 1972 by publishing first...
PwC Hindu Network hosted its 19th annual Diwali celebrations on Tuesday 9 November with a theme ‘bouncing back' to mark the journey out of the challenging 20 months of the pandemic.
The Home Secretary Rt Hon Ms Priti Patel joined thousands to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights at Bhaktivedanta Manor Hare Krishna temple near Watford on Sunday 7 November.
The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department, celebrated...
In elaborate rituals conducted under the guidance of eminent priests from Shri Mandir in Puri, Odisha, the Prana Pratistha (hallowed consecration) rituals...
More than 93% of NHS frontline staff have had their first dose and 90% are fully vaccinated, yet NHS figures showed last week that about 34,000 employees were set to be pulled off the front line because they were not jabbed against the virus....
